Marketing Specialist, Communications & Events

Rapid7 • Boston, MA

7d • $66,300 - $89,700

About The Position

The Marketing Specialist supports Rapid7’s Communications & Events portfolio, helping strengthen communications, public relations, and experiential marketing to enhance brand visibility and customer engagement. Working directly with the SVP of Global Marketing and Growth, the role supports company communications, executive programs, customer events, and industry initiatives.

The position provides hands-on coordination and execution across communications and event projects, from kickoff through completion. It also contributes to public relations programs, supports a range of customer, industry, employee, and executive events, maintains team calendars and tracking systems, collaborates with internal teams and external agencies, and documents outcomes and follow-up actions.

Rapid7’s Global Marketing team focuses on business growth, brand reputation, and customer engagement through communications and event experiences across global markets. Rapid7 describes its vision as creating a secure digital world for customers, the industry, and communities, and emphasizes a dynamic, collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of relevant experience through full-time work, internships, co-ops, campus organizations, agencies, or event programs.
• Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with careful attention to tone, grammar, and detail.
• Excellent organization and follow-through to manage multiple deadlines and details.
• Sound judgment and discretion when handling executive, employee, customer, or media-related information.
• A proactive working style, including asking useful questions, flagging risks early, and taking ownership of next steps.
• Comfort learning new tools and working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Effective decision-making during fast-paced event and campaign execution.
• Ability to collaborate across marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and agencies.
• Accountability for driving event and campaign outcomes on time.
• Ability to embody the company’s core values.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, or event management.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate communications and event projects from kickoff through completion, including workback plans, deadlines, approvals, assets, and status updates.
• Draft and edit internal announcements, executive communications, event invitations, briefing documents, talking points, social copy, and presentation content.
• Support public relations programs by coordinating agency requests, media materials, award submissions, speaking opportunities, interview preparation, and coverage reporting.
• Assist with customer, industry, employee, and executive events, including attendee communications, speaker coordination, vendor logistics, run-of-show documents, rehearsals, and onsite support.
• Maintain communications calendars, event trackers, shared files, contact lists, and other systems to provide visibility into priorities and progress.
• Partner with marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies to gather input and move deliverables forward.
• Capture outcomes, feedback, and follow-up actions to help improve future communications and events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level