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Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team:
We build impactful experiences that drive awareness of Stripe, educate users and prospects on Stripe solutions, foster community, and deliver high quality leads to our sales team.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
This role is responsible for leading the strategy, planning, and execution of physical experiences across Stripe Sessions and Stripe Tour with a focus on the expo and campus-wide activations. This person will concept and deliver physical experiences that showcase Stripe’s products and customer stories, while managing logistics, timelines, and coordination across internal teams. The role reports into the Stripe Sessions and Stripe Tour event lead and is expected to present recommendations for consideration.
Responsibilities:
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Drive the experiential strategy across the full event campus by identifying creative opportunities to shape the attendee journey as a whole. This includes the expo, lobby spaces, foyers, and other areas across the venue that shape the overall attendee experience.
-
Oversee all aspects of expo experiential design and campus-wide activations, ensuring cohesive, immersive experiences that reflect Stripe’s goals, highlight products and customer stories, and support specific audience needs.
-
Concept and lead physical experiences that bring Stripe products and customer stories to life. This includes spaces like audience pavilions, product showcases, and themed activations.
-
Propose and develop new spaces for targeted attendees segments, industries, verticals or customer story activations.
-
Partner with marketing, product, comms, and creative teams to understand business priorities and identify stories or moments that should be reflected in the environment.
-
Align with creative and brand teams to ensure activations meet Stripe’s design standards and quality bar.
-
Design and manage the placement of all expo elements to optimize attendee flow, visibility, and engagement. This includes sponsor booths, Stripe demos, theaters, food and beverage, and experiential activations.
-
Lead internal demo planning and staffing, ensuring each experience is clearly scoped, strategically placed, and fully prepared to support product storytelling at scale.
-
Manage all expo activations from early planning through onsite execution, ensuring cross-functional alignment and high-quality delivery.
-
Own the run of show for expo build and live event days, coordinating vendor timelines and internal workbacks across all activation areas.
-
Collaborate with the sponsorship team to deliver partner activations that are well placed, well built, and aligned with sponsorship goals.
-
Connect silos and socialize changes, proactively anticipating risks and providing actionable solutions for escalation.
-
Navigate challenges and blockers with ease, always seeking proactive solutions and looking ahead to ensure successful outcomes.
-
Work with internal teams to intake information, clarify goals, and recommend creative, on-budget activation solutions. Set clear expectations on scope, timelines, and ownership.
-
Own day-to-day coordination with production vendors, including layout planning, lighting, AV, electrical, rigging, and build logistics.
-
Review vendor proposals critically and push for custom, event-specific solutions. Avoid relying on copy-paste designs from past events.
-
Evaluate materials and production approaches for cost savings without compromising quality or functionality.
-
Actively participate in layout and space planning reviews to ensure all decisions support efficiency, budget alignment, and attendee experience.
-
Contribute to signage and wayfinding across campus.
-
Maintain clear production timelines and ensure all vendors are progressing according to plan.
-
Keep teams aligned across milestones, flag risks early, and ensure delivery stays on track.
-
Work closely with the Stripe Sessions and Experiential Design leads, presenting concepts and strategies for feedback and approval.
-
Coordinate across global teams and vendors in different time zones.
-
Travel required to support onsite execution, including Stripe Tour and other regional events.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
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6+ years managing and executing tradeshows, driving attendee engagement and logistics
-
Demonstrated leadership skills with strong ability to adapt to changing environments and prioritizing tasks
-
Proven experience in effective communications and relationship management
-
Able to work collaboratively, creatively and cross-functionally in a dynamic fast-moving work environment
-
Strong in developing processes and automating where possible; thinking at scale
-
Superior organizational, project management, written and verbal communication skills
-
Demonstrate attention to detail and proven track record to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
-
Experience with managing multiple complex projects simultaneously and independently, multiple vendor contracts and relationships.
-
Data-driven mindset to focus on setting goals, measuring KPIs, communicating milestones along the way, and teaming with other stakeholders to showcase the outcomes of each event to stakeholders
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Experience with using Slack, Google drive, Figma and Asana
-
Event planning experience in global markets
-
Extensive knowledge of large event venues globally
INTRODUCTION
Who we are
About Stripe
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies—from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups—use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone’s reach while doing the most important work of your career.
About the team:
We build impactful experiences that drive awareness of Stripe, educate users and prospects on Stripe solutions, foster community, and deliver high quality leads to our sales team.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll do:
This role is responsible for leading the strategy, planning, and execution of physical experiences across Stripe Sessions and Stripe Tour with a focus on the expo and campus-wide activations. This person will concept and deliver physical experiences that showcase Stripe’s products and customer stories, while managing logistics, timelines, and coordination across internal teams. The role reports into the Stripe Sessions and Stripe Tour event lead and is expected to present recommendations for consideration.
Responsibilities:
-
Drive the experiential strategy across the full event campus by identifying creative opportunities to shape the attendee journey as a whole. This includes the expo, lobby spaces, foyers, and other areas across the venue that shape the overall attendee experience.
-
Oversee all aspects of expo experiential design and campus-wide activations, ensuring cohesive, immersive experiences that reflect Stripe’s goals, highlight products and customer stories, and support specific audience needs.
-
Concept and lead physical experiences that bring Stripe products and customer stories to life. This includes spaces like audience pavilions, product showcases, and themed activations.
-
Propose and develop new spaces for targeted attendees segments, industries, verticals or customer story activations.
-
Partner with marketing, product, comms, and creative teams to understand business priorities and identify stories or moments that should be reflected in the environment.
-
Align with creative and brand teams to ensure activations meet Stripe’s design standards and quality bar.
