Strategic Events & Associations Architect

Exit Five; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Continuum is seeking a Senior Manager of Events & Associations to own event strategy across conferences, trade shows, association partnerships, hosted events, and webinars. You will ensure events are thoughtfully planned, well-executed, and tied to measurable business outcomes.

This hands-on role requires strategic thinking, structure, and execution with precision in a fast-moving startup environment. You will design engaging booth experiences and drive pre/during/post-event engagement to stand

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience in event marketing or a related B2B marketing role.
• Experience owning trade shows, conferences, hosted events, webinars, or field marketing programs from planning through reporting.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Experience partnering with Sales and supporting event-driven pipeline generation.
• Comfortable working in HubSpot or a similar CRM/marketing automation platform.
• Ability to manage attendee lists, contact assignments, campaign tracking, and basic reporting.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Able to create structure, ask good questions, proactively make recommendations, and drive work forward independently.
• Industry experience within wholesale distribution, manufacturing, B2B SaaS, or logistics and supply chain is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage Continuum’s event and field marketing strategy across conferences, trade shows, association events, hosted events, dinners, webinars, and other programs.
• Own event execution from planning through post-event follow-up, including timelines, budgets, sponsorship deliverables, registrations, vendors, booth experience, collateral, shipping, and onsite logistics.
• Evaluate event opportunities and make recommendations on where we should invest based on audience fit, strategic value, sales priorities, and pipeline potential.
• Partner extremely closely with Sales to define event goals, target accounts, attendee outreach strategy, meeting goals, follow-up process, and pipeline expectations.
• Manage attendee and registration lists, ensuring contacts are organized, uploaded, segmented, assigned, and tracked accurately in HubSpot.
• Develop creative event concepts, booth experiences, and audience engagement ideas that help Continuum stand out in crowded conference environments
• Create clear internal communications so Sales and leadership understand event goals, timelines, responsibilities, and next steps.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, including event organizers, association partners, vendors, sales leaders, executives, and speakers.
• Proactively identify risks, gaps, and dependencies before they become last-minute issues.
• Track and report on event performance, including meetings booked, S1s/S2s, pipeline influence, follow-up activity, and key learnings.
• Build repeatable event processes, templates, checklists, and reporting structures that improve execution over time.

Skills

Event marketing

Project management

HubSpot

Sales alignment

CRM

Communication

Tools

HubSpot

Job description

Continuum is seeking a Senior Manager of Events & Associations to own event strategy across conferences, trade shows, association partnerships, hosted events, and webinars. You will ensure events are thoughtfully planned, well-executed, and tied to measurable business outcomes.

This hands-on role requires strategic thinking, structure, and execution with precision in a fast-moving startup environment. You will design engaging booth experiences and drive pre/during/post-event engagement to stand