Marketing And Events Coordinator

Company: Merge Labs, Inc. (Merge)
Role: Marketing and Events Coordinator
Location: United States, Work from Home + travel
Benefits: Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Life and Stock Option Plan
Compensation: $60,000

About Merge:
Merge is an educational technology company that develops the award-winning Merge Cube and hands-on digital learning platform, Merge EDU. Our product ecosystem is a curriculum-aligned augmented reality solution for K-12 classrooms, libraries, STEM labs and makerspaces. Our customers are K-12 educators, administrators, and leaders.

Your Mission:
We are looking for an energetic Marketing and Events Coordinator to plan and execute marketing initiatives. These include, but are not limited to coordinating and representing Merge at events around the country, cultivating press coverage and influencers, creating presentations, and creating marketing collateral. As you achieve success at Merge, you will have growth opportunities to build and lead teams. This position will involve frequent travel.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate and attend events around the country. This includes managing logistics and helping set up and staff Merge’s trade show presence
• Brainstorm, research and coordinate potential PR and marketing initiatives and programs
• Cultivate relationships with education influencers
• Host webinars about Merge EDU
• Manage Facebook group / help create engagement across social media
• Brainstorm and coordinate creation of marketing collateral assets

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, technology, or equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience relevant to the Responsibility stated above. Experience performing such responsibilities for education technology is preferred
• Highly proficient, articulate and accurate with both written and verbal communication, including presentations
• Outstanding interpersonal skills is required
• Strong organization skills is required
• Flexible approach, able to navigate uncertainty and change
• Ability and willingness to travel for events on a fairly regular basis (expected to be approximately 2 per month) is a requirement
• Driven, self-motivated, enthusiastic and with a “can do” attitude