Event Marketing Manager (EV)

Location: On-site in or able to relocate to the Garden Grove, California area; approximately 35% travel and occasional evenings and weekends required.

Salary: $100,000–$140,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global is an American commercial electric vehicle company developing a platform for medium-duty electric trucks and hybrids.

What you will do

• Develop and prioritize the event portfolio across trade shows, industry conferences, ride-and-drives, vehicle demos, dealer events, fleet events, and executive experiences.
• Build the annual event calendar, define objectives and audiences, forecast spend, manage contracts and purchase orders, and maintain budget control.
• Plan and execute flagship events such as CES, ACT Expo, and NTEA Work Truck Week, including booth production, vehicle transport, staffing, logistics, messaging, and lead capture.
• Coordinate vehicle demonstrations, including site selection, permitting, safety, test-drive logistics, and multi-vendor on-site production.
• Define lead-capture and qualification workflows in HubSpot, align follow-up with Sales and RevOps, and report on qualified leads, pipeline influence, and cost efficiency.
• Create reusable playbooks, vendor standards, checklists, and postmortems while sharing customer questions, competitor activity, and product feedback with internal teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of B2B event or field marketing experience, preferably in technology, automotive, mobility, industrial, or another complex-product environment.
• Demonstrated ownership of conferences or trade shows from event selection through on-site delivery and performance reporting.
• Experience managing budgets, contracts, agencies, exhibit partners, venues, and multiple vendors.
• Strong project management, prioritization, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Working knowledge of CRM, marketing automation, and lead-capture tools such as HubSpot, Salesforce, or Cvent.
• Must be based in or able to relocate to the Garden Grove, California area for on-site work; able to travel approximately 35%.

Nice to have

• Automotive, commercial vehicle, or heavy-equipment industry experience.
• Experience with vehicle or hardware logistics and ride-and-drive or test-drive programs.
• Experience marketing to fleet, dealer, government, or other multi-stakeholder buying groups.
• Experience launching event programs, creating repeatable playbooks, executive events, account-based marketing, or partner co-marketing.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% employee premiums covered.
• Early-stage stock options.
• Retirement savings support, including 401(k), HSA, and FSA.
• Paid time off, parental leave, and an annual vacation bonus.
• Wellness and fertility benefits, a cell phone stipend, complimentary meals, and stocked kitchens.