Marketing Events & Communications Manager (6 Month Contract)

Join Clair as a Marketing Events & Communications Manager for a 6-month contract-to-hire opportunity. In this role, you will be responsible for executing partner-facing and prospect-facing events, supporting day-to-day PR activities, and ensuring that all tasks are completed on time and with attention to detail. You will work closely with Clair's B2B Marketing lead and collaborate with various teams to generate meaningful business outcomes.

• Identifying and evaluating conferences, sponsorship opportunities, and events that align with Clair's go-to-market strategy.
• Owning end-to-end event planning and logistics, including vendor management, contracts, budgets, registrations, travel coordination, venue selection, and on-site execution.
• Coordinating logistics for speaking opportunities and podcast appearances, including scheduling, prep materials, and follow-up.
• We're looking for someone who knows that the best partnerships often start with a great conversation, and that the right story in the right outlet can open doors that no sales deck can
• This is an ideal role for someone who is organized, proactive, and comfortable switching between event logistics, media coordination, and agency management in the same week
• Demonstrated experience executing B2B events, conferences, executive dinners, or partner-facing experiences end-to-end
• Willingness to travel as needed
• Familiarity with media relations basics: media lists, pitch coordination, and press briefing prep
• Experience managing or working alongside a PR agency—including briefing, reviewing pitches, tracking coverage, and holding an agency accountable to outcomes
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with executives, sales teams, partners, vendors and agency contacts
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment where priorities evolve quickly
• 3+ years of experience in event marketing, field marketing, communications, PR, or a hybrid of the above
• Strong written and verbal communication skills—comfortable drafting a pitch, a briefing doc, and a run-of-show in the same week
• Experience supporting conference sponsorships and speaking opportunities
• Experience in fintech, HR tech, SaaS, payroll, or the future of work space
• Familiarity with CRM, event management, and media monitoring tools
• Existing relationships with journalists, analysts, or newsletter writers covering fintech or HR tech
• If you're the type of person who already has a spreadsheet for your vacation itinerary, gets excited about bringing people together, and loves seeing a great pitch land—we'd love to meet you
• Experience managing award submissions and analyst relations