BlackSky is hiring a Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications to run "executive visibility" (keynotes, panels, thought leadership) and new sales leaders for Europe and APAC. But blacksky.com/company/events still shows only two events, both from 2023, and both have errors: CANIC 2023 is described as the Space Symposium "held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs" but placed in "Ottowa, Canada", and the New Delhi Indo-Pacific forum is filed under "EMEA". A defense buyer checking where to meet BlackSky finds nothing current, in a year of five Gen-3 satellites and a run of international contract wins.
First action
List every event BlackSky will attend through 2027 and who will be there.
How to measure it
Meetings booked from events
- Now
- –
- Target
- 40 a quarter
- By
- 2 quarters
Steps
Gather the calendar
Conferences, speakers and booths through 2027.
Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications 3 days
Fix the 2023 entries
Correct or archive both.
Web team 1 hour
Add regional routing
"Book a meeting" to the US, Europe or APAC lead.
Sales Operations 2 days
Add speaker pages
Session, topic and bio per executive.
Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications 1 week
Recaps
Slides or video after each event.
Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications ongoing
Promote
LinkedIn posts and invite emails per event.
Director of Marketing & Corporate Communications ongoing
Measure
Meetings and pipeline per event.
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst monthly
Why it works
Rebuild the page around the next 12 months: each conference with the BlackSky speaker and session, the booth, the regional lead, and a "Book a meeting" form routed to Europe, APAC or US. Add past sessions as recaps with slides or video. Fix the two 2023 entries or move them to an archive, and set a monthly owner so the page never freezes again.
Events are where defense and intelligence deals start. A current calendar gives the new Europe and APAC leaders a reason to invite prospects and gives the comms director a showcase for executive speaking.
Ready to use
ChecklistEvents page relaunch
[ ] Next 12 months of conferences, with dates and city [ ] Speaker, session and booth per event [ ] Correct region tag (US, EMEA, APAC) [ ] "Book a meeting" routed to the regional lead [ ] 2023 entries corrected or archived [ ] Recap with slides or video after each event [ ] Monthly owner and review date
Risks and how to handle them
Some attendance is sensitive
List only public sessions and booths; take private meetings by request.
Evidence
- Your websiteEvents page, checked twice on October 23, 2026: it lists only two events, both from 2023. "Indo-Pacific GeoIntelligence Forum", June 6-7, 2023, "Location: New Delhi", tagged "Locals: EMEA"; and "CANIC 2023", May 16, 2023, described as "Space Symposium, held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado" but with "Location: Ottowa, Canada". Each has a "Book a meeting" button. The events sitemap was last changed in January 2025.Source
- HiringDirector of Marketing & Corporate Communications (Herndon or Seattle, posted October 21, 2026): will "Define the company's brand architecture, positioning and messaging across defense, space and commercial segments", "Lead executive visibility planning and execution, through speeches, keynotes, op-eds, panel preparation, and thought leadership", "Partner with Government Relations to support congressional, agency and allied-nation engagement", "Direct crisis communications planning and response" and manage "a PR-focused agency".Source
- HiringDirector, Business Development, Europe (posted September 8, 2026, UK preferred, reports to the General Manager, EMEA): sales capture with "government agencies commercial customers, systems integrators, and prime contractors".Source
- HiringVice President, APAC Sales (Singapore preferred, first posted March 11, 2026 and still listed): a "natural born hunter focused on net new business growth" who leads regional data-product sales and "BlackSky's sovereign 'Missions' sales efforts in the APAC region". A Staff Mission Solutions Engineer (posted October 7, 2026) will "deliver compelling demonstrations" for "international defense, and intelligence (D&I) customers" with about 50% travel.Source
- Your websiteRecent releases: a seven-figure Gen-3 Assured contract with an international defense partner (October 22, 2026); a seven-figure non-Earth imaging contract for HEO space domain awareness (October 15); a six-figure Gen-3 on-demand pilot with a new international intelligence customer (October 8); the fifth Gen-3 "attains first light in hours" (September); exclusive provider of very high-resolution imagery for an international initiative on AI infrastructure in space (September 9). Customers are rarely named.Source