The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Today the Linux Foundation has over 2,000 corporate members from over 41 countries, including every single one of the Fortune 100. The Linux Foundation has proudly
created over $54B in shared technology value since its inception.

Linux Foundation events are where open source developers, community leaders and business leaders meet to collaborate, learn and network in order to advance innovations that support the world’s largest shared technologies. As a core business unit of LF, the Event Team (composed of 40+ event management, sales, and marketing professionals) manages over 150 global events and conferences each year, ranging from 50 to 20k attendees. We host in-person, virtual and hybrid events.

The Linux Foundation is looking for a detail-oriented Sales Coordinator to support a team of Event Sales Managers who sell sponsorships across our events portfolio. The Sales Coordinator is responsible for increasing sales efficiencies by coordinating processes, responding to sponsorship inquiries, answering questions regarding sponsorships, building reports, and providing support throughout the sales process as necessary. A strong knowledge of Salesforce is required. 

Job Responsibilities

• Learn the in’s and out’s of all our sponsorship packages and event sales processes.
• Respond to all event sponsorship inquiries, serving as a front line before the event sales manager engages. 
• Assist the event sales managers throughout the sales process: keeping documents updated with all progress, assuring all sales targets are being contacted, finding new contacts, creating and updating opportunities and reports in Salesforce, and more.
• Curate event target list for each event and help organize messaging to use for sponsorship promotions.
• Track all event details (sponsorship deadlines, potential webinar dates, messaging and more) and communicate out to the team regularly to increase efficiency and organization. 
• Research competitive events for each of our events and organize a list of potential sponsors and contacts for outreach.

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication (both written & verbal) skills - required and an absolute must. 
• 2+ years experience in a sales assistant/coordinator environment required. Experience within events and/or tech is a plus.
• 2+ years of customer service/customer facing experience required.
• Prior experience with Salesforce is required, including building reports and updating records and opportunities. 
• Prior experience with Google Workspace is a plus.
• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or a related field.
• Highly organized timeline management, with strong attention to detail.
• Self-starter, who can operate both independently and within a dynamic team environment.
• Able to handle shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent team and customer service orientation.

Perks

• Competitive salary
• Work with a respected, high performing team that works collaboratively and supports each other
• Outstanding health benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• 100% 401k match (up to IRS limit)
• Work from home, forever!
• ‘Flex Fridays’
• And more!

This position requires overnight and weekend travel to events both domestically and internationally (~30%). This position is remote, and is open to applicants who can work North American time zone standard business hours. 

The Linux Foundation is an all-remote-work organization that hires world-class talent. We are as passionate about providing a flexible and supportive work culture as we are about open source software.

Collaboration is in our DNA, and we pride ourselves on being able to work closely together while not being tied to an office. We offer exceptional benefits - e.g., top-of-the-line healthcare, unlimited PTO, Flex Fridays, and a 100% 401k match (up to the IRS-defined limit per year).

The Linux Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity and encourage anyone interested to apply! All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.