Event Marketing Manager

About us

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This hybrid position requires two days per week in our Austin office.
About you:

You are an experienced marketing and event professional with a passion for creating and executing impactful experiences for attendees. You thrive in a fast-paced organization and truly enjoy being a cross-functional partner. You embrace change, a little chaos, and come into new projects with a sense of energy, curiosity, and an always learning attitude.

• Planning and execution of event programs across both hosted and 3rd party sponsored events to generate pipeline opportunity for the GTM team in North America
  
• Partner closely with marketing channels to ensure events are integrated into the overall marketing strategy
  
• Identify and develop new and innovative event experiences to scale our reach and brand exposure across both in person and virtual event programs
  
• Lead on global projects, initiatives and standard operating procedures to drive efficiencies and consistency within our global events team
  
• Create impactful enablement tools and resources to empower Sales and Customer Success organizations to drive awareness and meet registration goals for event programs - including development of promotional resources
  
• Evaluate event performance on a regular basis against key metrics; apply changes and learnings to maximize impact for pipeline generation
  
• Source and manage vendor and agency relationships as it pertains to event planning and execution: vendors, venues, booth partners, design, video and more
  
  What you’ll have:
  
  • 3+ years experience in event management, preferable in a fast-paced B2B company with proven experience leading, project managing, and executing large multi-faceted projects
    
  • Incredible organization and project management skills to manage the multiple events tasks, vendors and stakeholders simultaneously across various cross functional event initiatives
    
  • Strong and effective communication skills, the ability to communicate effectively with internal teams, external vendors, and attendees across the various communication mediums used internally and externally day to day
    
  • Demonstrated ability to set strategic direction and lead go-to-market plan execution, including evaluation of event performance against key metrics for learnings and optimization
    
  • Strong track record of delivering against KPIs that range from awareness &; perception through to adoption, usage, and loyalty
    
  • Love for cross-functional partnering with various business units includingSales, Customer Success, Customer Marketing, Demand Generation, Product Marketing and Content Marketing
    
  • Understanding of accounting / finance and strong knowledge and experience around event contracts and negotiations
    
  • Comfortable level and ability to travel across the US. Estimated 30% travel.
    
  • Preferably comfortable using Salesforce, Splash, Asana, GSuite, Tableau
    
    We understand that not everyone will match each of the above qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
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    • Learning is what we do - inside and out. Our Learning &; Development team is second to none, helping ensure your journey is one of continuous progression. You’ll also have unlimited access to Udemy courses, monthly UDays (meeting-free professional development days), and a generous annual professional development stipend.
      
      
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      Our benefits package at Udemy "starts with U” and is grounded in mission-driven benefits that intentionally align with our core values. Here’s a sneak peek at just a few highlighted benefits if you’re a full-time Udemate based in the United States:
      
      
      • Core Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life/AD&;D, and disability coverage
        
      • HSA/FSA/Commuter: Pre-tax savings/spending plans, including HSA employer contributions
        
      • Transgender Benefits: Expanded medical coverage for gender-affirming care
        
      • Parental Benefits: Financial assistance for fertility (including egg-freezing), adoption, and surrogacy expenses; twelve weeks of paid family bonding for birth, surrogacy, adoption, and foster placement (plus up to six to ten weeks of paid disability leave for birthing parents) as well as a two-week "ease-back” program that enables parents to return part-time at full pay
        
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      • Learning: Free access to Udemy and Udemy Business plus a yearly stipend to spend on professional development
        
      • Retirement: Pre-tax and Roth 401(k) plan with an employer contribution
        
      • Charitable Giving: Corporate charitable match for eligible nonprofits and charities
        
      • Vacation: Flexible vacation for salaried Udemates and fifteen days per year for hourly
        
      • Holidays: Twelve paid holidays throughout the year
        
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        Hiring Compensation Range
        $92,000 — $115,000 USD