Vortexa was founded to solve the immense information gap that exists in the energy industry. By using massive amounts of new satellite data and pioneering work in artificial intelligence, we strive to provide energy and freight market participants with unprecedented access to global waterborne oil & gas operations data - allowing them to identify and capture opportunities in the market before anyone else, bringing transparency and efficiency to the energy markets and helping society as a whole.
Having recently completed a $34 million Series C funding round, we are now embarking on a period of rapid growth.
We are looking for an experienced and hands-on event and community manager to join our high-performing marketing team. Reporting to the Community Growth Lead, you’ll be responsible for managing our schedule of events in the Americas region - liaising with industry events and partners for event sponsorship/speaking opportunities, as well as running our owned events. In addition, you’ll also assist in spearheading the community strategy for the Americas, working with the commercial team to understand target audiences, and working on campaigns and localisation strategies to connect with these audiences.
Key responsibilities
- Manage the operations for all events activity in the Americas region. Our event calendar covers a wide range of event types including webinars, sponsorship, and speaking opportunities, full-day events and analyst roadshows
- Work closely with growth and commercial teams to understand the events and community engagement needed to generate pipeline and deliver ROI across the energy and freight portfolio. Use these insights to create an annual event calendar
- Work alongside the campaign marketing team to ensure all content and creative assets drive registration and high engagement in events
- Liaise with APAC & EMEA Community Managers on global event and community strategy - looking at ways to take our events and community building to the next level
- Manage the annual events budget for the Americas region
- Work with revenue operations team to report on event KPIs including registrations, engagement and meetings held, as well as understanding the overall impact of community activity on the marketing pipeline
What makes someone a good fit for this role?
- At least 3+ years of experience in planning and executing events from start to finish
- A self-starter, with the initiative and project management skills to execute a busy calendar of events and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to maximise results
- You will have the ability to pick up new technology quickly. Familiarity with project planning and marketing tools such as Jira and Marketo is useful but not essential.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English), highly organised and detail oriented
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work in a fast-paced team environment (virtually and office-based)
- Stock-options in a fast-growing, high-potential business
- A vibrant and diverse workplace
- An open, collaborative, and supportive working culture built on merit, which celebrates creative thinking and “getting things done.”
- The opportunity to work with AI-driven technology in a scale-up environment with commodity trading experts
- 401k with up to 2% contributions matched by Vortexa
- Private Health Insurance offered via Blue Cross Shield
- Dental and Vision cover offered via Guardian
- Global Volunteering Policy to help you ‘do good’ and feel better
