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About the Role

As an Experiential Events Manager at Pogo, you will own conferences, dinners, and in-person events as core growth channels. You will manage a high volume of events year-round, end-to-end, from logistics and project management to evaluating their success and bringing creative, memorable activations to Pogo's in-person presence.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end logistics for conference and event programs, including venues, vendors, travel, materials, staffing, and follow-up.
• Build and maintain relationships with event organizers, venues, and partners.
• Evaluate the ROI for every event to determine effectiveness and areas for improvement.
• Contribute creative input for Pogo's in-person presence, including event displays, dinner menus, and swag.
• Design creative, experiential activations that make Pogo stand out to a niche audience of insights and research leaders.
• Travel up to 2 times a month to ensure high-priority events run smoothly.
• Partner with sales and marketing teams to ensure events convert.
• Run guerrilla marketing experiments to gain attention at key events.

Requirements

• 3–7 years of experience in conference servicing, field marketing, experiential programs, or events at a tech company or creative agency.
• Strong operations and project management skills to handle multiple events with numerous details.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, particularly with event hosts, to secure optimal slots, partnerships, and venues.
• Possess great taste and creative instinct, caring about the look and feel of all event components.
• Ability to honestly evaluate spend and make decisions to cut underperforming initiatives.
• Operate autonomously, identifying conferences and vendors without direct guidance.
• Willingness to travel up to 2 times a month, primarily within the US.
• Actively use AI tools in workflows.

Skills

• Event Logistics
• Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Relationship Building
• ROI Evaluation
• Creative Activation Design
• Guerrilla Marketing
• AI Tools Usage

Location

• US

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Mid-level

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Minimum 20 days vacation policy

About the Company

• Conferences, dinners, and in-person experiences are a core growth channel for Pogo.
• Pogo focuses on highly intentional experiences that create meaningful relationships and drive real business outcomes.
• The company values quality over quantity in its events.
• Pogo is an early-stage company where team members can help shape strategy and operations.
• The company moves quickly with little structure, valuing autonomy and speed.
• The company expects more than 9 to 5 hours, but trusts team members to create a flexible schedule.