Events Senior Associate

As Marqeta’s Events Coordinator, you’ll support the planning and execution of our experiential marketing programs. In this pivotal role, you’ll help bring our brand to life through industry events, conferences, trade shows, customer experiences, and hosted activations. You’ll work closely with the Head of Experiential Marketing to ensure every event runs seamlessly, from pre-planning and logistics to onsite coordination and post-event reporting.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone with 4-7 years of experience who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys juggling multiple tasks, and wants to deepen their expertise across the full events lifecycle. You’ll gain exposure to executive stakeholders, cross-functional teams, vendors, partners, and customers, all while learning from an experienced events leader.

If you’re detail-oriented, resourceful, and energized by producing memorable brand experiences, we’d love to meet you.

The Impact You’ll Have

Event Planning & Coordination

• Support the end-to-end planning and execution of conferences, vertical events, field marketing events, webinars, and brand activations.

• Assist in developing event timelines, run-of-show documentation, staffing plans, and logistics checklists.

• Help secure venues, manage booth assets, order materials, coordinate shipments, and maintain inventory.

• Manage pre-event tasks including registration, speaker prep, attendee lists, briefing documents, and internal communications.

Logistics & Vendor Management

• Coordinate with external vendors, including AV teams, printers, caterers, and production partners to ensure seamless execution.

• Assist in managing contracts, budgets, POs, and invoices, ensuring accurate and timely processing.

• Organize shipping logistics, booth setups, lead capture systems, and onsite operations.

Onsite Execution

• Serve as onsite support during events, assisting with setup, registration, activation management, attendee experience, and tear-down.

• Troubleshoot issues in real time, escalating to the Head of Experiential Marketing when needed.

• Represent the brand professionally and help ensure a smooth, memorable attendee experience.

Stakeholder Communication

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across Brand, Integrated Marketing, Content, Demand Gen, Product Marketing and Sales, to ensure event alignment and readiness.

• Provide regular updates on timelines, deliverables, risks, and next steps.
Help prepare executive stakeholders for speaking engagements and event appearances.

Tracking, Reporting & Optimization

• Track event metrics including attendance, engagement, lead capture, logistics costs, and operational performance.

• Assist with post-event recaps, performance summaries, and recommendations for improvement.

• Maintain internal documentation, event calendars, asset lists, and budget trackers.

Best Practices & Process Improvement

• Help develop SOPs, checklists, and repeatable processes that improve efficiency and consistency across events and regions

• Research new experiential trends, technologies, and creative approaches to enhance event quality.

• Support adoption of event management tools and systems.

Who You Are

• 4-7 years of experience coordinating marketing events, trade shows, field marketing programs, or experiential activations.

• Strong understanding of event logistics, planning workflows, and vendor coordination.

• Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with event software, PM tools, registration platforms, or CRM systems (Salesforce, Asana, etc. is a plus).

• Highly organized and detail-obsessed, with strong follow-through.

• Comfortable managing multiple tasks simultaneously with evolving priorities.

• A strong communicator and collaborator with a positive, solutions-first mindset.

• Calm, resourceful, and dependable during dynamic event environments.
Passionate about creating engaging, high-impact experiences.

• Ability to travel 20–40% for onsite event support.

• Bonus: Experience in B2B marketing, SaaS, fintech, or tech environments.

Typical Process

• Application Submission

• Recruiter phone call

• Hiring manager video call

• Virtual “Onsite” consisting of 4-5, 45 min calls

• Offer!

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the role. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description. Your skills and passion will stand out—and set you apart—especially if your career has taken some extraordinary twists and turns. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates, so again, don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.

Compensation and Benefits

Marqeta is a Flex First company which allows you to choose your best working environment, whether that be from home or at a company office. To support Flex First, we calibrate pay to a competitive value according to working location. Compensation is aligned according to three tiers within the United States:

• National: A baseline tier that applies to most of the geographic territory of the United States.

• Premium: Slightly elevated from the National tier, and oriented toward a narrower set of higher cost-of-living areas, such as Los Angeles CA and Seattle WA

• Premium Plus: A tier for the most expensive working areas, like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Visit this page or consult with a Recruiter to determine which tier would be applicable to you.

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position is:

• National: $74,600 - $93,200

• Premium: $80,800 - $101,000

• Premium Plus: $87,000 - 108,800

We also believe in recognizing the contributions of our people. That's why we award annual bonuses to eligible employees, rewarding both individual performance and the success of the entire company.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers

• Multiple health insurance options

• Flexible time off – take what you need

• Retirement savings program with company contribution and after tax contributions

• Equity in a publicly-traded company and an Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Family-forming benefits, fertility support, and up to 20 weeks of Parental Leave

• Free therapy sessions, financial and professional coaching, and legal advice

• Monthly stipend to support our remote work model

• Annual “development dollars” to support our people growth and development

• Through Flex First, the freedom to live and work wherever you and your family thrive