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Events Marketing Manager

  • London
  • Marketing
  • Full time
  • R-0002730

We’re Dojo

Since launching Dojo in 2019 to address business owners’ pain points across the UK, we’ve seen incredible growth as a scaling fintech, welcoming over 60,000 new customers and growing the Dojo team to 900+ people across five locations. In that time, we’ve also introduced Dojo Virtual Queues & Bookings and the Dojo restaurant finder app, formerly known as WalkUp and loved by 600 restaurants and 600,000 diners across the UK. Find out more about the journey we’ve been on here . 

Today, we work towards our mission to empower businesses to thrive in the Experience Economy by creating the tools and technology that turn transactions into meaningful relationships. For our business customers, that means fast funding, the fastest payments, smart integrations, and efficient virtual queues & bookings - all with instant insight across the board. For over 600,000 diners across the UK, that means getting seated at their favourite restaurants in just a couple of taps on the Dojo app. Whether it’s for busy business owners or hungry diners, every Dojo product is built to address real customer pain points by our dedicated teams in London, Bristol, Hull and Belfast. 

The role

Our company operates through three distribution channels: inbound, a team of 500+ payments consultants working directly in the field, and indirectly a network of 600+ partners. We’re looking for an ambitious and creative B2B marketer, keen to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment that is shaking up the future of payments. You’ll have experience implementing integrated B2B campaigns across payments or SaaS including event management, communication/PR initiatives, channel strategies and field marketing.

As a Events Marketing Manager you’ll help deliver strategic event marketing initiatives to contribute to the company's revenue growth and drive overall market share. With the launch of our new game-changing new product Dojo, the opportunity in front of us is huge. You’ll be managing both internal events for our PCs to help build brand advocacy and engagement and external Trade shows to build brand presence and position Dojo as a leader in the Experience economy.

Working closely with the Channel Marketing team - including channel marketing managers, designers and writers - as well as leaders within the marketing and commercial teams, you will drive our events program in the UK and Ireland.

What you will do

  • Project manage complex events (in-person PC events as well as Trade Shows) of varying sizes both in the UK and Ireland

  • Enable participation in international trade shows through playbooks, toolkits, and adaptable collateral

  • Lead projects with multiple stakeholders from the initial brief through to onsite execution and debrief

  • Maintain and manage current relationships with suppliers and build relationships with new contacts and suppliers

  • Post-event reporting, including attendee lists, attendee breakdowns and ROI

  • Budget management, negotiation, invoice management and data analysis post-event

What you will bring

  • Several years of experience as an established Events Manager (or similar level role) within the professional services, financial or tech

  • Ability to work successfully and efficiently with minimal supervision on large-scale events and smaller roadshows (managing multiple suppliers and stakeholders), yet seeks and takes direction appropriately

  • Attention to detail and ability to problem solve is essential

  • An interest in global trends in event delivery, including the deployment of new technologies and platforms

  • A proactive approach, creativity, 'out of the box' thinking attitude

  • Ability to work to deadlines, plan and manage multiple projects, manage expectations and deliver under pressure

  • Educated to degree level, in Marketing or another related subject

Our values

At Dojo, we’re curious . We have an insatiable desire to learn and innovate. And we’re relentless . We persevere even when it’s easier not to. But, we’re nothing without our customers, who drive everything we do. From day one, Dojo was built on real customer pain points and every one of us is customer-obsessed . 

Creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive Dojo

Dojo’s 60,000+ customers reflect the diversity of the UK High Street. Building diverse teams that are representative of that to develop and deliver our business strategy is fundamental to continuing to create innovative products at Dojo. As a result, together, we achieve better outcomes for our customers and for Dojo. 

Regardless of age, disability, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, culture, educational background, parental status, neurodiversity or disability - whoever you are, if you’re passionate about your work, curious, relentless and customer-obsessed, we want to hear from you.

We pride ourselves on fostering a sense of community, which is only made stronger by each individual at Dojo, so you'll have the opportunity to meet a variety of people across levels, teams, and experiences throughout the interview process. 

Find out more about our benefits and what it’s like to work at Dojo at https://www.dojo.careers . 

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