dev-event-hiring

Builds scorecards, interview loops, sourcing plans, and compensation stances for hiring tech-event-organizing roles.

1|Updated Sep 6, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill dev-event-hiring-samber
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Skill: dev-event-hiring
Source: https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/main/skills/dev-event-hiring
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill dev-event-hiring-samber

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve? Hiring an event producer, manager, or community manager for a tech conference or meetup series lacks any documented, tech-specific playbook: no dedicated job board exists, no published interview loop exists, and salary data is scattered across incompatible sources. This Skill assembles the four artefacts a hiring manager needs and calibrates them to the actual operating context. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Context-calibrated role scorecard: Builds a mission statement and 3-8 measurable outcomes weighted differently for in-house, agency, non-profit/community, and standing conference-business contexts. - Role-shaped interview loop: Applies the general event-planner sequence (portfolio review, metrics request, scenario questions, live reference calls) for producer/manager hires, or CMX's five-competency set for community-manager-shaped hires, with paid bounded work samples only. - Sourcing and compensation with named sources: Routes sourcing to real general event-industry boards (PCMA, MPI, BizBash, CMX) and anchors pay to an explicitly named source (PCMA, BLS, or Glassdoor) instead of a blended figure. - Use Case: A devtools startup about to publish a "founding event manager" posting gets a red-flag audit identifying the impossible-person and unresourced-ownership patterns, plus a corrected scope, loop design, and a Glassdoor-anchored salary band. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to design the hiring process for an event manager role at your company, stating your operating context, role shape, and budget.

Frequently Asked Questions about dev-event-hiring

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I hire an event manager for a developer conference?

Start by identifying your operating context (in-house, agency, non-profit/community, or conference business) and role shape, then build a scorecard with measurable outcomes, an interview loop matched to that shape, a sourcing plan using general event-industry boards, and a compensation stance anchored to a named source.

What interview questions should I ask an event producer candidate?

Use the general event-planner sequence: portfolio and past-events review first, a concrete-metrics request, scenario questions like a last-minute venue change or vendor no-show, budget-management questions, and live reference calls rather than written letters.

Is there a job board for tech conference hiring?

No dev or tech-conference-specific job board exists. Use general event-industry boards such as PCMA Career Center, MPI Career Center, BizBash, MeetingJobs/Cadre, and Event Careers; for community-manager-shaped roles, the CMX Job Board and its Slack community are the closest tech-adjacent channel.

What salary should I offer an in-house event marketing manager at a tech company?

Anchor the offer to Glassdoor's tech-industry cut, since Information Technology is the highest-paying industry for event titles; Event Marketing Manager shows roughly $100,135 national average versus about $175,690 IT median total pay. Never blend PCMA, BLS, and Glassdoor into one figure.

Can I give event manager candidates a take-home test project?

Avoid unpaid, open-ended client-style work such as a full mock event plan. Use a live scored scenario walkthrough for producer/manager roles, or a paid bounded mini-audit for senior community-manager candidates and a sample-thread-response exercise for junior ones.

When should a volunteer-run conference make its first paid hire?

A first paid role typically appears once an event crosses roughly low-thousands of attendees or a six-figure budget, and that hire is consistently an event coordinator/manager, not a community manager. Below that threshold, the whether-to-hire decision belongs to team-structure planning first.