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 responsible for running our owned events and supporting the Higher Education presence at our largest customer event, InstructureCon! 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 Senior Manager 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.What you will do:Research, negotiate and secure sponsorships and venues for specific events assigned including hotels, vendors and other resources for the event projectDevelop and maintain overall project plan and manage deliverables in a timely and effective manner with a keen attention to detailCommunicate with stakeholders on an ongoing basis regarding project status, including taking the lead on Events meetingsWrite events briefs and keep track of events on associated documentsWork with Content and DG colleagues to 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 eventsExecute 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 tacticsManage operational and administrative functions, including pre-event meetings to ensure event is delivered successfullyMaintain and order event support materialsManage and adhere to budgetWhat you will need to know/have:Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detailProject management experience with the ability to manage multiple projects in various stages simultaneouslyAbility to communicate effectively with all levels of management Strong time management skillsAbility to multitask and prioritize effectivelyAbility 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 100% paid medical, dental, disability, and life insurance HSA program, vision, voluntary life, and AD&D Lots of paid time off, 11 paid holidays, and flexible work schedules Fitness club membershipsFully-stocked kitchens and catered lunches$65,000 - $86,000 a yearWe'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.
