Are you ready for an opportunity to make a substantial impact with a disruptive technology company? Cumulus Networks is a 2018 Fortune 'Best Places to Work' and this could be your chance to be a part of it. We’re on a mission to disrupt and transform the networking industry from a closed and proprietary environment to one that embraces open, standards-based systems. Sounds interesting to you? Well then we definitely want to talk to you.
Our founding team is comprised of some of the industry’s most renowned technology innovators responsible for the some of the most significant advancements in networking. With funding from top Venture Capitalists such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Telstra and Battery Ventures, we are truly bringing web-scale networking to enterprises of all sizes.
Unlike anyone else in the market, we build networking products purely with Linux, bringing its its standard interfaces and rich ecosystem to our customers so that they can achieve a new level of control. We are not just defining the future of networking, we are actively creating it with our customers and partners.
We are looking for motivated individuals who thrive on great technology, individual initiative and the ability to see the impact of their work on the business.
About The Position:
The Field Marketing Event Manager will be responsible for owning the entire process of leading corporate and field events from working with the sales team to plan the strategy, driving digital and social promotions, managing the logistics and execution, and working closely with sales on post-event follow up. The ideal candidate will blend strategic thinking with tactical execution and be hands on working with the technical and product teams to develop content, working with digital to drive the online promotions, and targeting key personas. This role will require knowledge of account based marketing methodologies and have a proven track record of partnering closely with sales. Experience with Marketo and Salesforce is preferred.
About the Role:
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams to develop event strategies for corporate tradeshows, field events, and virtual events that align with GTM initiatives.
- Operational excellence with managing event budgets, event logistics, creative assets, managing vendor relationships, contract negotiation, project plans with the goal of driving demand generation for the company.
- Execute events programs that obtain new leads, create net new sales opportunities, accelerate existing sales opportunities, and deepen existing customer relationships. Strategize and build field marketing campaigns, including nurturing, post lead follow up, and ROI measurement.
- Limited travel is required.
- Experience in Marketo and SFDC is preferred.
About You:
- Smart, creative, collaborative, results focused, and technically curious
- 5+ years of event marketing and/or digital marketing experience preferably in high tech
- Direct experience with trade show and field event execution
- Ability to multitask and take the lead on several events simultaneously
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- Excellent communication skills with strong ability to both hear and influence people at all levels and across various functions.
- Experience developing compelling copy for email, landing page, and other digital promotions
- Detail oriented and analytical in nature with a self-starter work ethic.
- Energy, enthusiasm, creativity and a sense of fun are a must
- Ability to report on ROI of programs and evaluate for overall fit into the marketing mix
About Our Benefits:
We’re a startup, built by people who have gone down this road before. We are action-oriented doers and transparent thinkers with a healthy work-life balance; we even allow dogs in the office for smile support! We offer a competitive compensation package, pre-IPO equity and comprehensive health benefits for employees and their families.
Additionally, we offer a quality of life benefit and leadership training for anyone interested. Because we like to have fun, we of course have catered company parties, picnics and happy hours throughout the year. We have excessively fancy espresso machines in every location, catered lunches three times per week and a bountifully stocked kitchen. All of our offices are an open space model that foster an exciting company culture and a pretty cool place for us to have fun and execute.