Events Lead
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Bastrop, TX, USA
In PersonFrequent domestic travel and extended hours as needed; event access may require travel to Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral.
Administrative & Executive Assistance
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree is required.
- At least five years of experience in event planning or hospitality is required.
- Ability to travel domestically and remain flexible in schedule as event dates shift.
- Must be willing to travel often and work extended hours as needed to attend and execute events.
- Ability to pass Air Force and NASA background checks for installation access at Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base.
- Must meet U.S. export authorization eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute special events, tours, and customer experiences from start to finish, including sourcing and coordinating venue, transportation, catering, audiovisual, and entertainment vendors.
- Coordinate conference sponsorship activations and special events with internal teams across functions.
- Develop event agendas, registration landing pages, and invite lists, and communicate directly with high-level executive customers.
- Provide onsite event support, including evening receptions and weekend events.
- Design creative branding elements, including décor, interactive activations, themes, and custom elements, to enhance attendee experiences.
- Manage department administrative tasks, including supply ordering, budget tracking, payment processing, shipping coordination, and inventory oversight with the fulfillment center.
- Use artificial intelligence extensively to create efficiencies, automate department processes and workflows, and streamline event-planning administrative tasks.
- Partner with the merchandising team on customer and event gifting and branded décor items.
- Coordinate with security teams to facilitate guest security clearances and ensure compliance with Air Force base regulations.
Desired Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, event management, hospitality, or a related field is preferred.
- Hands-on experience in event planning, including venue sourcing, event design, vendor procurement, décor, food and beverage, logistics, and entertainment.
- Comfort using artificial intelligence and applying it to work-related tasks.
- Strong communication skills to support high-quality experiences across multiple programs and teams.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to work under pressure to execute events efficiently.
- Ability to multitask future events while executing current events.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft programs, event diagramming software such as Social Tables or similar, event registration platforms such as Splash or Eventbrite or similar, and Smartsheet or other related organizational tools.
About the company
SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Starbase, Texas
Founded
2002
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- Starlink demand keeps compounding: subscribers doubled to 12 million in the year to June 2026.
- Room to grow: SpaceX listed 2,693 open roles in October 2026, over a third of them for Starlink.
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