This is an individual contributor role and while it is a fully remote role, you will ideally be based out of Hong Kong or Singapore.
We are looking for an Event Marketing Lead to help us build and grow a world-class events engine that brings more Shopify to the world.
As an Event Marketing Lead - APAC, you will be responsible for developing and executing innovative event marketing strategies that drive brand awareness, generate leads, and ultimately increase sales in the region. You will have a deep understanding of the event landscape and will be able to identify and leverage opportunities that resonate with our target audience.
This role requires you to be an excellent Event Marketer with the ability to identify and focus on priority high-leverage initiatives. You have a proven track record of building and managing events across multiple countries, with a laser focus on driving impactful commercial outcomes. You enjoy and thrive working in a cross-functional team, and managing multiple internal and external stakeholders - including C-suite - towards a common goal.
You will be responsible for building a calendar of events to drive new and accelerate existing business, in collaboration with your primary stakeholders; sales and regional marketing (+ partnerships and partner marketing). You’ll make this happen by considering all stages of the funnel, sales segments and producing events that will help drive new and nurture Shopify Plus and enterprise leads into/through the sales funnel ultimately impacting revenue goals. You’ll plan, execute and optimise events (through both Shopify owned and sponsored events, e.g. trade shows and industry events) as part of APAC marketing campaigns, predominantly within the Greater China Region (GCR) and South East Asia (SEA). This is an individual contributor role as part of the wider APAC event marketing team (which has two other event marketers based in Japan and Australia) that will also work closely with the APAC revenue marketing and global event marketing team to bring programming to life.
This role requires frequent travel throughout APAC and occasionally internationally.