Responsibilities

• Plans and executes DAT's three proprietary events: Broker Executive Symposium, Carrier Summit, and Shipper Summit
• Plan, budget, and execute DAT's trade show presence across 12-15 industry events annually (MATS, TIA, Gartner Supply Chain, TAI, Revenova, McLeod, and others)
• Collaborates with segment leadership on event content, speaker lineups, audience composition, and format
• Negotiate venue contracts, manage vendor relationships, and oversee event budgets ranging from individual trade show booths to multi-day proprietary conferences
• Partner with segment marketing leaders to align event programming with business objectives for carrier, broker, shipper, and Outgo segments
• Coordinate across marketing pillars (content, creative, demand gen, comms) to ensure event-related deliverables (collateral, promotional campaigns, PR coverage, lead capture) are executed on time
• Supervise the Sr Event Specialist and any additional direct reports on day-to-day execution
• Build and maintain post-event reporting including attendance, pipeline influence, customer sentiment, and ROI analysis
• Manage the annual event calendar, space selection, sponsorship inventory, and overall event budget
• Serve as an internal resource on event best practices, vendor relationships, and industry event trends in freight and logistics
• Have ability to travel up to 30% for events, site visits, and vendor meetings. Peak travel during spring and fall event seasons.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of experience in event marketing within a corporate marketing or agency environment, with demonstrated ownership of executive-facing customer events; large corporate event experience a plus
• Proven experience managing multi-day proprietary events for enterprise customers, not just trade show booths
• Strong strategic judgment: ability to assess customer and competitive dynamics and make decisions about event content and audience
• Exceptional project management skills with proven ability to manage competing priorities and hard deadlines across multiple simultaneous events independently, without requiring approval on every detail
• Negotiate contracts, book venues, and manage all logistics for events ranging from 30 to 1,000+ attendees
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with proven ability to coordinate across marketing, sales, product, and executive teams
• Experience in B2B technology, SaaS, or marketplace environments; freight/logistics industry experience a significant plus
• Effective communicator across customers, vendors, executive leadership, and internal stakeholders
• Proven ability to manage direct reports and agency partners
• Bachelor's degree required

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance
• Parental Leave
• Flexible Vacation Time (FVT)
• An additional 10 holidays of paid time off per calendar year
• 401k matching (immediately vested)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Short- and Long-term disability sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Accounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Additional programs - Employee Referral, Internal Recognition, and Wellness