Field Marketing

Etched
San Jose, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience in event production and a background in technical or university events.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in organizing high-impact events for technical audiences
    — “Define Etched’s brand presence at keystone industry conferences and events”
  • Professionals with a portfolio showcasing polished, detail-oriented event experiences
    — “impeccable taste and a portfolio of thoughtful, highly polished experiences”

Things to consider

  • This role requires occasional travel and a strong in-person presence in San Jose.
    — “willing to be occasionally travel”
  • The position demands close collaboration with engineers, executives, and external partners.
    — “comfortable working directly with executives, engineers, recruiters, agencies, and external partners”

How to stand out

  • Highlight event management experience with measurable outcomes in your resume and interviews.
    — “track record of connecting events to measurable recruiting, brand, or business outcomes”
  • Emphasize your ability to manage complex logistics and vendor relationships.
    — “own events from concept through execution, including creative direction, production, logistics, vendor management”
  • Demonstrate experience with large-scale events and diverse audiences.
    — “managed varied event formats and audiences, from intimate executive dinners to large conferences”
  • Position yourself as someone who can bridge creative and operational needs in a technical environment.
    — “balance creative ambition with budget discipline and operational precision”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • build and own Etched’s identity in the physical world
  • lead event planning and logistics for open labs and large recruiting events
  • define Etched’s brand presence at keystone industry conferences and events
Typical background
experience in events, experiential marketing, recruiting events, or event productionimpeccable taste and a portfolio of thoughtful, highly polished experiencesmanaged varied event formats and audiences

Skills & requirements

Required

Event PlanningLogisticsVendor ManagementBudget ManagementMeasurementCreative DirectionProductionExperiential MarketingRecruiting EventsEvent ProductionAttention To DetailExecutive DinnersLarge ConferencesCreative AmbitionBudget DisciplineOperational Precision

Preferred

Technical RecruitingUniversity EventsExecutive EventsProduction AgenciesExperiential PartnersMeasurable RecruitingBrand OutcomesBusiness Outcomes

Stack & domain

EventsExperiential MarketingRecruiting EventsEvent ProductionCreative DirectionProductionLogisticsVendor ManagementBudgetsMeasurementTechnical RecruitingUniversity EventsExecutive EventsLive DemonstrationsLab EnvironmentsHardware EnvironmentsSpeaker EventsSchedulingAttendee ExperienceTasteAttention To DetailVisionExecution AbilityAmbitionBudget DisciplineOperational PrecisionCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingAdaptabilityCollaborationAnalytical ThinkingAccountabilityMarketingRecruitingBrandingProduct LaunchInternal EventsExternal EventsSpeaker Management

About the role

Original posting from Etched via Ashby

Job Summary

We’re looking for someone to build and own Etched’s identity in the physical world. You will lead our efforts at industry conferences, Etched-sponsored recruiting events, product launch events, experiences hosted with our investors and ecosystem partners, and internal company events.

You will own events from concept through execution, including creative direction, production, logistics, vendor management, budgets, and measurement. You will partner closely with the founders and other creatives on the team to build exceptional experiences.

We are looking for someone with impeccable taste, a compulsive attention to detail, and the vision and execution ability to deliver curated and authentic in-person experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Cohosted events with investors: Lead event planning and logistics for events we cohost with our investors for top talent
  • Product launch keynotes: Build our flagship annual event, unveiling new technology through compelling storytelling, polished presentations, and live demonstrations
  • Company recruiting events: Lead event planning and logistics for open labs and large recruiting events, in partnership with the recruiting team
  • Conferences and public events: Define Etched’s brand presence at keystone industry conferences and events
  • Internal company events: Plan and execute offsites, town halls, quarterly full-team gatherings, and major celebrations such as boat parties and holiday parties
  • Guest speakers: Organize speaker events, including scheduling, logistics, and the attendee experience

You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications)

  • Have experience in events, experiential marketing, recruiting events, or event production
  • Have impeccable taste and a portfolio of thoughtful, highly polished experiences
  • Bring extraordinary attention to detail and remain composed when plans change
  • Have managed varied event formats and audiences, from intimate executive dinners to large conferences
  • Can balance creative ambition with budget discipline and operational precision
  • Are comfortable working directly with executives, engineers, recruiters, agencies, and external partners
  • Are willing to be occasionally travel

Strong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)

  • Experience with technical recruiting, university, or executive events
  • Experience producing live demonstrations or events in lab and hardware environments
  • Relationships with leading venues, production agencies, and experiential partners
  • A track record of connecting events to measurable recruiting, brand, or business outcomes

Compensation

Base salary: $175,000–$275,000 per year.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.

We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.

About Etched

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by billions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.

Source: Etched careers (Ashby)

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