Experiential Events Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Take charge of comprehensive logistics for conference and event programs, encompassing venues, vendors, travel, materials, staffing, and follow-up activities.

• Cultivate and sustain relationships with event organizers, venues, and partners.

• Assess the ROI for each event and decide which events to continue or cease.

• Enhance Pogo’s physical presence through event displays, dinner menus, promotional items, and other real-life interactions.

• Create innovative experiential activations for insights and research leaders.

• Travel up to twice a month to guarantee the smooth execution of priority events.

• Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to transform events into sales pipelines and business outcomes.

• Conduct guerrilla marketing experiments at key events.

• Assist in defining field marketing strategy, vendor partnerships, event standards, and operational rhythms as the marketing team expands.

⛳️ Requirements

• Typically 3–7 years of experience in conference servicing, field marketing, experiential programs, or events within a tech company or creative agency.

• Strong operational and project management abilities across multiple concurrent events with numerous moving parts.

• Capability to build relationships with event hosts, organizers, venues, and partners.

• Strong creative instincts and an eye for event booths, dinners, promotional items, and follow-up communications.

• Ability to assess event expenditure and ROI, with the capability to discontinue underperforming events.

• Competence to operate independently and identify conferences and vendors on your own.

• Willingness to travel up to twice a month, primarily within the United States.

• Active usage of AI tools in daily workflows.

• Creativity in guerrilla marketing, experience with consumer insights, and extensive travel experience are advantageous.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, loosely structured environment while managing operational demands.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work schedule.

• Unlimited PTO.

• Minimum of 20 days vacation policy.

• Time off encouraged to recharge.