Events and Trade Show Contractor (part-time)

About You:

You're a seasoned event and trade show professional who thrives in fast-moving environments where no two weeks look the same. You've done this before — you know what it takes to get a booth from concept to show floor, how to manage a vendor who's running behind, and how to keep an exec's schedule from falling apart the week of a show. You're equally comfortable building a logistics spreadsheet at 9pm and working a conference floor at 7am.

What makes this role different: you're not just executing someone else's plan. At Merlin, you'll be working directly with the CMO to build the trade show program from the ground up at a company that just went public and is scaling fast. The 2026 calendar includes 11 shows across the US and Europe, two major physical asset debuts (a full-scale aircraft mockup and a UAV model), and four product launches — all in a single year. This is not a background logistics role. It's a front-row seat to one of the most ambitious aerospace marketing programs in the industry.

The right person for this role is someone who has worked in aerospace, defense, or deep tech events and understands the unique culture and pace of the shows on our calendar — AFA, SOF Week, Oshkosh, Farnborough. They're organized without being rigid, resourceful without being reckless, and comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy on the details while keeping leadership informed on the things that matter.

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