Field Marketing Manager - Toronto, Canada - Shopify

Shopify

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Job Description:

The Field Marketing team creates best-in-class event experiences for our largest merchant audiences at trade shows, industry events, and through our own Shopify event properties.

As a Field Marketing Manager you're comfortable working in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment. You thrive on change and can navigate ambiguity in order to move our team vision and company mission forward.

You lead by example and have a point of view on event strategy, sweat execution details, and make great decisions quickly to bring Shopify to life through IRL experiences.

The role may require frequent travel throughout North America and occasionally internationally.

Responsibilties:

Develop and execute logistics for each event, including contingency planning, crisis management, and onsite management where require
Build and manage event campaign program scope of work, resources, budget, contracts, and timelines
Review, procure, and manage bestinclass vendors to support endtoend details of Shopify B2B event experiences including venues, AV, caterers, and others
Work with crossfunctional teams and/or external partners
Leverage a deep understanding of internal and external market positioning and our target audiences to inform event decisions
Maintain accuracy and accountability of event budgets, manage final billing and reconciliation, evaluate results against goals, deliver wrapup reports, and generate learnings for improvement
Partner with crossfunctional team leaders to drive program strategies, approaches, and success criteria metrics
Build upon and advocate for the event marketing/production craft and vision

Qualifications:

Extensive experience with event production and marketing, with proven abilities in scoping, planning, and delivering multiple events at once, with varying deliverables and timelines
Experience working with crossfunctional teams, building strong rapport and partnerships
Strong project management and communication skills are essential
Proven ability managing multiple stakeholders in different geographies
Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fastpaced environment. Being intentional and adapting on the fly
Demonstrated leadership skills with a strong ability to adapt to change and effectively prioritize tasks
Flexibility in your work schedule. This role will require someone who can work flexible hours as this role is not a traditional 9 AM 5 PM
High levels of user empathy, social acumen, and selfaccountability
Passionate about event technology, emerging experiences and thinking outside the box in the context of offline campaigns
Resourceful, tenacious and positive cando attitude. Able to make quick, educated decisions when thrown event challenges
Curiosity and sense of humour

Additional Information

At Shopify, we understand that experience comes in many forms. We're dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team so if your experience is this close to what we're looking for, please consider applying._