Manager, Community Events and Engagement
American Marketing Association
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Alabama, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,000 - $80,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Lead the strategy, design, and programming of AMA’s professional community events, including the Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education, Executive Marketer Summit, and expand to future flagship gatherings.
- Translate AMA’s strategic goals and audience insights into event concepts, content frameworks, and experiences that drive measurable impact.
- Design gatherings—from intimate sessions to large-scale convenings—that foster authentic connection, community learning, and shared purpose.
- Project lead and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences that balance creativity, strategy, and operational excellence.
- Ensure every event upholds AMA’s standards of inclusion, accessibility, and fiscal responsibility.
- Measure impact through key performance indicators, translate insights into actionable improvements, and contribute to the evolution of AMA’s event portfolio through innovation and new formats.
- Develop and curate event programming that reflects emerging marketing trends, thought leadership, and community priorities.
- Identify and manage diverse speakers, facilitators, and contributors to ensure content quality, relevance, and inclusion.
- Lead volunteer planning committees to co-create content and engagement strategies that align with event goals and audience needs.
- Design cohesive agendas and session experiences that maximize learning, participation, and connection.
- Partner with Marketing to develop storytelling and promotional strategies that elevate event visibility and engagement.
- Facilitate advisory groups and planning committees, creating purposeful collaboration that advances AMA’s mission and reinforces the value of belonging.
- Extend engagement beyond live events through digital activations, community discussions, and follow-up experiences that sustain connection.
- Embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles into every stage of planning and execution, ensuring AMA events reflect and serve the diversity of the marketing community.
Requirements
- 5+ years of program design, content development, and speaker curation, with a track record of delivering high-quality, relevant, and inclusive agendas that apply principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
- 3+ years collaborating with and guiding volunteer leaders, with the ability to build trust, foster alignment, and support purposeful co-creation.
- 3+ years leading event strategy and execution, including ownership of multi-day conferences or similarly complex, high-impact programs.
- Experience evolving or launching new programs based on audience insights, strategic priorities, or emerging needs.
Benefits
- An inclusive work environment with monthly team events.
- Rewards and Recognition program through Bucketlist. See more about this here!
- Free AMA membership and free access to the following professional development opportunities:
- A variety of AMA professional development content
- AMA’s Professional Certified Marketer - Marketing Manager certification exam
- Remote work-life balance with:
- Flex Fridays (no internal meetings scheduled after 12pm on Fridays)
- Unlimited sick leave
- Two weeks of parental bonding leave
- Paid vacation time
- 13 paid holidays
- SIX days of paid volunteer time off per year
- Comprehensive benefit package that includes:
- Your choice of two medical plans with United Healthcare
- Your choice of two dental plans with Guardian
- Vision plan with Guardian
- 403(b) retirement plan with an employer match and immediate vesting
- Fully paid life insurance at twice your base annual salary
- Fully paid short-term and long-term disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
program designcontent developmentspeaker curationevent strategyevent executionagenda designimpact measurementdigital activationscommunity engagementperformance indicators
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationtrust buildingalignment fosteringco-creation supportcreativityoperational excellencecommunicationfacilitationinclusivity