Marketing Operations and Events Manager

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI) is a leading provider of K–12 curriculum solutions that combine engaging content, hands-on learning, and powerful technology to bring education to life. TCI is seeking a Marketing Operations and Events Manager to lead logistics and project management for conferences and RFP submissions, ensuring successful execution of events and compliance with internal processes.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary manager and oversee RFP/RFI submissions in K-12/ed-tech, including daily oversight of Salesforce tickets, cases, and form submissions
• Lead and evaluate coordination among internal stakeholders and external vendors supporting RFP responses
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of each submission, ensuring timely delivery, compliance, and thorough communication and management of internal processes
• Participate in mandatory information sessions, and ensure timely submission of annual pricing forms and required district/state documentation
• Lead coordination of sample shipments and maintain records for submissions
• Organize and lead logistics for ~15 professional conferences per year, including using independent discretion to manage and secure exhibitor services, print/signage, hotel blocks, meeting rooms, AV, shipping, run-of-show, and vendor communications
• Organize and supervise logistics for field and virtual events: space, ordering/services, onsite kits, lead capture, venue/vendor coordination, registration, materials, and shipping
• Collaborate with and make recommendations to Sales to select and coordinate trainers and speakers for events; oversee all related communications; organize, prepare, and distribute trainer materials and resources; and review submitted expenses against each event
• Launch and manage Asana projects for each event with tracks for creative, email, content, social, web, and sales enablement
• Use independent judgment and discretion to orchestrate cross functional work, including driving timelines, assign ownership, and managing approvals
• Maintain a centralized events calendar and dashboard to track deadlines, risks, budgets, and shipping plans
• Analyze and evaluate event ROI and lead capture, providing after-action recommendations and recaps with leads, costs, key learnings, and next steps to improve overall organizational function
• Partner with Marketing to assess and manage swag and collateral inventory, source vendors, proof and deliver print materials, and track print sample inventory
• Manage portals (Freeman/GES/organizer), hotels, shipping, quotes/POs, receipts, and post-show spend roll-ups
• Keep organized documentation for all event logistics

Requirements:

• 4+ years in event planning, marketing operations, or related project management roles
• Working knowledge of K-12 education sector RFPs/RFIs, or equivalent experience
• Proven ability to work independently and use discretion to manage multiple concurrent projects (budgets, vendors, timelines)
• Project management tool experience (Asana or similar) required
• Salesforce familiarity required
• Strong communication, vendor negotiation, cross-team collaboration, evaluation and organizational skills
• Documentation discipline and detail orientation
• Ability to travel up to 15% for major events