Event Marketer

Cognition cognition.ai Open · verified Sep 10, 2026

San Francisco, Austin, New York City Full-time Mid-level Event Marketing

Mid-level Event Marketing role at Cognition. San Francisco, Austin, New York City · full-time.

Role brief

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What you'll do

Run conference and sponsorship programs, covering booth design, experiences, and attendee engagement
Build event materials and follow-up with product marketing and sales partners
Handle vendors, budgets, contracts, staffing, schedules, and onsite logistics
Prepare staff and speakers, then track leads, meetings, pipeline, and engagement after events
Create scalable event playbooks and improve programs through stakeholder and post-event feedback

What you bring

Three to five years in event marketing or premium experiential production
End-to-end event ownership, including vendors, logistics, run-of-show plans, and onsite delivery
Experience with audiences from ten to more than one thousand attendees
Background supporting C-level, VP Engineering, or CTO audiences with sales and GTM teams
Strong organization, close attention to detail, and Salesforce and HubSpot proficiency

Who this fits

You’ll suit a hands-on operator who can manage high-stakes events, senior audiences, and measurable business outcomes while staying creative. The role involves direct coordination with agencies and venues, in-person event management, and travel of up to forty percent. A high-growth startup or high-intensity environment may appeal to you, especially if you enjoy real-time problem-solving.

From the employer

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.

We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.

Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.

About the Role

As an Event Marketer at Cognition, you will design and deliver the in person experiences that bring our brand and go-to-market strategy to life, from executive programs to large-scale conferences and sponsorship activations. Your events will drive brand awareness, pipeline creation, deal acceleration, and deeper relationships with our most important accounts.

You will own Cognition's event experience end to end, from concept and design through onsite execution, ensuring every program reflects our brand at the highest level of quality and leaves a lasting impression on attendees.

This role is execution-heavy. We are looking for someone who obsesses over details, runs flawless events end to end, thrives under pressure, and coordinates cross-functional teams with precision.

In this role, you will:

Manage Cognition's presence at priority industry conferences and sponsorship activations, including booth design, experiential elements, and attendee engagement strategy
Partner with Product Marketing and Sales to develop compelling event collateral, messaging, and follow-up assets
Own the full logistical lifecycle of events, from vendor negotiations and budget management to contracts, staffing, and scheduling
Craft communications before and after each event, including "Know Before You Go" guides, training for staff and speakers, and structured follow-up outreach
Partner with Field Marketing to engage the GTM team and monitor key event metrics, such as leads generated, pipeline contribution, meetings booked, and audience engagement, to gauge success and shape future planning
Create repeatable frameworks, playbooks, and reference materials that scale alongside Cognition's expanding events calendar
Serve as the primary point of contact for outside agencies, suppliers, and venue teams
Be present at events in person to manage logistics directly and keep execution running smoothly
Use feedback from stakeholders and post-event reviews to continually refine and improve the events function

Requirements for the role:

3-5 years of experience in event marketing at a company known for high-impact events and executive programs or at a premium experiential agency with demanding production standards and large budgets
Proven ability to run end-to-end events including planning, logistics, vendor management, run-of-show creation, and onsite execution under pressure
Experience managing events ranging from 10 to 1,000+ attendees
Track record supporting senior audiences (C-level, VP Eng, CTO) and partnering closely with sales and GTM teams to drive business outcomes
Strong organizational rigor, attention to detail, and a high personal quality bar
Proficiency with tools such as Salesforce and HubSpot
Ability to travel up to 40%

You might excel if you…

Have led event marketing programs at a high-growth startup
Enjoy designing executive experiences and creating moments that differentiate a brand
Thrive when traveling, hosting, problem-solving, and adapting in real time
Are highly organized and operationally minded while still creative
Are energized by high-intensity environments where expectations are high and outcomes are measurable
Think like an owner of the event experience and business impact, not just an executor of logistics

Equal Opportunity

Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any.