About the company
Interested in working on cutting-edge blockchain technology and creating equitable access to the global financial system? Since 2014, the mission-driven team at the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) has helped fuel the tremendous growth of the Stellar blockchain network, an open-source platform that operates at high-scale today. Developers and companies around the world build on it, and the SDF team is expanding to support the rapidly growing and changing Stellar ecosystem. The launch of Soroban, the new smart contracts platform designed to work well with Stellar, brings a wealth of opportunity for innovation. When you join SDF as a Community Manager, you will be a part of a team that’s leveraging that opportunity to increase developer participation in order to bootstrap the ecosystem of tools, protocols, dapps, and educational resources necessary for Soroban to succeed.
Job Summary
In this role, you will:
📍Craft a comprehensive annual sponsorship strategy and work internally across multiple stakeholders including communications, partnerships, developer relations, ventures, product marketing, digital, and creative teams to represent our brand and align with the company’s objectives. 📍Be responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of high impact blockchain, crypto, and fintech industry events (in-person and virtual) to create new business, drive pipeline, and drive brand awareness. 📍Own the overall logistics and operations internally as well as externally with third party conference organizers and vendors, oversee the speaker coordination, manage budget, venue selection, email marketing, registration, events calendar updates, production, and final event delivery. 📍Track event results and metrics to measure success and deliver post-event performance. Share actionable insights and recommendations on future tactics. 📍Research, identify, and stay up to date on industry trends globally to recommend strategic positioning and sponsorships YoY and bring innovative ideas and best practices. 📍Domestic and international travels may be required for events.
You have:
📍3+ years of related marketing event experience in a B2B environment 📍Previous sponsorship experience working on small and large conferences 📍Excellent project management and organization skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously in sometimes very short turnaround time 📍Strong sense for details and hands-on on projects 📍Knowledge of event technologies including registration systems 📍Experience with marketing automation tools like Hubspot 📍Must be metrics driven and be a strategic thinker 📍Proactively bring creative ideas with a strong focus on customer experience, engagement, growth 📍Solid written and verbal communication skills 📍Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels aligned with SDF’s values 📍Industry knowledge is preferred.