Marketing Specialist, Communications & Events

Responsibilities

• Coordinate communications and event projects from kickoff through completion, including workback plans, deadlines, approvals, assets, and status updates.
• Draft and edit materials such as internal announcements, executive communications, event invitations, briefing documents, talking points, social copy, and presentation content.
• Support public relations programs by coordinating agency requests, media materials, award submissions, speaking opportunities, interview preparation, and coverage reporting.
• Assist in executing customer, industry, employee, and executive events, including attendee communications, speaker coordination, vendor logistics, run-of-show documents, rehearsals, and onsite support.
• Maintain communications calendars, event trackers, shared files, contact lists, and other systems that give the team a clear view of priorities and progress.
• Partner with teams across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies to gather inputs and move deliverables forward.
• Capture outcomes, feedback, and follow-up actions so the team can improve future communications and events.

Requirements

• Bring 3 years of relevant experience through full-time work, internships, co-ops, campus organizations, agencies, or event programs.
• Demonstrate strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with careful attention to tone, grammar, and detail.
• Apply excellent organization and follow-through to manage several deadlines without losing track of details.
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion when working with executive, employee, customer, or media-related information.
• Maintain a proactive working style by asking useful questions, flagging risks early, and taking ownership of the next step.
• Display comfort learning new tools and working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.
• Bring a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, with coursework in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or event management being helpful.
• Demonstrate effective decision-making by making efficient choices during fast-paced event and campaign execution to maintain momentum.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration by partnering across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and agencies to deliver seamless projects.
• Demonstrate accountability by holding self and others responsible for driving event and campaign outcomes on time.