Event Marketing Director
We're Checkout.com
Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Patreon, Dashlane, Udacity, Binance, Wise, Sony Electronics, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how.
We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor’s list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today.
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Director, Experiential Marketing at Checkout.com
We’re looking for an Experiential Marketing Director to build and lead our Global Experiential Marketing function. You’ll be reporting to the Head of Brand Marketing and, initially manage a team of two stand-out Experiential Marketing Managers, and you'll continue to grow this team as you implement new programs.
We’re looking for a passionate and driven B2B marketing professional passionate about all forms of experiential engagement in a hybrid era; from guerrilla marketing, to tradeshows, to owned conferences, social events across the physical and digital worlds.
In this role, you’ll be responsible for designing the experiential strategy, conceptualizing new programs, and defining the roadmap that will strengthen our position in the market, and continue to drive advocacy of our audiences. You'll work very closely with the rest of the marketing team (press, editorial, content, demand generation, brand marketing, and design) to develop innovative programs that set a new benchmark in Tech - for you, every experience has a 360 opportunity.
You have a deep passion for creating memorable experiences that stand out for their uncanny simplicity, combined with a test and learn and data-driven approach that is hyper focussed on improving efficacy and results with every activity. Taking initiative and being able to self-manage are key to success in this role.
What you'll be doing
- Build a robust experiential marketing program across key regions to support our marketing goals. You'll leverage global and local inputs from marketing, sales, customer success, and across the business to do so.
- Be responsible for the budget and return on investment analysis to assess the strongest opportunities and boost brand awareness and advocacy on a global scale
- Establish a strategic approach to building awareness and driving advocacy through sponsored and owned events, working closely with brand marketing, design, social, digital to have a 360, cross-channel approach to experiential campaigns
- Collaborate closely with marketing, commercial, and product to understand the core product and messaging to be conveyed at events to target our key audiences, and over time
About you
- 8+ years Experiential Marketing experience, ideally in B2B Fintech
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with a keen passion for implementing new processes at global scale
- You're a strategic planner, who can juggle several projects and get stuck in
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to partner at all levels
- Ability to develop new processes and optimise those already in place
- A passion for developing people and a best in class team adaptable, positive mindset with a contagious enthusiastic spirit
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#Aspire
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More about Checkout.com
Our technology makes payments seamless. We provide the fastest, most reliable payments in more than 150 currencies, with in-country acquiring, world-class fraud filters and reporting, through one API. And we can accept all major international credit and debit cards, as well as popular alternative and local payment methods. Checkout.com launched in 2012, and we now have a team of 1800 people across 19 international offices. To date, we’ve raised a total of $1.8 billion, with our Series D valuing us at $40 billion.
We believe in equal opportunities
We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.
Our clients come from all over the world — and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.
When you join our team, we’ll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We’d love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.
We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We’ll be happy to support you.
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