Marketing Executive

About the Position

Marketing Executive

Join Ahrefs as a Marketing Executive to lead our global events program and play a central role in our annual conference series.

Locations

• Palo Alto, CA, US
• Cambridge, MA, US

Responsibilities

• Lead event marketing strategy and execution - audience targeting, multi-channel campaigns (email, social, partnerships, content), registration drives, and post-event follow-up.
• Serve as the single point of contact for Ahrefs Evolve confirmed speakers - from the moment a booking is made by the influencer team through to post-event follow-up.
• Own creative direction for Evolve, our global annual conference - including fabrication, booth design, and overall brand experience, briefing and working closely with designers across Europe and Asia.
• Manage sponsorship booth design and creative for field events and regional activations worldwide.
• Lead swag creative direction: concept, design standards, and brand alignment - coordinating with the Event Operations Manager, who owns vendor management and fulfillment.
• Collaborate with the Global Head of Events and Global Partnerships & Revenue Manager on Evolve strategy and sponsorship activation planning.
• Manage timelines and creative vendor relationships across multiple concurrent projects.
• Build and maintain relationships with communities, partners, and event venues across the US, Europe and APAC.
• Provide cross-regional creative support for select events in Europe and Singapore, ensuring consistency across all markets.
• Track and report on event performance - attendance, engagement, brand impact, and ROI.

Requirements

• Event marketing strategy
• Creative execution
• Audience targeting
• Multi-channel campaigns
• Registration drives
• Speaker relationships
• Creative direction
• Booth design
• Brand experience
• Sponsorship booth design
• Swag creative direction
• Event performance tracking

Nice to Have

• Experience with event technology platforms (registration, AV, attendee engagement tools)
• Background in SaaS, tech, or digital marketing industries
• Familiarity with SEO, content marketing, or developer/marketer communities
• Experience supporting or running events across multiple regions

We Offer

• Annual company retreat to connect with the global team
• Conference budget to stay sharp and connected in your field
• Generous paid time off to recharge
• Connect Program, travel to our other offices and meet teammates in person
• A proper workspace and equipment in the office

About the Company

Ahrefs

We are Ahrefs, a company that builds awesome SEO tools and creates in-depth educational materials to help hundreds of thousands of digital marketing professionals around the globe succeed at their jobs.

Our marketing team is small for a company our size, so you’ll be well-placed to make sizable contributions to the company’s success instead of being a small cog in a giant machine where your work hardly ever gets noticed.

We most value marketers who have the ability to figure things out independently, do their own research, and enjoy running crazy experiments.

Our motto is first do it, then do it right, then do it better

Join Ahrefs. Make an impact with a team that ships and cares.

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