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Sponsors

Sponsors

Team Size: 1-2

Responsibilities

  • Together with conference chairs, treasurer, and DEFNA, develop sponsorship prospectus including:
  • sponsorship levels and cost
  • rewards per level
  • any discounts for returning sponsors
  • Manage sponsors@djangocon.us email account
  • Recruit sponsors for the conference from companies that use Django and local companies/organizations
  • Coordinate with treasurer to invoice sponsors
  • Coordinate with swag to ensure sponsor logos are collected and their swag-related rewards are completed
  • Coordinate with website to ensure sponsors are posted on the website
  • Coordinate with communication to ensure social media and blog-related rewards are done
  • Coordinate with DEFNA and conference chair to develop "special" sponsorship packages
  • Create booth layout for exhibit hall at conference
  • At the conference, ensure that sponsor swag and booth supplies have arrived and that exhibit hall layout and presentation is as contracted
  • Be the point of contact at the conference for sponsors and ensure they are happy

Notes

What is the difference between DjangoCon US and PyCon US?

It’s really hard to compare PyCon with DjangoCon. Our plans are significantly cheaper across the board, but PyCon's discounts for small businesses does help with budgets.

The flip side is, PyCon only has booths open for two days (plus a few hours the night before). They also accept many more sponsors, so booth placement is a larger issue. Some companies who sponsor at lower levels won't get the booth placement that a company sponsoring at a higher level gets.

Our main advantage is that we have 400-500 Django developers, designers, managers, and decision makers who attend DjangoCon US including lots of startups who are looking for good tools. PyCon has 3,000 Python developers (which is great), but our experience is that most of the people who attend PyCon do not use Django.

400 Django attendees can easily be more potential sales because you aren’t competing with as many booths/vendors, and everyone is here for the same reason.