Marketing Specialist, Communications & Events

Rapid7 • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Marketing Specialist supports Rapid7’s Communications & Events portfolio, helping strengthen communications, public relations, and experiential marketing to increase brand visibility and customer engagement. Working directly with the SVP of Global Marketing and Growth, the role supports high-visibility company communications, executive programs, customer events, and industry activities. The position is part of the Global Marketing team, which drives business growth, brand reputation, and customer engagement through communications and event experiences across global markets.

The role provides hands-on coordination and execution across communications and events. It involves managing projects from kickoff through completion; drafting and editing communications and event materials; supporting public relations programs; assisting with customer, industry, employee, and executive events; and maintaining calendars, trackers, shared files, contact lists, and related systems. The Marketing Specialist collaborates with marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies, and captures outcomes and feedback to improve future work.

Requirements

• Three 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, with the ability 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 may change.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Effective decision-making during fast-paced event and campaign execution.
• Ability to collaborate across functions and hold oneself and others accountable for delivering event and campaign outcomes on time.

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 track priorities and progress.
• Partner with marketing, sales, product, executive operations, and external agencies to gather inputs 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: Mid Level