Our healthcare system is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the U.S. Every year, over 50 million Americans suffer adverse financial consequences as a result of seeking care, from lower credit scores to garnished wages. The challenge is only getting worse, as high deductible health plans are the fastest growing plan design in the U.S.
Cedar’s mission is to leverage data science, smart product design and personalization to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. Today, healthcare providers still engage with its consumers in a “one-size-fits-all” approach; and Cedar is excited to leverage consumer best practices to deliver a superior experience.
About the Role
Cedar is looking for a detail-oriented, proactive, and highly organized Events Associate who’s passionate about creating meaningful experiences that advance our mission to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. This role will help to support the execution of our flagship Councils and strategic event initiatives. This person will be a key player on our Experiential Marketing team, helping bring our most important gatherings to life—from high-profile executive councils to industry sponsorships and recruitment activations. The Events Associate will support everything from planning and logistics to executive briefings and community engagement, all while ensuring our events drive connection, growth, and brand impact. This role is ideal for a creative problem-solver with a passion for translating ideas into unforgettable experiences.
What You'll Do
Event Planning & Execution
- Support logistics, planning, and production for Cedar’s flagship events and executive councils.
- Lead logistics and coordination for Cedar’s presence at sponsored industry conferences.
- Ensure seamless execution of sponsorship deliverables and brand representation including tradeshow coordination, graphics & signage, social event planning, registration systems, and on-site materials.
- Manage cross-functional timelines and collaborate closely with internal teams, speakers, vendors, and partners.
- Own event administrative needs including contracts, vendor onboarding, invoicing, and pay orders.
- Build internal briefing materials for events and speaking engagements.
Event Recruitment & Community Engagement
- Partner with Marketing Ops to scale and automate recruitment and post-event reporting processes.
- Manage invitation lists, RSVP tracking, and stakeholder communications for events.
- Support community engagement by identifying and executing post-event touchpoints that deepen connections with key personas.
Content & Research
- Assist in agenda development for Cedar’s executive Councils, including research on trends, speakers, and thought leadership topics.
- Maintain and update a speaker database featuring Cedar leaders, client champions, and external thought leaders.
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field—or equivalent experience.
- 1-3 years experience in event planning, production or project management
- A deep understanding of event logistics and best practices, with a passion for efficiency.
- Exceptional organization, communication, and project management skills
- A data-driven approach with experience in analyzing marketing performance and ROI.
- The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Experience in healthcare or tech is a plus.
Compensation Range and Benefits
- Salary/Hourly Rate Range*: $68,000 - $80,000 If the role is location dependent
- This role is equity eligible
- This role offers a competitive benefits and wellness package
*Subject to location, experience, and education
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What do we offer to the ideal candidate?
- A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
- Unless stated otherwise, most roles have flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
- For exempt employees: Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
- Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
- Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on the first of the month following your start date (or on your start date if your start date coincides with the first of the month)
- Cedar matches 100% of your 401(k) contributions, up to 3% of your annual compensation
- Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a team discretionary budget for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally
About us
Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcare technology company fueled by remarkable growth. "Over the past several years, we've raised more than $350 million in funding & have the active support of Thrive and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
As of November 2024, Cedar is engaging with 30 million patients annually and is on target to process $3.5 billion in patient payments annually. Cedar partners with more than 55 leading healthcare providers and payers including Highmark Inc., Allegheny Health Network, Novant Health, Allina Health and Providence.
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