Event Specialist

Socket.dev; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking an Event Specialist to orchestrate nationwide tradeshows, workshops, and internal meetings with cross-functional teams. You will manage logistics, vendor negotiations, and attendee communications to ensure flawless events.

You’ll handle registration data, marketing materials, and post-event reporting, while traveling as required to support seminars and exhibitions across the country. Strong planning and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• 3–5 years of events and exhibit planning experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; highly organized.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute external facing workshops, internal meetings, and industry tradeshows.
• Coordinate promotions (e-blasts, mailings, invitations, social posts) with sales teams.
• Prepare name tags, marketing materials, manuals, and registration lists.
• Maintain registration data in Cvent and Salesforce and provide reports.
• Negotiate contracts with venues, vendors, and service providers.
• Travel 25% nationwide to manage onsite logistics.
• Manage event budgets and report results to Sr. Event Specialist.
• Coordinate all meeting logistics (A/V, catering, shipping, manuals).
• Keep product and promotional materials current.
• Maintain quarterly seminar and tradeshow schedule on the event website.
• Communicate meeting details to internal teams and speakers.
• Travel 50-75% including overnight and weekends.

Skills

MS Office

Salesforce

WordPress

Cvent

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Cvent

Job description

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Event Specialist may be responsible for a wide array of nationwide tradeshows, planning and executing customer facing workshops and coordination of internal meetings and events. Provides preliminary negotiation and review of contracts and other documents and serves as the liaison between event registrants, attendees, sales representatives, vendors and speakers. The specialist must apply robust tracking and follow-up to ensure that all event details are managed and responsible for resolving problems and issues that arise onsite and available on-call for events not traveled to.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree required

EXPERIENCE

A minimum of 3 to 5 years prior experience in events and exhibit planning experience. Previous experience working on multiple projects and changing priorities.

PERSONAL

Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Highly organized and possesses good interpersonal skills.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and execute external facing workshops, internal meetings, and industry tradeshows
• Work closely with creative services, regional sales managers, and sales representatives to plan, create, schedule, and execute event promotions, e.g., e-Blasts, direct mailings, invitations and social media posts, tradeshow videos, etc.
• Prepare name tags, marketing materials, manuals, confirmation packages, registration lists, etc.
• Maintain Cvent & Salesforce registration data base and provide lead, attendee and registration reports to cross functional teams
• Negotiate contracts with seminar venues, vendors and service providers
• Quarterly travel to manage onsite logistics with venue and regional sales staff for seminars and other events (required travel for back-up and peak periods) Total travel: 25% nationwide
• Manage individual event budget with other team members for monthly reporting and report in numbers to the appropriate Sr. Event Specialist
• Coordinate all meeting logistics: management of manuals, literature, marketing materials, PowerPoint presentations, a/v, electrical, catering and shipping
• Work with product managers to keep product materials, promotional materials and presentations current
• Maintain quarterly seminar and tradeshow schedule to event website on main webpage
• Communicate meeting details to both external and internal cross-functional teams as well as our speakers
• 50-75% travel required, including overnight and weekends to events

SKILLS

• MS Office Proficiency (Word, Excel and Power Point), Salesforce, Wordpress
• Cvent experience preferred but not required
• Superior written and spoken communication skills
• Must have excellent attention to detail and the ability to effectively multi-task in a deadline driven atmosphere

FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong event planning and logistics experience
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines in fast-paced environment

BEHAVIORAL AND INTERPERSONAL

• Highly organized
• Problem solver
• Flexible and adaptable to change
• Analytical thinker
• High energy