Marketing & Trade Show Assistant

PART-TIME MARKETING & TRADE SHOW ASSISTANT

Owl Vision — Wellesley, MA (hybrid, mostly remote)

10–20 hours per week · $20.00–23.00 per hour · Fixed term, ending December 31, 2026

KEY DATES — READ THESE BEFORE YOU APPLY

New England Vegetable & Fruit Conference — REQUIRED

December 15, 16, 17, 2026

DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Downtown, Manchester, NH

Booth setup: afternoon of Monday, December 14

Teardown: end of day Thursday, December 17

Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO — OPTIONAL

December 8, 9, 10, 2026

DeVos Place, Grand Rapids, MI

Not required. If your schedule allows it and you want the trip, we will cover

airfare, hotel and meals and pay your hours, travel included.

These dates fall inside Northeastern's fall final examination period

(December 14–20, 2026). Please do not apply for this role unless you have

looked at your own exam schedule and can commit to being in Manchester,

New Hampshire for all three days. If you are close but not certain, say so

in your application — we would rather talk it through than have you drop out

in November.

ABOUT OWL VISION

Owl Vision builds camera-based remote insect monitoring devices for commercial

orchards and farms. Our traps photograph pest insects in the field and run them

through a computer vision model, so growers know what is flying and when —

without walking the block to check paper traps by hand. We currently have

devices deployed across roughly a dozen commercial customers in the Northeast

and Midwest.

We are a small team. Whoever takes this role will work directly with the founder

and see the whole business, not one slice of it.

THE ROLE

You will help us reach growers and keep our pipeline organized. The work splits

into two parts: ongoing weekly work, and the conference in December.

This is not a technical role and it is not a closing role. You will not be asked

to answer agronomy questions, troubleshoot hardware, or quote prices — those all

come back to the founder. What we need is someone reliable, friendly, and

organized.

ONGOING WORK (10–20 HOURS PER WEEK)

• Respond to inbound inquiries using approved templates, and route anything

  technical to the founder

• Keep our CRM (Close) accurate and current

• Research and build prospect lists — commercial orchards, vegetable growers,

  university extension programs, and agricultural distributors

• Prepare materials for trade shows and grower meetings

• Track competitor products and pricing

• Draft simple marketing copy and one-pagers

AT THE CONFERENCE (DECEMBER 15–17)

You will staff our booth for the three days. The goal is not to sell anything on

the floor. It is to make sure growers who walk past know we exist, and to book

them a call with our founder.

• Greet visitors and introduce Owl Vision in a sentence or two

• Guide interested growers to scan a QR code and book a call — this is the main

  measure of success

• Collect contact information and log it the same day

• Play our product video and show the physical trap on the table

• Write down technical questions and pass them back to us — you are not expected

  to answer them

• Booth setup the afternoon of December 14, teardown on the final day

We will give you a short FAQ card with approved answers to the eight or so

questions that actually come up. For anything beyond that, the right answer is:

"That's a good question and I don't want to give you the wrong answer — can I

get your email so Richard can follow up directly?"

Growers respect that. It works better than guessing.

All hours at the conference, including travel time, are paid at your hourly

rate. Travel, lodging and meals are covered by the company.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Required

• Currently enrolled at Northeastern University

• Comfortable introducing yourself to strangers and starting a conversation

• Organized — accurate notes, same-day data entry, nothing falls through the

  cracks

• Clear, professional written English

• Available 10–20 hours per week during the semester, and all three conference

  days in December

• Authorized to work in the United States

Helpful, not required

• Interest in agriculture, food systems, or environmental science

• Prior event, retail, hospitality, or other customer-facing work

• Familiarity with a CRM, or with basic marketing tools

• A driver's license and access to a car

You do not need to know anything about insects. What matters is that you are

willing to walk up to someone, start a conversation, and write down what they

said accurately.

LOGISTICS

Hours: 10–20 per week, flexible around your class schedule

Pay: $20.00–23.00 per hour, depending on relevant experience

Location: Mostly remote; occasional in-person meetings in the Wellesley /

  Boston area

Duration: Start date flexible; the role ends December 31, 2026

Travel: One required trip to Manchester, NH (December 15–17). One optional trip

  to Grand Rapids, MI (December 8–10). Expenses covered for both.

TO APPLY

Apply through Handshake with your resume. In the cover letter field, two or

three sentences on why this role interests you is plenty — we are not looking

for a full cover letter.

If you have questions about the role before applying, email

richardchen@owl-vision.ai. We are happy to answer them.