Events & Marketing Specialist

We’re looking for an ambitious and coachable** Events & Marketing Specialist** to join our go-to-market team. In this role, you’ll be primarily responsible for the end-to-end execution of our events, including industry conferences, webinars, and special customer events. You’ll also get hands-on experience executing exciting campaigns, working with modern martech tools, and collaborating with marketing, revenue operations, and sales.

Reporting to the Director of Demand Generation, you’ll get to work on initiatives that have a direct impact on our company’s pipeline and revenue.

**Who are we?**

When you join Rival Group, you’re not just accelerating your career—you’re also helping shape the future of customer insights and market research.

We’re a forward-thinking, results-driven organization obsessed with helping innovative brands get closer to their customers in a way that feels fresh, organic, and fun. Rival Technologies, the tech arm of our business, is the world’s best conversational research platform and one of Vancouver’s fastest-growing tech companies. Reach3 Insights, our consulting side, is an award-winning market research agency with offices in Chicago, Toronto, and Vancouver. Together, we’re helping brands like Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Dell Technologies, REVOLT TV, and Roblox get better insights they can use to deliver better products, create more impactful marketing campaigns, and improve the end-to-end customer experience.

Our customers LOVE our tech and services. We’re growing fast—and we’re inviting great people to join us on the ride

If making **measurable, immediate impact **while having fun sounds like your jam, then we invite you to apply

**What you’ll do**:

- **Event project management and support**:Coordinate all aspects of our presence at industry conferences with the goal of delivering a memorable experience to our prospects, increase awareness of our awesome brands, and help our team generate pipeline and revenue
- **Webinar execution**:Plan, organize and execute webinars that deliver incredible value to our target audience

We’re a small and agile team, so depending on team capacity at any given time, you’ll also get to work on the following:

- **Social media**: Help reach and educate our target audience with interesting and useful content on LinkedIn and other social networks
- **Operations**:Increase our team efficiency by assisting with some administrative tasks (e.g. submitting receipts to our finance team so they don’t get mad at us )
- **Digital advertising and lead generation**: Get nerdy with our team to optimize our digital paid programs

**What You'll Have**:

- 2 to 4 years of relevant experience in events and SaaS marketing
- Proven ability to manage projects, deliver on time, and measure the success of your programs
- A track record in putting together events and webinars, including collaborating with vendors and stakeholders, to meet deadlines on time and in high quality
- Out-of-the-box thinking, a growth mindset, and a willingness to experiment, document learnings, and share insights
- A data-driven approach to creating and executing marketing campaigns
- Optional: Hands-on experience using marketing tools like Zoom Webinars, HubSpot, Salesforce, Asana, Canva, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Creative Suite

**Why us for your next career adventure?**

**Fair compensation**

We’re committed to pay equity/fair pay practices and closing the gender salary gap.
- Pay range for this role: $70,000 to $80,000 depending on experience

Our compensation package also includes:

- Stock options
- RRSP plan with employer matching
- Parental leave top up
- ️ **Flexibility and time off**
- Hybrid working model and home office benefits
- 4 weeks of vacation as the standard

Health and wellness
- 100% employer-paid health and dental plan
- Generous sick, personal, and mental health days
- $1,000 annual enhanced mental health benefits

A great place to work you can be proud of

According to a survey of our employees conducted by an independent agency:

- 91% of our people believe management practices are equal and impartial
- 86% have pride in their work and the organization
- 91% agree that their teammates are friendly, supportive and welcoming

Our values at Rival:

- Courage
- Results
- Energy
- Kinship

**The not-so-fine-print
If you think you’re a good fit, please connect with us ASAP with your resume. You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. We thank everyone for their interest; however, only successful applicants will be contacted.

Finally, we know from time to time emergencies happen and you may need to reschedule an interview — we understand and encourage you to be in communication without worrying about losing the opportunity or your credibility.

Please note given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check.

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