About the company
Primary is the largest early stage venture firm in the world, with $1 billion in assets under management and a staff of 50 working alongside founders to build unicorns like Alloy, Chief, Electric, K Health, Slice, Vestwell, and many more.
The firm takes a low-volume, high-conviction approach—and devotes unreasonable resources toward making sure founders can succeed. With an Impact team that outnumbers investors 2:1, operational experts spend 100% of their time making hires, signing customers, and enabling future fundraising to supercharge growth. This partnership with top-tier founders makes companies in Primary’s portfolio 2x more likely to raise a Series A and 19x more likely to reach a billion-dollar-plus valuation—a third of Fund I companies are unicorns, less than a decade out.
About the role
This is the opportunity to oversee major events end-to-end and have true ownership of the firm’s most important strategic marketing pillar.
What you’ll do
Conceptualize and execute major milestone gatherings like NYC Summit and NYC Tech Awards for 500-2,000 guests
Coordinate ~50 smaller events for our tech and startup communities throughout the year, in collaboration with our office manager, investors, external partners, and sponsors
Manage freelancer, agency, and venue relationships, paperwork, etc
Operate with a client services mentality internally as well as with cohosts, speakers, VIPs, and sponsors
Own event guest list creation and make sure we meet target demographics
Learn and own our event invite systems—luma for casual events and Swoogo for more involved ones
Own all documentation of sponsorships, with the ability to grow into being the primary point of contact for sponsors and a P&L owner
Measure and define success in terms of how events contribute to our brand and deal flow
About you
4+ years of experience working in a brand events role or similar
Experience with and significant responsibility for running 500+ person events
Experience coordinating with vendors, sponsors, speakers and/or juggling complex stakeholder environments
Enjoys brand collaborations
Strategic lens as well as execution oriented
Design fluency is a plus, but freelancers are available to support
Intense sense of ownership and entrepreneurial creativity
All candidates must be available to work at least 3 days a week at Primary's office in NYC.
Compensation is market competitive and will include upside in our fund. The targeted range is $100-$125K.
$100K – $125K • Compensation includes carry