Event Marketing Manager

About My Code

My Code is a media and marketing company that elevates diverse voices and empowers brands to build lasting relationships with Hispanic, Black, AANHPI, and LGBTQIA+ communities. Founded nearly 10 years ago, My Code combines first-party data, culturally nuanced insights, and award-winning creative with unmatched scale to deliver diverse-first marketing campaigns. My Code's approach is rooted in connecting through culture to help brands create and maintain relevance with America's growth audiences. My Code is majority-owned by Ariel Alternatives LLC's Project Black®, which aims to scale sustainable minority-owned businesses to serve as leading vendors to Fortune 500 companies, supporting supply chain diversity. For more information, please visit www.mycodemedia.com.

About the Role:

My Code is looking for an experienced Event Marketing Manager to join our B2B marketing team. This will be a temporary, part-time role (20 hours week) and will be expected to go on for 3 months, with the possibility of extension. Reporting to the Director of Communications & PR, this person will play an important role in My Code's external marketing efforts. Our ideal candidate is a champion for inclusive marketing. They leverage excellent interpersonal, written communication, and organization skills to develop and manage our presence at industry events and events we host, from planning and budgeting to content development and delivery.

The primary stakeholders are internal marketing teams, and our collective "client" is the My Code leadership team. The Event Marketing Manager will collaborate closely with PR, Marketing, Research, Design, and Sales teams to develop an events plan in service of raising awareness and consideration for My Code's advertising solutions targeted at brands, advertising agencies, and media publishers seeking to reach diverse audiences. This is a hands-on "doer" position that will roll up their sleeves and "get it done" in a fast-paced environment. You should have experience with, or be interested in learning how to execute within:

• Google Workspace Products (Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drive, Sites etc.)
• Asana
• LinkedIn
• Zkipster or other event management software
  
  

The person hired for this role will lead and execute all event marketing efforts, with input and guidance from senior management.

• Build and manage yearly conference calendar
• Develop and present conference recommendations and sponsorship opportunities to to senior management
• Own the event brief for all events, clearly communicating our objectives, KPIs, key messages, budgets, timelines, run of show, preparation needed, etc., and ownership of executing the items agreed upon
• Work with cross-functional teams to ideate, plan, execute and recap events
• Handle all logistics (big and small) for events - including but not limited to contracts, invoicing, payments, meeting schedules, communication, follow up, creative development requests, invites, attendee lists, mailings, and more
• Manage travel and hotel accommodation bookings for tentpole events, as necessary
• Develop and track budgets
• Work with production companies and vendors to deliver events and experiences
• Manage company swag collateral ordering, collaborating with creative services
• Membership management (agreements, negotiation, fulfillment)
• Collaborate with graphic designer in creating design work for conferences (email, potentially social, and collateral)
• Proactively manage project work keeping tight to timelines and deliverables
• Overall support for Director of Communications and VP of Marketing across event planning, execution, and strategy
  
  

Requirements

• 5 years work experience as an Event Marketing manager, with 10 years in the business/professional workforce
• Strong customer service background
• Understanding of event planning and production details
• Comfortable working cross-functionally in a leading position
• Outstanding attention to detail, organized, collaborative, and creative individual
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Ability to multitask while maintaining strong attention to detail
• Ability to take initiative, be proactive, and work independently
• Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion both internally and externally
  
  

We're excited if you have

• The flexibility to travel to our largest events as on-the-ground support
• Experience working with media brands, consumer brands, and/or B2B brands
• Digital advertising experience
• Experience working with attendee invite management systems: Event Farm, Cvent, Splash, etc.
  
  

The anticipated hourly range for this position is $50.00- $60.00. The hourly range is determined on a wide range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications, and geography.

My Code is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. My Codeis is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.