This is an 8-month contract role (September 2024-April 2025)
Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem.SDF Events team aims to create unique and memorable experiences to attract new business partners and developers to build on Stellar, nurture its existing ecosystem, showcase its growing number of products, and create stronger brand awareness in a constantly evolving industry.
As a Field Marketing & Events Manager (contract), you’ll be part of the Marketing team reporting directly to the CMO. You’ll be working cross-functionally within the marketing team and across SDF and with external vendors. This role will primarily focus on all major third-party conferences that SDF sponsors and participates in and you’ll leverage your expertise in the industry to align with the company’s objectives, build and maintain strong relationships, drive engagement and pipeline, analyze and report on post-event performance.To succeed, you will be proactive, data-driven, extremely organized and detail oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced and scrappy environment.
In this role, you will:
- Craft a comprehensive annual sponsorship strategy and work internally across multiple stakeholders including communications, partnerships, developer relations, ventures, product marketing, digital, and creative teams to represent our brand and align with the company’s objectives.
- Be responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of high impact blockchain, crypto, and fintech industry events (in-person and virtual) to create new businesses, drive pipeline, and drive brand awareness.
- Own the overall event campaigns, including the logistics and operations internally as well as externally with third party conference organizers and vendors, oversee the speaker coordination with the communications team, manage budget, venue selection as needed, digital marketing including email marketing and events calendar updates, social promotions, registration, production, marketing collateral, final event delivery/onsite execution, and post event wrap up.
- Track event results and metrics to measure success and deliver post-event performance. Share actionable insights and recommendations on future tactics.
- Research, identify, and stay up to date on industry trends globally to recommend strategic positioning and sponsorships YoY and bring innovative ideas and best practices.
- Domestic and international travels may be required.
You have:
- 3+ years of related marketing event experience in a B2B environment
- Previous sponsorship experience working on small and large conferences
- Excellent project management and organization skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously in sometimes very short turnaround time
- Strong sense for details and hands-on on projects
- Knowledge of event technologies including registration systems
- Experience with marketing automation tools like Hubspot
- Must be metrics driven and be a strategic thinker
- Proactively bring creative ideas with a strong focus on customer experience, engagement, growth
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels aligned with SDF’s values
- Industry knowledge is preferred.
We offer competitive pay with a base range for this position of $56 - $75 per hour for up to 40 hours per week depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. The benefits below do not apply to contract positions.
USA Benefits/Perks:
- Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependants
- Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
- Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for both non-birthing and birthing parents, as well as up to 14 weeks of paid pregnancy leave for birthing parents
- Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
- Life & ADD (up to $50K)
- Short & Long term disability
- 401K with 4% match
- Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
- Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
- Family building benefits through Kindbody
- Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
- L&D budget of $1,500/year
- Daily lunch and snacks in office
- Company retreats
About Stellar
Stellar is more than a blockchain. Powered by a decentralized, fast, scalable, and uniquely sustainable network made for financial products and services and a thriving and passionate ecosystem that includes a non-profit organization driven by a mission, Stellar is paving the path to unlock the world’s economic potential through blockchain technology. Built with speed and low costs in mind, the Stellar network provides builders and financial institutions worldwide a platform to issue assets, and to send and convert currencies in real time creating real world utility.
Founded in 2014, the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) supports the continued development and growth of the Stellar network and also serves the ecosystem of NGOs, corporations, universities, small businesses, governments, and solo entrepreneurs building on the Stellar network through tooling, funding and strategic collaborations. Together, Stellar is where blockchain meets the real world.
About the Stellar Development Foundation
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization focused on working with and supporting changemakers to create equitable access to the global financial system through blockchain technology. SDF provides grants, investments, funding, and other awards to builders and organizations. SDF also develops resources and tooling on the Stellar network to help unlock real world utility. As a nonprofit foundation, SDF puts the health of the Stellar network and the Stellar ecosystem and its mission above all else.We look forward to hearing from you!
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