Responsibilities

• Plan and manage SAMARAUSA’s participation in major lighting exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally.
• Coordinate events such as Light + Intelligent Building North America, LEDucation, Dallas lighting events, Dubai Light + Intelligent Building Middle East, and other strategic exhibitions.
• Research exhibitions and recommend which events SAMARAUSA should attend.
• Handle exhibitor applications, booth selection, budgeting, booth design, shipping, product displays, travel coordination, marketing materials, and event schedules.
• Develop relationships with organizations such as IES and NAILD.
• Manage SAMARAUSA’s presence on specification and architectural platforms such as Dodge Sweets, ARCAT, and CADdetails.
• Develop relationships with lighting-industry media and publications.
• Coordinate product launches and promotional campaigns around exhibitions.
• Work with SAMARAUSA’s sales, engineering, product, and marketing teams.
• Generate and follow up with distributor, contractor, specifier, and project leads from exhibitions.

Preferred

• We are especially interested in candidates with previous experience in commercial lighting, LED lighting, electrical products, lighting controls, architectural lighting, electrical distribution, building technology, or related industries.
• Experience managing trade shows or industry exhibitions is strongly preferred.
• Ideal Candidate: We want someone who can take ownership of this program, not simply assist with individual events. The right person should understand how to use exhibitions, industry organizations, specification platforms, media, and distributor relationships to build a lighting brand.

Benefits

• Paid time off