Marketing Operations & Trade Show Lead

Crs4rec; Verona (WI); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CRS is seeking an organized Marketing Project Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our marketing and events program. You will own the project management workflow, manage monday.com as the system of record, and coordinate trade shows from start to finish.

You will partner with the Fractional CMO to translate marketing strategy into clear projects and act as the go-to coordinator for sales, vendors, and event partners. Occasional travel to select events is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in project management, marketing operations, event management, or similar coordination-heavy roles.
• Hands-on experience administering monday.com or comparable platforms (Asana, Wrike, ClickUp, Smartsheet).
• Experience planning and executing trade shows or events, ideally at high volume.
• Strong organizational skills with multiple deadlines and details.
• Clear, proactive communicator who can collaborate with sales, leadership, vendors, and partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day marketing workflow from intake to delivery, ensuring scope and schedule adherence.
• Serve as primary contact for inbound marketing requests from sales and leadership; clarify needs and route work.
• Coordinate with agencies, freelancers, printers, and media contacts for outbound work.
• Lead weekly team meetings, maintain timelines, provide status updates and reporting.
• Own monday.com setup, build-out, and administration as the system of record; design boards, workflows, and dashboards.
• Plan and execute trade shows and industry events, manage annual event calendar, and handle logistics and staffing.
• Manage booth materials and warehouse inventory, including packing, shipping, and vendor coordination.
• Negotiate contracts with associations, exhibitors, sponsorships, and vendors, track terms and records.
• Travel to select events as needed and ensure cross-functional alignment and post-event follow-up.

Skills

Project management

Marketing operations

Event management

Vendor coordination

Logistics planning

Tools

monday.com

HubSpot

Canva

Adobe Creative Cloud

Job description

CRS is seeking an organized Marketing Project Manager to serve as the operational backbone of our marketing and events program. You will own the project management workflow, manage monday.com as the system of record, and coordinate trade shows from start to finish.

You will partner with the Fractional CMO to translate marketing strategy into clear projects and act as the go-to coordinator for sales, vendors, and event partners. Occasional travel to select events is required.