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Axon · 2 weeks ago

Head of Marketing Events

Axon is on a mission to protect life through innovative devices and cloud software. The Head of Marketing Events will lead the global event strategy, creating impactful experiences that strengthen trust with customers, partners, and employees, while ensuring alignment with the brand's mission.

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Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end event strategy across regional, national, and global programs - roadshows, trade shows, customer experiences, and flagship conferences
Design consistent, high-impact experiences across every touchpoint, with a clear point of view and measurable ROI
Lead, coach, and level up a high-performing events team that sweats the details and delivers under pressure
Build scalable systems and playbooks so great ideas travel—and execution stays tight everywhere
Create economies of scale across vendors, production, tooling, and internal resources
Partner cross-functionally with Marketing, Sales, Product, PR, Culture, and Exec teams to align events with business and brand priorities
Own partner and vendor relationships—venues, production, branding, sponsorships, logistics, the whole ecosystem
Measure what matters: ROI, engagement, feedback, sentiment—and continuously optimize what comes next

Qualification

Event strategyExperiential marketingBudget managementCross-functional collaborationAudience experience focusTeam leadershipCreative directionStakeholder managementOptimizing engagementOrganizational skills

Required

8+ years of experience leading large-scale events, experiential marketing, or major brand activations
A relentless focus on audience experience—customers, partners, and internal teams
Executive presence with the ability to influence, align, and inspire at every level
A builder mindset: big ideas + real execution
Extreme organization skills with a strong command of budgets, timelines, and teams
Comfort thriving in fast-paced, high-stakes environments where priorities shift and pressure is real
A collaborative, optimistic, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude—no egos, no excuses
Ability to stand for upwards of 8 hours a day; as well as lift, carry, move packages and materials up-to-50 lbs on a regular basis; with or without special accommodations, is required
Extensive travel and extended work hours may be required; anticipated (30-50% of travel)

Preferred

Experiential marketing within sports, music, or large consumer brands
Events that blend storytelling, technology, and emotion
Building global programs that feel local—but unmistakably on brand

Benefits

Competitive salary and 401K with employer match
Discretionary paid time off
Robust parental leave policy
An award-winning office/working environment
Ride along with police officers to see them use our technology and get inspired
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Company

Axon provides electronic control devices to law enforcement and corrections agencies.

H1B Sponsorship

Axon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (3)
2023 (7)
2020 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2B
2025-03-05Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2018-08-07Post Ipo Equity· $246M
2001-06-07IPO

Leadership Team

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Jay Reitz
SVP Software Engineering
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Anthony Baldoni
VP Strategic Initiatives
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