Marketing & Events Lead

OpenClaw Foundation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenClaw Foundation seeks a Marketing & Events Lead to build and execute global events, marketing, and ecosystem engagement strategy. This role focuses on execution, from flagship conferences to hackathons, community activations, sponsorships, and digital campaigns.

The role centers on planning, coordinating, and delivering experiences that unite developers, researchers, enterprises, startups, and ecosystem leaders shaping the future of agentic AI. Expect 40–50% travel internationally.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in event management, conference operations, community events, field marketing, or experiential marketing.
• Proven track record managing large-scale conferences, summits, or developer-focused events.
• Strong project management skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, contracts, and logistics.
• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex projects and timelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving environment.
• Strong operational mindset with a bias toward execution.

Responsibilities

• Own ClawCon end-to-end as the primary operator and owner.
• Build and manage event timelines, budgets, vendors, and execution plans.
• Source and negotiate venues, production partners, catering, A/V, and event services.
• Coordinate speaker recruitment, onboarding, logistics, and scheduling.
• Manage sponsorship fulfillment and partner activations.
• Oversee attendee registration, communications, and support.
• Coordinate onsite operations and event staffing.
• Build repeatable systems that enable ClawCons to scale year-over-year.

Skills

Event management

Conference operations

Project management

Budget & vendor management

Multitasking

Communication

Independent work

Operational mindset

Tools

Marketing automation

CRM systems

Event technology platforms

Job description

About the Foundation:

The OpenClaw Foundation is the steward of the world's largest open source AI agent project. Its mission is grounded in a foundational conviction: that AI must be open, safe, and ultimately owned by the individuals and communities who use it.

The Foundation operates across three core mandates:

• Advancing research into the human-agent relationship while continuously evolving the OpenClaw platform;

• Maintaining and hardening the codebase to ensure security, reliability, and long-term sustainability;

• Establishing interoperability standards for the emerging agent era, defining how agents configure, communicate, establish trust, transact, and represent user identity across ecosystems.

Modeled after the governance structures that shaped the open web and modern computing infrastructure, the Foundation serves as a neutral, multi-stakeholder convening body — the equivalent of W3C or the Linux Foundation for the agentic AI era. Major laboratories and infrastructure providers collaborate under its umbrella on shared, vendor-neutral infrastructure, with no single organization controlling the roadmap or direction.

The OpenClaw Foundation believes that individuals should have full sovereignty over their AI: their data, their interactions, and the behavior and personality of their agents. Open source is not incidental to this mission but central to it — code must remain free to use, modify, and build upon. The future of agentic AI will be defined by a broad, developer-driven community, not prescribed by any single commercial interest.

The Role

The OpenClaw Foundation is seeking its first Marketing & Events Lead to build and execute the Foundation's global events, marketing, and ecosystem engagement strategy.

This is a highly operational role focused on execution, not agency management or high-level brand strategy. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering the experiences that bring the OpenClaw ecosystem together—from flagship conferences and hackathons to industry events, community activations, sponsorship programs, and digital campaigns.

The centerpiece of this role will be owning ClawCon, OpenClaw Foundation’s conference and meetup arm (multiple events per quarter globally). From venue selection and sponsorship execution to speaker management, attendee experience, logistics, production, and post-event follow-up, you will serve as the operational leader responsible for making every ClawCon a world-class event.

You will also manage The Foundation’s broader event portfolio, helping establish the Foundation as the gathering place for developers, researchers, enterprises, startups, and ecosystem leaders shaping the future of agentic AI.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on building systems, managing details, coordinating stakeholders, and turning ambitious ideas into flawlessly executed experiences. This role will likely require 40-50% travel internationally.

What You'll Do

Own ClawCon End-to-End

• Serve as the primary owner and operator of ClawCon

• Build and manage event timelines, budgets, vendors, and execution plans

• Source and negotiate venues, production partners, catering, A/V, and event services

• Coordinate speaker recruitment, onboarding, logistics, and scheduling

• Manage sponsorship fulfillment and partner activations

• Oversee attendee registration, communications, and support

• Coordinate onsite operations and event staffing

• Build repeatable systems that enable ClawCons to scale year-over-year

• Own post-event reporting, feedback collection, and success metrics

Execute Foundation Events

• Plan and execute:

  • Developer conferences

  • Hackathons

  • Community meetups

  • Workshops

  • Summits

  • Working group gatherings

  • Sponsor activations

  • Virtual events and webinars

• Manage The OpenClaw Foundation's presence at major industry events

• Coordinate travel, logistics, sponsorships, and speaking opportunities

• Build event playbooks and operational processes

Drive Marketing Execution

• Support execution of Foundation marketing initiatives

• Coordinate campaign launches across events, community, partnerships, and content

• Manage marketing calendars and promotional timelines

• Develop event-related marketing assets and attendee communications

• Coordinate email campaigns, social promotion, and event announcements

• Ensure consistency across Foundation messaging and event experiences

Support Sponsorship & Partnerships

• Coordinate sponsor onboarding and fulfillment

• Manage sponsorship deliverables and activation plans

• Work closely with partners to maximize event value

• Support fundraising and sponsorship initiatives through operational excellence

• Build systems for sponsor reporting and relationship management

Build Operational Infrastructure

• Create scalable event operations and project management systems

• Manage event budgets and vendor relationships

• Develop templates, processes, and documentation

• Implement tools for registration, communications, CRM management, and event tracking

• Establish reporting frameworks and KPIs

Collaborate Across the Foundation

• Partner with Developer Relations, Research, Engineering, and Leadership teams

• Coordinate announcements, launches, and ecosystem initiatives

• Ensure events align with Foundation priorities and community needs

• Help create exceptional experiences for contributors, sponsors, researchers, and attendees

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in event management, conference operations, community events, field marketing, or experiential marketing

• Proven track record managing large-scale conferences, summits, or developer-focused events

• Strong project management skills with exceptional attention to detail

• Experience managing budgets, vendors, contracts, and logistics

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex projects and timelines

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving environment

• Strong operational mindset with a bias toward execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience running developer conferences, open-source events, or technical community programs

• Familiarity with open-source software ecosystems

• Experience working with sponsorship programs and partner activations

• Experience supporting startup, technology, AI, or developer-focused organizations

• Familiarity with marketing automation, CRM systems, and event technology platforms

• Experience managing global or distributed events