This role is responsible for leading the strategy, planning, and execution of physical experiences across Stripe Sessions and Stripe Tour with a focus on the expo and campus-wide activations.
Drive the experiential strategy across the full event campus by identifying creative opportunities to shape the attendee journey as a whole.
Oversee all aspects of expo experiential design and campus-wide activations.
Concept and lead physical experiences that bring Stripe products and customer stories to life.
Propose and develop new spaces for targeted attendees segments, industries, verticals or customer story activations.
Partner with marketing, product, comms, and creative teams to understand business priorities.
Design and manage the placement of all expo elements to optimize attendee flow, visibility, and engagement.
Manage all expo activations from early planning through onsite execution.
Own the run of show for expo build and live event days.
Collaborate with the sponsorship team to deliver partner activations that are well placed, well built, and aligned with sponsorship goals.
Work with internal teams to intake information, clarify goals, and recommend creative, on-budget activation solutions.

6+ years managing and executing tradeshows, driving attendee engagement and logistics
Demonstrated leadership skills with strong ability to adapt to changing environments and prioritizing tasks
Proven experience in effective communications and relationship management
Able to work collaboratively, creatively and cross-functionally in a dynamic fast-moving work environment
Strong in developing processes and automating where possible; thinking at scale
Superior organizational, project management, written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrate attention to detail and proven track record to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
Experience with managing multiple complex projects simultaneously and independently, multiple vendor contracts and relationships.
Data-driven mindset to focus on setting goals, measuring KPIs, communicating milestones along the way, and teaming with other stakeholders to showcase the outcomes of each event to stakeholders

Corporate Events Manager, Expo

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