Events & Marketing Assistant

Austin, TX (Unknown)

Salary Not AvailableEntry Level2+ years exp

Posted 1 day ago

Job Summary

Own event program from research to post-event follow-up, coordinating logistics, registrations, and lead follow-up to drive pipeline.

  • Coordinate event logistics and travel plans.
  • Manage registrations, booth assets, and vendor communications.
  • Support lead conversion and CRM data hygiene.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Be a driving force behind our event presence - research the right events, manage registration and logistics, and ensure the sales team is show-ready
  • Own the details that keep events running smoothly, from shipping booth materials to coordinating with vendors
  • Support broader marketing efforts, including supporting lead conversion, to help fuel our pipeline
  • Research and identify relevant industry events, conferences, and trade shows aligned with company goals
  • Manage event registration - booth space, sponsorships, and attendee sign-ups
  • Coordinate event logistics - travel, internal pre-event communication, show service orders (AV, electric, material handling, etc.)
  • Help plan event happy hours, including researching and selecting venues, gathering and comparing pricing, and coordinating event details
  • Manage shipping and receiving of event materials, booth assets, and promotional collateral, ensuring items arrive on time and intact
  • Support post-event follow-up, including lead capture organization and handoff to the marketing/sales funnel
  • Support lead conversion - nurture campaign support and CRM data hygiene

Requirements

  • 1-2 years in event coordination, marketing, or related client-facing roles; four-year degree required
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and good at managing multiple moving parts at once
  • Thrives on logistics, deadlines, and vendor coordination in a fast-paced, evolving environment
  • Strong written and verbal communicator
  • Self-motivated, resourceful, and reliable, with a proactive problem-solving mindset
  • Ability to travel occasionally to support on-site event execution
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office

Preferred

  • Salesforce experience, a plus
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Lightspeed Systems

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With more than 25 years of serving education, Lightspeed Systems delivers the most in-depth visibility and control to power exceptional schools where students are safe and engaged; technology is compliant and easily managed; and resources are secure and optimized. Purpose-built for school networks and devices, Lightspeed’s cloud-managed solutions include the most effective web filtering, student safety monitoring, classroom management, device management, and data analytics software available. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a European office in London, UK, Lightspeed serves over 23 million students across 31,000 schools in 43 countries, utilizing 15 million devices.Why Work Here?We work diligently and intelligently as a team to create innovative solutions and better ways of doing things. Every day, every employee has an opportunity to change the world in the most meaningful way: by improving education. Lightspeed Systems has the mentality of a start-up (collaboration, access, innovation) with the stability of a company that’s been around since 1999 — and we get bigger and smarter every day.#edtech #techjobs #atx #safeschools #k12

Founded in 1999
Austin, Texas, USA
244 employees (20 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
78% CEO approval

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
16 (7% of company)
Median Tenure
3.9 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Private Equity, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Mar 2022
    Private Equity
  • Mar 2019
    Private Equity

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
59.7K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
39.1%
Direct
52.2%
Referral
7.8%
Social
0.6%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~244

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