Event Marketing Manager

About the role

*Open to hiring remote across the US — we also have offices in NYC, San Francisco, and Seattle

We're looking for an Event Marketing Manager to join our dynamic team of creatives, engineers, business folks, and more.

In this role, you'll spearhead our event strategy by ideating and executing on events supporting various initiatives across Runway. You will work cross-functionally with Sales, Partnerships and Community on these events. You will also have a chance to contribute to broader marketing initiatives to enhance revenue and brand visibility.

Things are always moving quickly at Runway. This role requires exceptional communication and organization skills as well as an agile and dynamic mentality. You should be comfortable with change and have a willingness to go above and beyond to ensure a job is done optimally.

What you’ll do

• Source venues & vendors from existing relationships or via outreach
• Coordinate vendors for events (ex. venues, security, production installs, print collateral)
• Collaborate with Sales, Partnerships and Community teams to curate guest lists and attendees based on team objectives (ex. generate new leads, deepen partnership relationships, expand community presence)
• Facilitate day-of event activities and schedules
• Partner outreach and partnership facilitation in the context of events (festival partners, event sponsors, etc.)
• Willingness to dive into marketing functions such as Community or Performance Marketing to drive revenue and other success metrics of various event and brand initiatives

What you’ll need

• 5+ years of marketing experience with 2+ of those years in event marketing and/or production, preferably within conferences specifically
• Proven track record of working autonomously with limited oversight to bring an event or experiential campaign to life from initial concept through to final execution with minimal direction and within budget
• Cross-functional experience working with teams such as Sales, Brand, Creative, Communications, etc.
• Strong communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Openness to moving across various initiatives and marketing functions
• Bonus if experience in performance, lifecycle and/or brand marketing, preferably in-house

Runway strives to recruit and retain exceptional talent from diverse backgrounds while ensuring pay equity for our team. Our salary ranges are based on competitive market rates for our size, stage and industry, and salary is just one part of the overall compensation package we provide.

There are many factors that go into salary determinations, including relevant experience, skill level and qualifications assessed during the interview process, and maintaining internal equity with peers on the team. The range shared below is a general expectation for the function as posted, but we are also open to considering candidates who may be more or less experienced than outlined in the job description. In this case, we will communicate any updates in the expected salary range.

Lastly, the provided range is the expected salary for candidates in the U.S. Outside of those regions, there may be a change in the range, which again, will be communicated to candidates.