-
Design and manage the placement of all expo elements to optimize attendee flow, visibility, and engagement. This includes sponsor booths, Stripe demos, theaters, food and beverage, and experiential activations.
-
Lead internal demo planning and staffing, ensuring each experience is clearly scoped, strategically placed, and fully prepared to support product storytelling at scale.
-
Manage all expo activations from early planning through onsite execution, ensuring cross-functional alignment and high-quality delivery.
-
Own the run of show for expo build and live event days, coordinating vendor timelines and internal workbacks across all activation areas.
-
Collaborate with the sponsorship team to deliver partner activations that are well placed, well built, and aligned with sponsorship goals.
-
Connect silos and socialize changes, proactively anticipating risks and providing actionable solutions for escalation.
-
Navigate challenges and blockers with ease, always seeking proactive solutions and looking ahead to ensure successful outcomes.
-
Work with internal teams to intake information, clarify goals, and recommend creative, on-budget activation solutions. Set clear expectations on scope, timelines, and ownership.
-
Own day-to-day coordination with production vendors, including layout planning, lighting, AV, electrical, rigging, and build logistics.
-
Review vendor proposals critically and push for custom, event-specific solutions. Avoid relying on copy-paste designs from past events.
-
Evaluate materials and production approaches for cost savings without compromising quality or functionality.
-
Actively participate in layout and space planning reviews to ensure all decisions support efficiency, budget alignment, and attendee experience.
-
Contribute to signage and wayfinding across campus.
-
Maintain clear production timelines and ensure all vendors are progressing according to plan.
-
Keep teams aligned across milestones, flag risks early, and ensure delivery stays on track.
-
Work closely with the Stripe Sessions and Experiential Design leads, presenting concepts and strategies for feedback and approval.
-
Coordinate across global teams and vendors in different time zones.
-
Travel required to support onsite execution, including Stripe Tour and other regional events.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
-
6+ years managing and executing tradeshows, driving attendee engagement and logistics
-
Demonstrated leadership skills with strong ability to adapt to changing environments and prioritizing tasks
-
Proven experience in effective communications and relationship management
-
Able to work collaboratively, creatively and cross-functionally in a dynamic fast-moving work environment
-
Strong in developing processes and automating where possible; thinking at scale
-
Superior organizational, project management, written and verbal communication skills
-
Demonstrate attention to detail and proven track record to manage multiple competing priorities simultaneously
-
Experience with managing multiple complex projects simultaneously and independently, multiple vendor contracts and relationships.
-
Data-driven mindset to focus on setting goals, measuring KPIs, communicating milestones along the way, and teaming with other stakeholders to showcase the outcomes of each event to stakeholders
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
-
Experience with using Slack, Google drive, Figma and Asana
-
Event planning experience in global markets
-
Extensive knowledge of large event venues globally
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Corporate Events Manager
Frame your degree field precisely
USCIS requires your degree to directly relate to events management. A communications, marketing, or hospitality degree works. A general liberal arts degree may trigger an RFE, so request a credential evaluation that maps your coursework to the role's specialty occupation requirements.
Target companies with LCA filing history
Search employer H-1B filings by occupation code before applying. Corporate events roles appear under SOC code 13-1121. Use Migrate Mate to filter employers who have filed LCAs for this specific title, not just any H-1B sponsoring company.
Verify the prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your wage level and location. Run your job title and zip code through the OFLC Wage Search before your offer discussion so you know the floor and can negotiate from a grounded position.
Clarify vendor and contractor oversight in your job description
USCIS scrutinizes whether events managers direct third-party vendors from a fixed employer worksite. Ensure your offer letter and LCA reflect a primary office location, even if events occur offsite, to avoid an RFE challenging the employer-employee relationship.
Confirm your employer is E-Verify enrolled
H-1B employers must be authorized to employ you lawfully, and E-Verify enrollment signals a compliance-ready HR process. Ask during the offer stage whether the company is enrolled in E-Verify, since unenrolled employers can face delays when USCIS processes your petition.
Time your petition around the April cap deadline
H-1B cap petitions must be filed in April for an October 1 start date. If your offer comes after April, negotiate a deferred start date or explore cap-exempt employers such as universities and nonprofits that sponsor H-1B roles outside the lottery cycle.
H-1B Visa Corporate Events Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Corporate Events Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the employer's job description requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific related field such as event management, hospitality, communications, or marketing. Roles where any general degree is acceptable can face USCIS scrutiny. Your offer letter and LCA should specify the required degree field to support the specialty occupation classification.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Corporate Events Manager positions?
Corporate events managers are most commonly sponsored by financial services firms, technology companies, consulting firms, hotel chains, and large nonprofits that maintain in-house events teams. Browse Migrate Mate to find companies with verified LCA filing history for this specific role title, filtered by location and industry.
Can my employer file H-1B for me if events are held at multiple client sites?
Yes, but the LCA must list every worksite where you'll spend a significant portion of time. If your role regularly takes you to client venues, your employer may need to file multiple LCA amendments as assignments change. A single-location LCA that doesn't reflect actual worksites can create compliance problems during audits.
What happens to my H-1B status if my employer cancels a major events contract and my role changes?
If your core duties shift materially, for example from managing corporate events to general marketing work, your employer should file an H-1B amendment before the role changes. Working in a materially different capacity without an amendment can jeopardize your status. USCIS treats unexplained duty changes as potential violations during site visits or audits.
Is a Corporate Events Manager role affected by the H-1B lottery?
Yes, if your employer is a for-profit company and you haven't held H-1B status before, your petition enters the annual cap lottery each April. Universities, affiliated nonprofits, and certain research institutions are cap-exempt and can file at any time. Checking an employer's cap status before applying can save months in your timeline.