Tradeshow Associate

We’re looking for a detail-oriented and highly organized Tradeshow Associate to support the planning and execution of key industry tradeshows and event activations that strengthen brand awareness and drive demand. In this role, you’ll help coordinate logistics, manage pre- and post-event workflows, and ensure our presence at each show is executed flawlessly.

As a critical member of the Events team, you’ll collaborate closely with marketing, sales, and external vendors to deliver polished, on-brand experiences across your assigned events. This is an individual contributor role reporting into the Director of Events, and is ideal for someone looking to grow their career in event and tradeshow operations.

Our preference is for this role to be based out of our San Mateo, CA headquarters. We are also open to candidates located in any of our U.S. offices, including Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Austin, New York, Tampa, or Philadelphia.

• Assist in planning, organizing, and executing field marketing events such workshops, executive dinners, lunch & learns and virtual events, supporting Field Marketing Managers to drive their growth against quarterly goals.
• Manage event logistics end to end - from venue sourcing, contract management, stakeholder scheduling and communication to post-event follow up 
• Help streamline campaign management setup and post-event follow using Marketo and Salesforce
• Negotiate and manage contracts with vendors, venues, and other partners, ensuring favorable terms and timely deliverables
• Coordinate and facilitate effective communication among cross-functional teams throughout the event process
• Ability to travel up to 40%

• 2-4 years of experience in event planning, or related marketing roles.
• Proven ability to execute, day in and day out, at an incredibly high level against consistent results
• Excellent communicator with proven ability to clearly convey complex ideas and data in written, presentation and spoken formats to a variety of audiences
• Entrepreneurial drive & mindset
• Salesforce.com and Marketo/Hubspot
• 0 inbox mentality

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend 
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

• You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.