Events & Partner Marketing Manager
About the role
Position Summary We're looking for a driven, detail-oriented Events and Partner Marketing Manager to join Okendo's marketing team. Okendo is the customer marketing platform trusted by 18,000+ Shopify brands to turn one-time shoppers into Superfans, and events are a core part of how we show up for that community.
In this role, you'll own Okendo's full event program — from industry trade shows and co-sponsored activations with Shopify ecosystem partners to our own branded webinar series, merchant dinners, and happy hours — while also managing the co-marketing relationships that power those programs.
This is a role for someone who is equally comfortable negotiating a venue contract, briefing a creative team on webinar assets, and presenting event performance to marketing leadership.
Experience managing co-marketing or partner marketing relationships, ideally in a SaaS or ecommerce context Familiarity with the Shopify ecosystem a strong plus Strong HubSpot skills including list management, automated email sequences, forms, and reporting dashboards
Experience with project management tools like Asana and comfort coordinating across Creative, Sales, Revenue Operations, and Customer Success stakeholders Analytical mindset with the ability to track campaign attribution, measure how events contribute to the sales pipeline, and report performance against quarterly targets Excellent written skills — comfortable writing invitation copy, landing page copy, social posts, and newsletter blurbs Strong project management skills with the ability to run multiple events and partner programs simultaneously without losing track of the details A "no task too small" attitude, equally comfortable resending panelist links on the morning of a webinar as presenting event strategy to leadership 1-Month Success Get across Okendo's ideal customer profile, the Shopify merchant landscape, and the existing co-marketing partner relationships Complete Okendo onboarding and product certification across Reviews, Referrals, Loyalty, Quizzes, and Surveys Audit the current events calendar, in-flight partner programs, and reporting setup in HubSpot Shadow and begin supporting execution on any in-flight events, webinars, or newsletter cycles 6-Month Success Own the events calendar with full visibility into second-half priorities, sales-qualified lead targets, and budget Have executed at least 2 to 3 events end-to-end with measurable outcomes Managing the monthly newsletter contribution cycle and at least one co-webinar with a Shopify ecosystem partner Presenting event performance independently at the monthly demand roundtable 1-Year Success Recognized as the go-to person for all things events and partner marketing at Okendo Built a repeatable events playbook covering logistics, invitations, promotion, attribution, and post-event reporting Quantifiably contributed to pipeline through event-sourced and event-influenced leads tracked against quarterly targets Proactively proposed and launched new event formats or partner co-marketing programs that expand Okendo's presence in the Shopify ecosystem Why Okendo?
We're product-centric, customer-obsessed and on a mission to build the world's best commerce enablement software. If you like being at the bleeding edge of marketing tech and working with passionate people then Okendo is for you.