Head of Event & Industry Content
San Francisco, CA, United States
SaaStr is the world's largest community forSaaS executives. Our community engages with us through our incredibly popular blog and content resources (1m+ social followers), our #1 podcast (130,000+ downloads), and most importantly, our #1 digital and IRL events (including the iconic SaaStrAnnual.com and SaaStrEuropa.com).
About You
SaaStr is looking for someone to own the management of all our global event content, together with a small team.
This person will own management, some of the sourcing, choosing, slotting, and iterating the core content for SaaStr Annual and SaaStr Europa , as well as our digital events which attract 50,000+ worldwide. Our ideal candidate has experience in the B2B SaaS industry, a passion for software, and a desire to produce the best event content in the world. The right candidate will enjoy managing multiple projects and providing top-notch communication to our speakers for every event, including the leaders in SaaS. We are known for our event content, so this is an incredible opportunity for someone who loves events, content, and SaaS.
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Look at SaaStrAnnual.com and let us know what you think you could own, what we could do better, what you like and what you don't!
RESPONSIBILITIES
Own the event session agenda across our digital and in-person in events, including creating the complete session schedule, managing speaker selection, and gender diversity ratios, producing a run-of-show, coordinating speaker logistics, leading tech rehearsals, and working with our internal team members and external partners to ensure a successful live event
Understand the nuts and bolts of event content production. Participate in all aspects of pre, production, and post from scheduling speakers to pre-roll videos on all events and projects
Work as a speaker expert to support the creation of digital and print materials for promotion, including blog posts, speaker briefs, press releases and more
Help source (via inbound and outbound methods) speakers and content for our global events
Communicate and build relationships with our speakers, address their needs, and set expectations for the event
Conduct market research and trend analysis of Cloud and SaaS industries to determine the right speakers for each of our events
Manage the speaker communications calendar, including writing copy for updates to speakers in order to maintain and grow relationships with industry leaders
Travel is required to provide support for onsite execution of events - will be local (SF) as well as domestic & international
QUALIFICATIONS
You’re a strong, confident writer
You’re a fearless communicator, not afraid to cold-call large public companies and PR firms
You love building and maintaining relationships
You’re extremely comfortable learning technology and have a passion for SaaS
You have strong administrative skills, and can easily multi-task, follow up and manage competing priorities all under tight deadlines
You’re a self-starter, but when something is over your head you aren’t afraid to ask for help
EXPERIENCE
5-8+ years of content or event experience
1-3 years of customer support/service experience a plus
Prior SaaS experience a must
Knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Knowledge of Salesforce and Marketo a plus
In 150 characters or fewer, tell us what makes you unique. Try to be creative and say something that will catch our eye! * 150
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