Party People Wanted: Top Event Tech Companies Hiring Today
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After years of social distancing and quarantining, people are eager to get back together for events. So event companies are reviving their talent pools. At the same time, an entire new cottage industry of virtual events that bloomed during the pandemic is expected to remain fully rooted in our social fabric.
For tech talent with a social bug, both of those developments spell o-p-p-o-r-t-u-n-i-t-y in an industry expected to grow to $1.6T in the next 5 years.
For in-person events, there’s much more to it than choosing a venue, food, and entertainment. There’s plenty of technical aspects behind the scenes, whether you’re planning events for a company’s employee appreciation banquet or a wedding.
Special events are becoming ever more important for companies with dispersed workforces to get face-time, as well as businesses hosting grand re-openings following a pandemic shutdown.
New offerings like WeGoTrip’s audio tours, Tagboard’s real-time social content, and SixPlus’s website for curating the best private dining events, are all enabling companies to get creative with their events.
It’s an exciting and dynamic time to be in the events industry. Here’s our list of some of the top events companies hiring now.
- B2B
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Website
- http://tagboard.com
- Employees
- 51-200
- About
Tagboard is a cloud-based production platform that gives users the ability to design custom graphics, curate real-time social content, produce live interactive programming from anywhere at the touch of a button, and increase revenue through cross-channel sponsorships that go beyond in-venue and in-person.
We help our clients think outside the box and do what’s never been done before to deliver unexpected experiences. We make it easy to let your most passionate fans and engaged audiences tell the story.
- Industries
Communities
Marketplace to book self-guided audio tours and skip-the-line tickets to museums11-50 Employees- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://wegotrip.com/
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Europe, United States, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe
- About
WeGoTrip is a travel company that provides self-guided audio tours & museum tickets all over the world. Travelers take a self-guided tour using the mobile app without the guide's involvement. Authors create self-guided tours once and get a 30% commission every time someone purchases their tour.
Most tourists buy tours to popular places, such as the Colosseum or the Louvre. During the tours tourists have a lot of problems: there are too large groups (up to 85 people) where tourists get lost, they do not hear and do not see the guide, who often hurries the group up, cancels the tour, it hasn't managed to gather enough travelers. Often the guide doesn't know the language well or gets tired.
Using the WeGoTrip app the tourist receives a private self-guided tour with tickets to museums and the content in native for the tourist language, that allows controlling the tour.
- Industries
- Travel & TourismTours & Activities
The first and only venue management system that saves time, saves money and creates happier clients11-50 Employees- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://weven.cc
- Employees
- 11-50
- Locations
- Boston
- About
We exist to empower venue hosts to be their best selves every day, for every couple. To do this we get the hard stuff and the boring stuff done for them with our first-of-its-kind venue management system.
Our system delivers everything a unique, nontraditional venue needs to be successful: client and event management dashboards, robust messaging capabilities, online payment processing and venue-specific planning tools for their couples. We’ve developed a proprietary set of technologies to streamline and organize the entire event process, help venues wow clients, and ultimately preserve their most valuable asset: their time.
At Weven, we’re a small group of people doing big things. Disrupting a $73bn industry isn’t for the faint of heart, and we know a thing or two about what it takes to host a kick-ass wedding, from initial inquiry to event day.
- Industries
- Venue And Events
- B2C
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- http://sixplus.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- Locations
- New York City, Washington DC
- About
SixPlus is OpenTable for groups. Our website helps you find and book the best private and semi-private spaces for group dining events of 6 or more guests.
Event planners, corporate staff and marketing directors use SixPlus to book company outings, board dinners, wedding events, birthdays and more. Browse and build custom packages at venues across New York, Washington DC and Boston.
- Industries
- Event Planners
- B2C
- Growth StageExpanding market presence
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- 4.5Highly ratedJoy is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 4.5 out of 5 stars
- 4.5Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Joy 4.5/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- 4.7Strong LeadershipEmployees rate Joy 4.7/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- https://withjoy.com/
- Employees
- 51-200
- Locations
- San Francisco
- About
At Joy, we believe software can help organize and bring people together in the real world. Digital tools can (and should) bring people closer together—online and offline. Joy fosters real relationships and real communication, helping people organize, share, and remember their important life events.
We are building a virtual event planner that aims to help people plan events both large and small. From a concert or a school reunion to a destination wedding on a tropical island. We are starting with one of the biggest life events - the wedding.
- Industries
- WeddingsWedding
Jobs
Engineering Leader Front-EndFull-time4 years ago$150k – $200kIn office • San Francisco3 years of exp
- B2C
- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Website
- https://www.playmefy.com
- Employees
- 1-10
- About
PLAY EVERYWHERE WITH EVERYONE. Playmefy is the world’s largest sports and recreation engagement platform.
Find your friends or step out and make new friendships by locating and engaging them for some play or recreation time through Playmefy.
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