Offer summary

Qualifications:

Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail., Project management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously., Strong communication skills with all levels of management., Proficiency in Microsoft Suite or Google Suite and project management software like Asana..

Key responsabilities:

Research, negotiate, and secure sponsorships and venues for events.

Develop and maintain project plans and manage deliverables effectively.

Communicate ongoing project status to stakeholders and lead events meetings.

Execute event plans, including on-site support and post-event feedback analysis.

Job description

At Instructure, we believe in the power of people to grow and succeed throughout their lives. Our goal is to amplify that power by creating intuitive products that simplify learning and personal development, facilitate meaningful relationships, and inspire people to go further in their education and careers. We do this by giving smart, creative, passionate people opportunities to create awesome. And that's where you come in:

As Field Marketing Manager for Higher Education, you are responsible for ensuring that our many trade show presences go off without a hitch. You’re also supporting some of our owned events, including webinars, and working on backend campaign processes like campaign setup, list uploads, event brief documentation, vendor sourcing/setup, and budget tracking.

You plan, run and report on these shows to ensure that we are creating meaningful engagements for our customers and prospective customers.

The Field Event Manager is part of the Higher Education marketing team. Your will report to the Director of Higher Education Marketing and work on a team that includes demand generation, account based marketing, digital media and content marketing. You’ll work hand-in-hand with many internal stakeholders across Instructure, including other marketing departments, Sales, Customer Success, Sales Development, Finance, Operations, Community and more!

To be successful you will blend your passion for customer experiences with your creativity, exceptional organization skills, attention to detail, excellent communication skills and stakeholder management.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter with vision. Someone who is creative, passionate, organized, and agile. Someone who loves events and the impact marketing can have on a business.

Responsibilities:

Research, negotiate and secure sponsorships and venues for specific events assigned including hotels, vendors and other resources for the event project

Develop and maintain overall project plan and manage deliverables in a timely and effective manner with a keen attention to detail

Communicate with stakeholders on an ongoing basis regarding project status, including taking the lead on Events meetings

Write events and campaign briefs and keep track of events on associated documents

Create effective company listings and ads if required

Work with sales drive teams and other stakeholders to execute all event deliverables before, during and after events

Execute event plan including on-site support (travel may be required)

Conduct post-event feedback meetings and document in retrospective analysis

Proactively engage with stakeholders and vendors to determine needs and work with company resources to enable execution of event tactics

Manage operational and administrative functions, including pre-event meetings to ensure event is delivered successfully

Maintain and order event support materials

Manage and adhere to budget

Here's what you'll need to know/have:

Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail

Project management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects in various stages simultaneously

Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management

Strong time management skills

Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively

Ability to manage event budget and invoicing processes

Proficiency in Microsoft Suite or Google Suite and project management software like Asana.

Kindness and conscientiousness.

A good sense of humor :)

Get in on all the awesome at Instructure:

Competitive salary and 401k.

Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance.

HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D.

Tuition reimbursement.

Paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules.

LifeStyle Spending Account

We’ve always believed in hiring the most awesome people and treating them right. We know that the more diverse we are, the more diverse our ideas will be and when we openly welcome those ideas, our environment is better and our business is stronger.

At Instructure we participate in E-Verify and yes, in case you didn't catch it from the above, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All Instructure employees are required to successfully pass a background check upon being hired.

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