Marketing Specialist, Communications & Events

X4V Rapid7 LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rapid7 is seeking a Marketing Specialist, Communication & Events to support a busy communications and events portfolio. You will coordinate projects from kickoff to completion, draft executive communications and invitations, and assist in executing customer, industry, and executive events.

The role emphasizes collaboration across marketing, sales, product, and external agencies, with a focus on timely delivery and high-impact communications.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience through full-time work, internships, co-ops, campus organizations, agencies, or event programs.
• Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with careful attention to tone, grammar, and detail.
• Apply excellent organization to manage several deadlines without losing track of details.
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion when working with executive, employee, customer, or media-related information.
• Maintain a proactive working style by asking useful questions, flagging risks early, and taking ownership of the next step.
• Display comfort learning new tools and working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.
• Demonstrate a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or event management being helpful.
• Demonstrate effective decision-making by making efficient choices during fast-paced event and campaign execution to maintain momentum.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration by partnering across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and agencies to deliver seamless projects.
• Demonstrate accountability by holding self and others responsible for driving event and campaign outcomes on time.
• Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
• We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate communications and event projects from kickoff through completion, including workback plans, deadlines, approvals, assets, and status updates.
• Draft and edit materials such as internal announcements, executive communications, event invitations, briefing documents, talking points, social copy, and presentation content.
• Support public relations programs by coordinating agency requests, media materials, award submissions, speaking opportunities, interview preparation, and coverage reporting.
• Assist in executing customer, industry, employee, and executive events, including attendee communications, speaker coordination, vendor logistics, run-of-show documents, rehearsals, and onsite support.
• Maintain communications calendars, event trackers, shared files, contact lists, and other systems that give the team a clear view of priorities and progress.
• Partner with teams across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies to gather inputs and move deliverables forward.
• Capture outcomes, feedback, and follow-up actions so the team can improve future communications and events.

Skills

Writing

Communication

Event coordination

Project management

Public relations

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Bachelor's degree related

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

As a Marketing Specialist, you will play a key role in supporting our Communications & Events portfolio, helping build a strong foundation in communications, public relations, and experiential marketing to enhance brand visibility and customer engagement. Working directly with the SVP of Global Marketing and Growth, you will support high-visibility company communications, executive programs, customer events, and industry moments.

About the Team

Our Global Marketing team drives business growth, brand reputation, and customer engagement by delivering high-impact communications and world-class event experiences across global markets.

About the Role

As a Marketing Specialist, Communication & Events, your primary responsibility will be to provide hands-on coordination and execution support across a busy communications and events portfolio.

Specifically, your focus will be to:

• Coordinate communications and event projects from kickoff through completion, including workback plans, deadlines, approvals, assets, and status updates.
• Draft and edit materials such as internal announcements, executive communications, event invitations, briefing documents, talking points, social copy, and presentation content.
• Support public relations programs by coordinating agency requests, media materials, award submissions, speaking opportunities, interview preparation, and coverage reporting.
• Assist in executing customer, industry, employee, and executive events, including attendee communications, speaker coordination, vendor logistics, run-of-show documents, rehearsals, and onsite support.
• Maintain communications calendars, event trackers, shared files, contact lists, and other systems that give the team a clear view of priorities and progress.
• Partner with teams across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies to gather inputs and move deliverables forward.
• Capture outcomes, feedback, and follow-up actions so the team can improve future communications and events.

The skills and qualities you’ll bring include

• Bring 3 years of relevant experience through full-time work, internships, co-ops, campus organizations, agencies, or event programs.
• Demonstrate strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with careful attention to tone, grammar, and detail.
• Apply excellent organization and follow-through to manage several deadlines without losing track of details.
• Exercise sound judgment and discretion when working with executive, employee, customer, or media-related information.
• Maintain a proactive working style by asking useful questions, flagging risks early, and taking ownership of the next step.
• Display comfort learning new tools and working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.
• Bring a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, with coursework in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or event management being helpful.
• Demonstrate effective decision-making by making efficient choices during fast-paced event and campaign execution to maintain momentum.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration by partnering across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and agencies to deliver seamless projects.
• Demonstrate accountability by holding self and others responsible for driving event and campaign outcomes on time.
• Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
• We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences.

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About Rapid7

At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome. Protecting 11,500+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us. Rapid7, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. A candidate's salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, and certifications. We evaluate compensation decisions on a case-based basis, and it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the very top of the salary range. The annual salary range for this role, depending on location, is: United States: $66,300.00 - 89,700.00 USD Annual Salary ranges may vary based on geographical location. This range does not include variable/incentive compensation, equity and benefits (where applicable/eligible).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

Rapid7 is creating a more secure digital future for all by helping organizations strengthen their security programs in the face of accelerating digital transformation. Our portfolio of best-in-class solutions empowers security professionals to manage risk and eliminate threats across the entire threat landscape from apps to the cloud to traditional infrastructure to the dark web. We foster open source communities and cutting-edge research-using these insights to optimize our products and arm the global security community with the latest in attacker methodology. Trusted by more than 11,000 customers worldwide, our industry-leading solutions and services help businesses stay ahead of attackers, ahead of the competition, and future-ready for what's next.