Senior Community and Events Manager
Description
The Position
Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 80 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified, enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.
We are seeking a Senior Community and Events Manager to join our team and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and the planet.
What you get to do:
As Senior Community & Events Manager at Uplight, you will help shape and lead the events strategy and collaborate with teams across the company to deliver, leveraging events as a key tool to keep the market informed about Uplight’s strategic direction, vision, innovation and impact. The Senior Community and Events Manager will focus on the strategy, deliver, and impact OKRs for all industry events as well as Uplight’s three marquee owned events: Uplight Customer Connect, Uplight Developer Conference, and Illuminate Executive Forum.
The Senior Community & Events Manager will be responsible for:
- Plan, build and grow an active industry presence using Uplight-owned events, industry events, demand generation campaigns, and social media.
- Own the end-to-end strategy, coordination and tactical execution for Uplight owned events (UCC, Dev Conf, Illuminate) including strategy development, internal stakeholder coordination, executive speaking and content development, demand generation recruitment, partner sponsorships, technical event set up, live event management, pre- and post-event communications, client/prospect/partner meeting setting/strategy/logistics and post-event ROI and CPC analysis.
- Build and manage Uplight’s annual calendar of industry events working closely with Sales and other internal stakeholders, establish and communicate clear goals and outcomes for each event, manage event to budget, and use experience/depth of knowledge to coordinate a right-sized team and on site presence (including attendees, sponsorships, exhibits, speaking, celebrations, collateral, etc.) to deliver.
- Own the conference circuit attendance, sponsorship/exhibit, and speaking strategy, partnering with subject matter experts across the organization and at client and ecosystem partner organizations to develop engaging content that drives event attendance and engagement.
- Own ARR influence and pipeline generation OKRs assigned to each event. Ensure success through tight coordination with Sales, Account Management, Product, and Executive Leadership Teams (where applicable); post-event, coordinate to gather results and report on impact.
- Collaborate with ecosystem partners to develop joint sponsorship, participation, etc. plans where relevant.
- Proactively explore emerging techniques, trends, innovations, and creative experiential solutions and guide Uplight on how/where these should be implemented to increase the impact of our in-person events.
- Build systems and processes to track high-volume calendar of events, deliverables, budget, and OKRs/impact.
- Partner with outside vendors to execute event logistics including booth design/development/execution and branded material production as well as negotiate contracts for event space/sponsorships, etc.
- Leverage relationships with key regional and national industry membership organizations to facilitate speaking, sponsorship, and thought leadership opportunities.
What you bring to Uplight:
- At least 5 years of experience in an event management role. Preference given to experience with B2B marketing.
- Demonstrable experience designing and implementing strategic, successful event marketing strategies
- Substantial experience managing trade show sponsorships and on-site presence, contract negotiation, and external vendor management
- Exceptional project management and communication skills
- Strong content development skills with a passion for creative storytelling and a strong ability to communicate complex ideas simply
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and campaigns simultaneously to meet deadlines and budgets.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience with website CMS (WordPress), marketing automation (Pardot preferred), and CRM (Salesforce preferred) tools
Note: Travel required 10-12 times per year
What makes working at Uplight amazing:
In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in on Day 1, we are:
- Proud to be over 500+ purpose-driven individuals helping to create a more sustainable planet.
- Committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities.
- Focused on career growth by following defined career ladders.
- Committed to taking our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!
We also provide:
- 401k Match
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Peer to peer recognition program
- Management by objectives bonus plan
- Innovative flexible time off policy
- Exceptionally collaborative and cool office spaces
Salary Range: $75,000-$90,000 USD
Application Deadline: May 1st
In accordance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the approximate annual base compensation range is listed above. The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package and benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team.
Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race (including hair texture and hairstyles), color, religion (including head coverings), age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.