I am an event professional in the Greater Atlanta Area. I specialize in strategic planning, both small events to medium-sized tradeshows. I have experience with the planning process from start to finish, developing communication plans, contracting with outside vendors and contractors to execute a successful event for a company and its partners.
Event Management & Design Certificate β’ Kennesaw State University
β’ Oversee and manage planning for events, meetings, and tradeshows. Beginning with creating RFPs to reviewing events bills for accuracy and approving payment.
β’ Planned over fifteen events and meetings ranging from 40 β 800 people with budgets from $15,000 to $170,000.
β’ Responsible for contracting venues, securing Food & Beverage, AV needs, and deΜcor.
β’ 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.
β’ Foster relations with sponsors, create contracts, manage expectations, and execute agreed-upon sponsorship.
β’ 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.
β’ The point person for event attendees; assisting with registration, collecting payment, coordinating assets needed for booths
β’ Primary system administrator and content manager for industry website.
β’ Work with VP of Global Sales to develop and execute event sales strategies and sponsorships plans
β’ Assist in database administrative tasks in Total Event Management Software (TEAM)
β’ Team leader for on-sight registration for partner check- in.
β’ Solely responsible for managing writers through creating and managing the content calendar, assigning topics, as well as handling the hiring process for new writers.
β’ Revamped the calendaring system, boosting efficiency and time-management for writers and optimizing future planning for assignments.