Event Manager

• Oversee and manage planning for events, meetings, and tradeshows. Beginning with creating RFPs to reviewing events bills for accuracy and approving payment.
• Planned over fifteen events and meetings ranging from 40 – 800 people with budgets from $15,000 to $170,000.
• Responsible for contracting venues, securing Food & Beverage, AV needs, and décor.
• Work within a budget and negotiate with vendors to keep the cost down. As well as keep track of outstanding invoices, reviewing and approving final bills for each event.

• Foster relations with sponsors, create contracts, manage expectations, and execute agreed-upon sponsorship.
• Develop and execute a communication plan to partners, sponsors, potential delegates, and attendees about future and current events. As well as create and deploy a monthly newsletter to over 4,000 partners.

• The point person for event attendees; assisting with registration, collecting payment, coordinating assets needed for booths
• Primary system administrator and content manager for industry website.

• Work with VP of Global Sales to develop and execute event sales strategies and sponsorships plans
• Assist in database administrative tasks in Total Event Management Software (TEAM)
• Team leader for on-sight registration for partner check- in.

• Solely responsible for managing writers through creating and managing the content calendar, assigning topics, as well as handling the hiring process for new writers.
• Revamped the calendaring system, boosting efficiency and time-management for writers and optimizing future planning for assignments.

Event Management & Design Certificate • Kennesaw State University