Events Manager

About the role

Own Alpaca's biggest moments from blank calendar to load-out. Festivals, grand openings, conferences, pop-ups, and yes, sometimes live alpacas.

The Role

We are hiring an Events Manager to own Alpaca's marquee moments end to end. Community festivals, clinic grand openings, BCBA conferences, launch parties in brand new states: you plan them, run them, and make them unforgettable. This is a builder role for someone equally comfortable setting the creative vision and taping down extension cords the morning of.

For proof of the bar: we just produced a festival for 600 people in under two weeks, with real alpacas on site. We want someone who reads that and thinks "cute, I can do bigger." You will bring ideas nobody expects from a healthcare company (a pop-up that takes over a city block, a family carnival, a conference that actually feels fun) and then make them real, on time and on budget.

What You'll Do

Own events end to end

• Concept, budget, vendors, logistics, run of show, staffing, day-of execution, and load-out
• Signature events (yes, Alpaca Fest), clinic grand openings, conferences, launches, and community gatherings
• Own the timeline and the money, and keep both under control even when we move fast

Design events people actually remember

• Bring big creative ideas to every event and sweat the details that make them land, the ones guests notice and the ones they only feel
• Build events that are genuinely inclusive and sensory-friendly, made with our families in mind

Make every event a marketing moment

• Partner with brand and social on invites, content capture, and recap so each event lives online long after load-out
• Land local press and turn a single day into lasting momentum

Build the machine

• Turn every event into a repeatable playbook so each new-market launch gets easier and better
• Track turnout, cost, leads, and referrals, and beat your last number every time

What Success Looks Like

• In 90 days: you have owned at least one event end to end, built our core event playbook, and set up the vendor lists, budget templates, and checklists that make the next one faster.
• In a year: Alpaca has a signature annual moment people look forward to, a launch kit that any new market can run, and events that reliably drive measurable awareness and referrals.

Who You Are

• You are a self-starter who does not wait for permission. You see the moment, you build the plan, you run it.
• You have taste. Your events look and feel intentional, not generic, and you care how every touchpoint reads.
• You are full of bold ideas and pragmatic enough to pull them off on a real budget and a tight deadline.
• You are wildly organized, calm under pressure, and you genuinely love a countdown clock.
• You have personally run real events, not just supported them, and can walk us through a plan and a budget from memory.
• You are scrappy and resourceful, you get more done with less, and you never say "not my job" the morning of.
• You care about our families and know how to make a space feel welcoming for kids who experience the world differently.

Bonus Points

• You have pulled off something slightly insane on a tight timeline (and have the story to prove it)
• Experience with brand or experiential events, not just corporate logistics
• Comfort with content capture on site (you know a great moment when you see one and make sure it gets filmed)

Health benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Dinner when working late
• (Location: NYC preferred, travel to events required)