Coinbase is looking for a seasoned Experiential Marketing Manager who can help ideate, present and produce original events, experiences and activations. This role will support the partnership and marketing organization and will work on both partnered and organic activations.

The perfect candidate will be a hybrid creative marketer and project manager with the ability to make strategic suggestions re: programming and talent for various tent poles and initiatives and follow the programs through to completion flawlessly. The role is ultimately responsible for harnessing the power of physical and digital experiences to fully immerse, educate, entertain, and connect consumers to the world of cryptocurrency and Coinbase.

Success in this role requires that you be a world-class creative, project manager, and strategic thinker with a good understanding of relationship management, brand marketing, and event production. One must have a proven track record for executing world-class experiences for a global company.

Above all, your work will impact the way Coinbase users and the world understands and learns about blockchain, cryptocurrency, and the Coinbase platform and how they experience the Coinbase brand.

What’ You’ll Be Doing: 

• Manage the creative development of future Coinbase events and experiential marketing initiatives
• Develop activation plans that promote relevance regionally and nationally for Coinbase.
• Develop and manage high level assets for on site experiences
• Lead quality event execution and production for all Coinbase events & 3rd party events.
• Develop strategy, project plans, oversee its execution, and lead the project team.
• Source and manage Event Production Companies and oversee all event logistics from start to finish.
• Fiscally responsible for event budgets on assigned projects and events nationally
• Oversee all event planning estimates for project scope, schedule, and resource requirements, ensuring programs are budgeted, estimated, and scheduled.
• Be a student of experiences and customer engagement.
• Develop creative seed ideas for experiences based on marketing strategy, messaging, and program goals.
• Be a specialist with knowledge of all aspects of experiential marketing including techniques to engage and excite the consumer.
• Provide detailed budget analysis and return on investment modeling; deep diving into consumer behavior and brand awareness.
• Provide custom branding solutions for events driving ongoing creative design/visibility and execution.
• Participate in brainstorm meetings with Brand Partnerships & Content to ideate, develop and pitch partner activations including concepts, talent, etc. within events and tent poles that deliver on KPIs

What we look for in you (i.e. job requirements)

• 5+ years relevant marketing experience in event and/or experiential marketing for a major brand. Partnership and brand marketing experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of digital marketing, relationship management, and social media is essential
• Experience working with or managing experiential or production agencies
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills needed for drafting and briefs, internal presentations, and email
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills and ability to work across multiple cross-functional teams, disciplines, and time zones
• Motivated self-starter with hands-on attitude
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong project management and agency management skills
• Ability to multitask and work in a hectic and extremely fast-moving industry and environment
• Collaborative individual who enjoys partnering closely across teams and departments to ideate and create the most impactful activations possible
• Strong strategic thinker and resourceful problem-solver
• Ability to balance short- and long-term priorities
• Open to and willing to travel