Branded polos
Logo polo or tee, dark chinos and clean white sneakers. Easy to move in through a ten-hour demo day.
Works best at: DeveloperWeek, GTC demo podsTrade show models, booth staff, demo hosts and launch hostesses for the McEnery and Santa Clara convention centers and private launches on campus. Event staffing in San Jose from a South Bay crew that signs your NDA and learns the product, at $85 an hour for any role.
Silicon Valley booths are judged by engineers, so the people in them need to understand what they are pointing at. Purple Exhibits sends local demo hosts, product presenters, booth reps, brand ambassadors and launch hostesses to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the Santa Clara Convention Center, corporate campuses and private launch events, all at a flat $85 an hour per person with a four-hour minimum. Our South Bay crew signs your NDA before the product briefing, rides VTA light rail to either hall and costs nothing in travel. Book four weeks out for most shows, six for GTC week, and 72 hours for a rush.
| Rate | $85 per hour, per person, any role |
|---|---|
| Minimum | Four hours per person, per shift |
| Travel fees | None. The crew lives in the South Bay and Peninsula |
| Venues | San Jose McEnery CC, Santa Clara CC, corporate campuses, hotel ballrooms |
| Busy months | February and March, then June to August |
| Book ahead | 4 wks · 6 wks for GTC week · rush 72 hrs |
| Confidential work | Staff sign your NDA before they see the product |
| Backup | Briefed replacement within two hours, or that shift is free |
This is how our booth staff look on a working show floor: matched to the brand, briefed on the product and at ease with a crowd. The same standard goes into every McEnery, Santa Clara and campus booking.
Real Purple Exhibits events.
Book San Jose staffValley events are not all booths. Choose where it happens and what kind of event it is, and see the roles we would send and what they cost at $85 an hour.
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Pick the uniform that fits the room. You can ship your own branded pieces, or tell us the style and colors and the crew arrives dressed to match.
Logo polo or tee, dark chinos and clean white sneakers. Easy to move in through a ten-hour demo day.
Works best at: DeveloperWeek, GTC demo podsNavy or charcoal suits and blazers with an open collar. Reads as senior and technical from across the aisle.
Works best at: Chip, memory and enterprise boothsEvening dresses and dark suits in one or two brand colors for the guest list and the welcome line.
Works best at: Launch nights and hotel receptionsMatching quarter-zips or bomber jackets over dark denim, with shoes made for concrete floors.
Works best at: FanimeCon, campus days, outdoor plazasEight roles, one rate: $85 an hour per person with a four-hour minimum. For hall sizes, docks and move-in rules, read our San Jose McEnery Convention Center exhibitor guide or the Santa Clara Convention Center guide.
Polished, camera-ready models who pull the aisle toward your booth and hand interested visitors to your team. Most requested at the auto show, fan events and product launches.
Reps who scan badges, ask your qualifying questions and type notes into your lead app, so sales gets a sorted list every evening.
Briefed on your software or hardware, they run the scripted demo, give scheduled talks on a headset mic and pass deep technical questions to your engineers.
Outgoing ambassadors who open conversations in the aisle, explain your product in a sentence and keep the booth lively through the slow afternoon hours.
Promo teams for sampling, giveaways and sponsor zones on the SAP Center plaza, around Levi’s Stadium and at downtown street events.
Hosts for executive briefing rooms, customer dinners and private launches who run the guest list and greet every name on it.
Check-in teams for ballroom summits and campus customer days who work your badge printer or guest app and keep the line short.
Valley crowds come from everywhere. Ask for hosts who speak Mandarin, Hindi, Vietnamese, Spanish, Korean or Japanese, and we check who is free for your dates.
Showing up the Peninsula as well? Our San Francisco booth staff team works Moscone Center, and valley brands heading to CES can book the same roles through our Las Vegas trade show models page.
Silicon Valley has two convention centers about nine miles apart. Figures come from our venue guides and Team San Jose’s published specs.
