About the Foundation:
The OpenClaw Foundation is the steward of the world's largest open source AI agent project. Its mission is grounded in a foundational conviction: that AI must be open, safe, and ultimately owned by the individuals and communities who use it.
The Foundation operates across three core mandates:
Advancing research into the human-agent relationship while continuously evolving the OpenClaw platform;
Maintaining and hardening the codebase to ensure security, reliability, and long-term sustainability;
Establishing interoperability standards for the emerging agent era, defining how agents configure, communicate, establish trust, transact, and represent user identity across ecosystems.
Modeled after the governance structures that shaped the open web and modern computing infrastructure, the Foundation serves as a neutral, multi-stakeholder convening body — the equivalent of W3C or the Linux Foundation for the agentic AI era. Major laboratories and infrastructure providers collaborate under its umbrella on shared, vendor-neutral infrastructure, with no single organization controlling the roadmap or direction.
The OpenClaw Foundation believes that individuals should have full sovereignty over their AI: their data, their interactions, and the behavior and personality of their agents. Open source is not incidental to this mission but central to it — code must remain free to use, modify, and build upon. The future of agentic AI will be defined by a broad, developer-driven community, not prescribed by any single commercial interest.
The Role
The OpenClaw Foundation is seeking its first Marketing & Events Lead to build and execute the Foundation's global events, marketing, and ecosystem engagement strategy.
This is a highly operational role focused on execution, not agency management or high-level brand strategy. You will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering the experiences that bring the OpenClaw ecosystem together—from flagship conferences and hackathons to industry events, community activations, sponsorship programs, and digital campaigns.
The centerpiece of this role will be owning ClawCon, OpenClaw Foundation’s conference and meetup arm (multiple events per quarter globally). From venue selection and sponsorship execution to speaker management, attendee experience, logistics, production, and post-event follow-up, you will serve as the operational leader responsible for making every ClawCon a world-class event.
You will also manage The Foundation’s broader event portfolio, helping establish the Foundation as the gathering place for developers, researchers, enterprises, startups, and ecosystem leaders shaping the future of agentic AI.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on building systems, managing details, coordinating stakeholders, and turning ambitious ideas into flawlessly executed experiences. This role will likely require 40-50% travel internationally.
What You'll Do
Own ClawCon End-to-End
Serve as the primary owner and operator of ClawCon
Build and manage event timelines, budgets, vendors, and execution plans
Source and negotiate venues, production partners, catering, A/V, and event services
Coordinate speaker recruitment, onboarding, logistics, and scheduling
Manage sponsorship fulfillment and partner activations
Oversee attendee registration, communications, and support
Coordinate onsite operations and event staffing
Build repeatable systems that enable ClawCons to scale year-over-year
Own post-event reporting, feedback collection, and success metrics
Execute Foundation Events
Plan and execute:
Manage The OpenClaw Foundation's presence at major industry events
Coordinate travel, logistics, sponsorships, and speaking opportunities
Build event playbooks and operational processes
Drive Marketing Execution
Support execution of Foundation marketing initiatives
Coordinate campaign launches across events, community, partnerships, and content
Manage marketing calendars and promotional timelines
Develop event-related marketing assets and attendee communications
Coordinate email campaigns, social promotion, and event announcements
Ensure consistency across Foundation messaging and event experiences
Support Sponsorship & Partnerships
Coordinate sponsor onboarding and fulfillment
Manage sponsorship deliverables and activation plans
Work closely with partners to maximize event value
Support fundraising and sponsorship initiatives through operational excellence
Build systems for sponsor reporting and relationship management
Build Operational Infrastructure
Create scalable event operations and project management systems
Manage event budgets and vendor relationships
Develop templates, processes, and documentation
Implement tools for registration, communications, CRM management, and event tracking
Establish reporting frameworks and KPIs
Collaborate Across the Foundation
Partner with Developer Relations, Research, Engineering, and Leadership teams
Coordinate announcements, launches, and ecosystem initiatives
Ensure events align with Foundation priorities and community needs
Help create exceptional experiences for contributors, sponsors, researchers, and attendees
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in event management, conference operations, community events, field marketing, or experiential marketing
Proven track record managing large-scale conferences, summits, or developer-focused events
Strong project management skills with exceptional attention to detail
Experience managing budgets, vendors, contracts, and logistics
Ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex projects and timelines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Comfortable working independently in a fast-moving environment
Strong operational mindset with a bias toward execution
Preferred Qualifications
Experience running developer conferences, open-source events, or technical community programs
Familiarity with open-source software ecosystems
Experience working with sponsorship programs and partner activations
Experience supporting startup, technology, AI, or developer-focused organizations
Familiarity with marketing automation, CRM systems, and event technology platforms
Experience managing global or distributed events
