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At a glance
Perplexity is hiring a Director of Events and Experiences in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY. It is a full-time hybrid role in Marketing & Communications, asking for at least 12 years of experience, first listed on November 1. The advertised pay is $185,000–$240,000 a year. Perplexity has 99 other openings in the US, 96 of them in San Francisco, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 193 Marketing openings in San Francisco, CA today; the typical one asks for 7 years and advertises about $200,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Perplexity advertises $185,000 to $240,000 a year, a midpoint of $212,500 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is higher than about 63% of the 235 marketing jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $195,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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- Plan the commute. This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, CA. Ask how many days a week you would be expected in the office.
- Match the experience. The advert asks for at least 12 years of experience. If you are a little short, a close match on the skills in the advert can still win an interview.
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About hiring at Perplexity
Perplexity has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 4 states. Most are in software & IT (32), data & AI (18) and marketing (12). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (97), New York, NY (61) and Palo Alto, CA (10). 3% of them are remote, 3% are open to entry-level candidates and 99% show pay. We collect Perplexity's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Ashby), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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Perplexity is seeking a Director of Events to own our external events worldwide: the ones we host, the stages we speak on, and the ones we sponsor. You will set the strategy, run production, manage the budget, and build the team. If you have produced a flagship and a dinner in the same week, know what a good sponsorship deal looks like, and want to build an events function from the ground up, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
Own events. Hosted, speaking, sponsored. Strategy, budget, production, results.
Set the calendar. Decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip.
Produce hosted events. Launches, dinners, summits, roadshows. Concept, programming, venue, vendors, run of show.
Run the speaking program. Pick the stages. Prepare the speakers.
Manage sponsorships. Negotiate terms, design our footprint, and account for the spend.
Run field events with Sales. Get the right customers in the room. Make sure someone follows up.
Be Perplexity. Our events should look and feel like our product. Work with Brand and Creative on every one.
Lead the team. Equal parts IC and manager.
Build the system. Playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets.
Measure. Attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups. Know which events worked and stop doing the ones that didn't.
Be on site. For the events that matter, you are in the room.
Qualifications
12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology company.
Has built or led an events team.
Has owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts.
Has negotiated sponsorships and knows a bad deal when they see one.
Has run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the day.
Knows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permits.
Drives measurement. Has built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment, and reports what each event returned.
Can partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives.
Power user of AI tools. Most of your work already runs through them, and you can show us how.
Based in San Francisco or New York. Willing to travel internationally.
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