SJVTA Convention Center station sits at the main entrance, two stops from Diridon (Caltrain).
SCGreat America/Levi’s Stadium light rail station is next door, beside the ACE and Amtrak platform.
Both stops are on the VTA Green Line, so a crew can cover a downtown session and a Santa Clara reception on the same day without a car.
South Bay locals who sign the NDA, learn the demo and know both convention centers. These are the five roles we send most.
Hosts who run your AI or software demo on the big screen and keep the line moving.
Presenters on a headset who give your scheduled talks at developer conferences.
Ambassadors who scan every badge and note what each visitor came to see.
Hostesses who run the guest list and welcome VIPs at rooftop and campus launches.
Reps with a tablet who qualify engineers and book follow-up meetings for your team.
Send the NDA and the deckWe sign before we see anything.
We learn the demoNDA-signed local crew, no flights
Leads sorted for salesBuyer, partner or just curious.
Many valley events show something that is not public yet: a chip, a model, a device on a campus stage. Here is how our staff handle it, from the first email to the keynote.
We sign your NDA, or our own if you prefer, before the briefing invite goes out. No one sees a slide until it is signed.
The product briefing happens in a closed room on your campus or on a private call. Notes stay with your team lead.
Staff follow your camera rules on the floor and at the launch: no posts, no tags, no behind-the-scenes shots.
Before the keynote, staff talk about the problem you solve. After the announcement, they switch to the full demo script.
What the South Bay does to call times, commutes and outdoor shifts.
The Green Line runs from Convention Center station downtown to Great America station in Santa Clara without a transfer. Our crew uses it to skip GTC-week parking.
Game and concert days fill the roads and garages around the Santa Clara hall. We check the stadium calendar and move call times before your show opens.
Mineta San José International is about four miles from the McEnery center, so your own team flies in late and our crew handles the first morning.
The South Bay is sunny most of the year and summer afternoons run into the 80s. Outdoor launch staff get shade and water breaks.
Each die is a recurring event. Months are typical and dates move every year, so confirm with the organizer before you lock your crew.
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An AI software booth at the McEnery center during GTC week needs four people: two demo hosts at the screens, a product presenter for scheduled talks and one person scanning badges. Here is that crew from our Silicon Valley roster, next to the same crew flown in when downtown rooms are hardest to find.
| AI conference booth, three expo days | Cost |
|---|---|
| Purple local staff | |
| Travel, hotel, per-diem | $0 |
| Your San Jose total |
| Typical fly-in agency, same team | Cost |
|---|---|
| Staff hours at $85 | |
| Round-trip flights ~$360 each | |
| Hotel downtown San Jose, GTC week · ~$450/night | |
| Per-diem ~$80/day | |
| Fly-in total |
Compared on what actually changes your results and your invoice in San Jose & Silicon Valley.
| Purple local crew | Fly-in staffing agency | General temp agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay per hour | One flat $85, models to reps | Day rate plus travel costs | Cheap, but not booth-trained |
| Travel and hotel | $0. The team lives in San Jose | About $360 flight plus $450/night per person | $0 |
| Local knowledge | Halls, transit and shortcuts | Arrives with a map | Depends on the person |
| The San Jose edge | NDA-signed local crew, no flights | Not local | Not specialised |
| Trained on your product | Briefing call and cheat sheet | Sometimes, for a fee | No |
| Lead capture | Qualifies and tags every scan | Varies | Not part of the job |
| Backup staff | Standby crew in town | Flights don’t happen same day | Unknown |
Fly-in costs use the same typical San Jose rates as the budget above. Other agencies’ pricing varies.
About three minutes. No deposit.
We’ll email your quote within 24 hours, usually much sooner. Need it now? Call (800) 994-8030.
A Santa Clara move-in on a Levi’s Stadium event day means jammed roads and full garages. Check the date, then set call times.
