Events Strategist
Administration
New York, NY, USA
OtterSec is looking for an experienced Events Strategist. In this role you will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing our industry and internal events. These include major conferences as well as smaller side events, meetups, and partner events. You will be the main owner of our events calendar, support the companyâs brand and visibility, and design an outstanding experience.
About OtterSec
OtterSec is a blockchain security company founded in 2022. Built by a team of former independent security researchers, the company brings deep expertise across both web3 and traditional security to help teams build safer, more resilient products.
We work closely with leading projects across ecosystems like Solana, Sui, Near, and Aptos, providing a collaborative and detail-oriented approach to security. Our focus is on identifying and resolving critical vulnerabilities before launch, ensuring projects are protected against real-world threats from day one.
To date, OtterSec has audited over 400 projects, uncovering critical vulnerabilities in the majority of engagements. The firm actively protects more than $36.82 billion in total value locked (TVL) and has helped prevent over $1 billion in potential losses.
Beyond audits, we partner with teams throughout their journey, offering ongoing research, guidance, and support to help them navigate an evolving security landscape.
What weâre looking for
Required
- 5+ years of experience in event management, event marketing, conferences, or/and partnerships for global technology/web3 events
- Comfortable managing events across multiple countries and coordinating multiple events at once in a fast-paced environment, with a high sense of ownership and reliability
- Experience managing corporate travel and event contracts, with familiarity with room blocks, attrition, F&B minimums, comp room ratios, cutoff/release dates, and cancellation terms
- Able to build a full plan from a brief and budget, sourcing concepts and vendors that fit the spend
- Experience managing end-to-end event budgets, tracking spend and tradeoffs, staying on budget, and proactively flagging decisions that need to be escalated
- Strong print and production knowledge, including file formats, resolution and color requirements, spec sheets, production timelines, and reviewing and approving proofs
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; additional language skills are a plus
- Proactive with deadlines, flagging opportunities and decisions well in advance
- While this is a fully remote role, we strongly prefer candidates based in New York City or able to travel there easily
- This position requires approximately 30% travel, including travel to the U.S. and other locations as needed
Nice to have
- Experience with event-management/CRM tools, such as Luma, Canva, Figma, and Notion
- Existing relationships with conference organizers, venues, and production vendors
- Experience with technical or developer audiences, such as CTFs or dev-focused activations
Perks may vary by location.