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 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