About Cantina:
Cantina Labs is a social AI company, developing a suite of advanced real-time models that push the boundaries of expression, personality, and realism. We bring characters to life, transforming how people tell stories, connect, and create. We build and power ecosystems. Cantina, our flagship social AI platform, is just the beginning.
If you're excited about the potential AI has to shape human creativity and social interactions, join us in building the future!
About the Role:
The Events Manager will plan and execute Cantina's global events portfolio, spanning intimate local meetups, large scale brand experiences, major consumer tech conferences, and global AI industry events. This role will own the day to day logistics, vendor coordination, and on site delivery of activations, ensuring every event runs smoothly and reflects the Cantina brand. They must be a hands-on operator who thrives in the details, and comfortable juggling multiple events at once while coordinating across internal teams and external production partners to bring each moment to life.
What You’ll Do:
Execute end to end event logistics across field marketing, industry conferences, hosted experiences, executive roundtables, and brand activations
Manage day to day production work streams including venue sourcing, vendor coordination, contracts, staffing, travel, shipping, run of show, and post event recaps
Track and reconcile event budgets, process invoices, and maintain detailed project plans and timelines across a concurrent calendar of activations
Partner with internal stakeholders across Marketing, Partnerships, Comms, and Product to gather inputs, align on requirements, and keep every event on schedule
Serve as the on site point person during events, troubleshooting in real time, directing vendors and staff, and supporting speakers and executives to ensure a seamless attendee experience
What You’ll Bring:
4+ years of experience planning and executing events, including both larger industry activations and smaller curated experiences
Hands on experience managing event budgets, vendor relationships, and production timelines from kickoff through wrap
Strong project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple events and deadlines simultaneously without dropping details
Working knowledge of event production logistics, including venue sourcing, AV, F&B, staffing, shipping, and on site operations
Exceptional organizational skills, calm under pressure, comfortable working independently, willing to travel extensively, and energized by hands on execution
Travel required up to 40% of the time
Compensation:
The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is between $140,000-$180,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered, including skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.
Benefits:
Competitive salary and generous company equity
Medical, dental, and vision insurance – 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
42 days of paid time off, including:
15 PTO days
10 sick days
15 company holidays
2 floating holidays
Generous parental leave & fertility support
401(k) retirement savings plan
Lifestyle spending account – $500/month to use however you’d like
Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
One Medical membership, and more!
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience planning and executing events
- Hands on experience managing event budgets and vendor relationships
- Strong project management skills and attention to detail
- Working knowledge of event production logistics
- Exceptional organizational skills and ability to work independently
What We Do
Cantina Labs, founded by Sean Parker, is a new social platform with the most advanced AI character creator. Build, share, and interact with AI bots and your friends directly in the Cantina or across the internet. Cantina bots are lifelike, social creatures, capable of interacting wherever humans go on the internet. Recreate yourself using powerful AI, imagine someone new, or choose from thousands of existing characters. Bots are a new media type that offer a way for creators to share infinitely scalable and personalized content experiences combined with seamless group chat across voice, video, and text.