McEnery and Santa Clara are separate buildings about nine miles apart. Plan each venue’s crew and call time on its own.
Unreleased hardware and software should never reach a staffer who has not signed. We sign before the briefing, every time.
Developers want to see code run. Put at least one demo-capable host in every booth at DeveloperWeek or GTC.
Parking near the McEnery center fills fast that week. Our crew arrives by light rail; brief your own team to do the same.
Private launches need a guest list, a check-in desk and someone to say no politely. Add two hosts at the entrance.
Call (800) 994-8030 and ask for the Silicon Valley desk.
$85 an hour per person, four-hour minimum, for every role: demo host, product presenter, booth rep, brand ambassador, hostess or model. Our crew lives in the South Bay, so there are no flights, hotels or per-diem on your invoice.
Right here. Our crew lives in the South Bay and reaches the McEnery center by light rail, so you hire locally at $85 an hour with no travel charges. Send your booth number and dates and we reply within a day.
Yes. A single day, or even a single shift, is fine. The minimum is four hours per person, so two promotional models for a six-hour launch or sampling day come to $1,020.
Whatever suits your brand and the room. Most valley exhibitors choose branded polos or tailored suiting for the show floor and cocktail attire for launch nights. Ship your shirts or jackets ahead, or name a dress code and we match it.
Yes. Our Silicon Valley crew works the McEnery center downtown and the Santa Clara center by Levi’s Stadium. The VTA Green Line connects the two light rail stops, so the same people can cover both.
Yes. Every staffer on an unreleased product signs your NDA, or our standard one, before the product briefing. Nobody sees the deck, the hardware or the demo until it is signed.
Yes, at the first level. After a briefing call with your product team, our demo hosts can run the scripted demo, answer common questions and hand technical buyers to your engineers.
We staff exhibitors at shows like GTC at the McEnery center. Downtown hotels fill early that week, so local staff save the most here. Reserve six weeks out.
Yes. We send launch hostesses for check-in and the guest list, demo hosts for the hands-on area, and greeters at the door. Staff wear the visitor badges you issue and follow your photo rules.
Mostly by VTA light rail. Convention Center station is at the McEnery entrance, and Great America/Levi’s Stadium station is next to the Santa Clara hall. On stadium event days, rail is faster than driving.
We check the stadium calendar for your show dates. When a game or concert lands on a show day, we move call times earlier and send the crew by light rail.
For a 10×20, plan three: two demo hosts and one person scanning badges and booking follow-ups. Add a host for each extra demo station.
Four weeks for most shows and six for GTC week. Rush bookings need 72 hours.
A briefed replacement from our Silicon Valley crew reaches your booth within two hours, or that shift is free.
Yes. We design, build and install exhibits for both convention centers and staff them under one plan. See the venue guides below for hall sizes and move-in rules.
A lot of valley events never touch a convention center. Our crew follows them onto campuses, into arenas and up the Peninsula.
Customer days, partner summits and private product launches behind the badge gate.
We send: Launch hostesses, demo hostsClub-level receptions and sponsor hospitality around stadium events.
We send: Hostesses, greetersSponsor activations and fan zones on the plaza around arena events.
We send: Brand ambassadors, sampling teamsPop-ups, investor days and executive dinners.
We send: Hostesses, registration hostsOur San Francisco team staffs Moscone Center and the city’s hotels.
We send: Demo hosts, booth reps, hostesses
One local crew covers the South Bay venues and the towns around them. If your event sits outside this list, ask; most of the valley is within an easy drive or a light rail ride.
From Willow Glen and Japantown to Sunnyvale and Fremont, so both halls and most campuses are a short ride away.
After the floor closes
A downtown food hall a short walk from the McEnery center, good for a team dinner.
Bars and small music rooms on South First Street for a relaxed evening.
Restaurants and hotel lounges for a client dinner after a Santa Clara show.
Send the venue and your dates. A Silicon Valley price within 24 hours.
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