About Faire
Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally.
We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.
About this role
We’re seeking a self-starter event marketing associate to help plan, execute and provide logistical support for event marketing programs and related project work including trade show activations, Faire-hosted events, systems and tooling development, and swag coordination. In this role, you will contribute to event activations and integrated marketing campaigns in North America, working in close partnership with Sales & Success, Brand Marketing, Content, Social and Brand Studio to engage with our customer community in service of our Marketing mission to grow, inspire, educate and engage Faire’s global community.
What are we looking for in this role?
Planning, executional and onsite logistical support for H1 2025 peak trade show and event season and related project work from November 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025. H1 2025 Events Calendar
- Atlanta Market Community Event [Oct 1 - Jan 21*]
- Expo West Trade Show Booth [Nov 15 - Mar 16*]
- Indie Retail Fest [Nov 15 - May 31*]
- Summer Fancy Food [Mar 1 - Jul 1*]
*active working time
What you’ll do
- Contribute to concept development and initial planning for event activations in service of
Brand Marketing and Event Marketing objectives
- Support Event Marketing team in project and program management in close partnership with working group leads and creative teams
- Collaborate with channel partners as needed for each event including Marketing Operations, Social, Content, Comms and more in partnership with Event Marketing team, ensuring a holistic and exceptional customer experience while maximizing impact and extension of events
- Provide location, vendor and customer research, sourcing and coordination leveraging customer and market data
- Manage customer and vendor coordination ensuring timely delivery and completion by deadlines
- Develop and drive logistical plans including setup and load-in, execution, breakdown and pack out in close partnership with Event Marketing Lead
- Be a stellar, communicative and professional cross-functional partner to internal stakeholders and external customers and partners
- Support in post-event measurement and reporting conversations, including building out reporting and recaps
- Maintain Event Marketing notion hub and global event marketing tools with the latest updates
- Attend and support activations in-person with travel up to 25% (3-5 average days of travel per trip, ~6 trips)
Qualifications
- B2B Event Marketing experience: 3+ years of experience in event marketing and B2B marketing including trade shows, brand activations and owned events
- Organizational skills and attention to detail: Highly organized with ability to zoom in and out and context switch at a fast pace with ease and accuracy
- Professional and clear communication: To build trust with our customers and internal teams
- Synthesis and systems improvement: Ability to take ownership of a currently fragmented process/framework and apply structure and consistency
- Strong customer-facing skills: Represents Faire well to customer communities and possesses knowledge of small business and the retail sector
- Team orientation: Skilled collaborator who knows how to drive successful outcomes while building strong internal and external partnerships
Salary Range
California: the pay for this role is $2,600 per week.This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule - Faire employees will be expected to go into the office 2 days per week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, effective the week of January 13, 2025.
Additionally, in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Applications for this position will be accepted for a minimum of 30 days from the posting date.
Why you’ll love working at Faire
- We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.
- We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.
- We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.
- We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.
Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.
To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)
