Marketing Operations and Events Manager

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute (TCI) is a leading provider of K–12 curriculum solutions that combine engaging content, hands-on learning, and powerful technology to bring education to life.

TCI delivers innovative content to more than 50,000 K-12 schools across the nation via our award-winning products. As an established EdTech company, we make a difference in the lives of thousands of teachers and students every day through our programs, including the History Alive!, Social Studies Alive!, and Science Alive! series.  

Position Summary

TCI is expanding our conference, customer event, and RFP submission activities. We are seeking a hands-on Marketing Operations and Events Manager to lead the logistics and project management that make these initiatives successful. In this role, you will manage K-12/ed-tech RFPs, coordinate  internal teams and external vendors, and manage Salesforce tickets, and submission logistics. You’ll also plan and execute approximately 15 professional conferences and a range of field and virtual events each year, in partnership with Sales and Marketing.

What You’ll Do

• RFP & Submission Management:
  • Serve as the primary manager and overseeRFP/RFI submissions in K-12/ed-tech, including daily oversight of Salesforce tickets, cases, and form submissions.
  • Lead and evaluate coordination  among internal stakeholders and external vendors supporting RFP responses.
  • Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of each submission, ensuring timely delivery, compliance, and thorough communication and management of internal processes.
  • Participate in mandatory information sessions, and ensure timely submission of annual pricing forms and required district/state documentation.
  • Lead coordination of sample shipments and maintain records for submissions.
• Event Operations:
  • Organize and lead logistics for ~15 professional conferences per year, including using independent discretion to manage and secure exhibitor services, print/signage, hotel blocks, meeting rooms, AV, shipping, run-of-show, and vendor communications.
  • Organize and supervise  logistics for field and virtual events: space, ordering/services, onsite kits, lead capture, venue/vendor coordination, registration, materials, and shipping.
  • Collaborate with and make recommendations to Sales to select and coordinate trainers and speakers for events; oversee all related communications; organize, prepare, and distribute trainer materials and resources; and review submitted expenses against each event.
• Project Management & Cross-Functional Orchestration:
  • Launch and manage Asana projects for each event with tracks for creative, email, content, social, web, and sales enablement.
  • Use independent judgment and discretion to orchestrate cross functional work, including driving timelines, assign ownership, and managing approvals.
  • Maintain a centralized events calendar and dashboard to track deadlines, risks, budgets, and shipping plans.
  • Analyze and evaluate event ROI and lead capture, providing after-action recommendations and recaps with leads, costs, key learnings, and next steps to improve overall organizational function.
• Vendor & Materials Management:
  • Partner with Marketing to assess and manage swag and collateral inventory, source vendors, proof and deliver print materials, and track print sample inventory.
  • Manage portals (Freeman/GES/organizer), hotels, shipping, quotes/POs, receipts, and post-show spend roll-ups.
  • Keep organized documentation for all event logistics.

What You’ll Bring

• 4+ years in event planning, marketing operations, or related project management roles
• Working knowledge of K-12 education sector RFPs/RFIs, or equivalent experience
• Proven ability to work independently and use discretion to manage multiple concurrent projects (budgets, vendors, timelines)
• Project management tool experience (Asana or similar) required
• Salesforce familiarity required
• Strong communication, vendor negotiation, cross-team collaboration, evaluation and  organizational skills
• Documentation discipline and detail orientation
• Ability to travel up to 15% for major events

Salary Range: $100,000-120,000 annually

This is a full-time remote position. Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related experience, skills, and location. TCI offers medical, dental, vision, 401k benefits, PTO and bonus eligibility. 

For this position, TCI is hiring in the following states only: AZ, CA, DC, FL, GA, HI, IL, KY, MA, MI, MN, MT, NJ, OH, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA

Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets

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