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Skills

  • Team management
  • Compliance with event regulations
  • Event sales
  • Team building
  • Organization
  • Project organization
  • Operational improvement
  • Wedding trends proficiency
  • Budget forecasting and financial reporting
  • First Aid/CPR

Work Experiences

  • Communicated with stakeholders regularly to report budget status and logistics updates, which ensured seamless approvals and on-track deliverables.
  • Collaborated with the catering team and secured contracts for multi-day events, reducing catering expenses by $15 without compromising quality.
  • Created and enforced event safety protocols that ensured 10 attendees experienced no safety incidents over 16 events.
  • Achieved results over 2 months.
  • Communicated with stakeholders regularly.
  • Created event safety protocols.
  • Boosted real-time participation.
  • Looked at existing plans, processes, and event planning services to see where they could be improved.
  • Coordinated travel logistics for event speakers.
  • Placed a high value on punctuality and worked hard to maintain an excellent attendance record, consistently arriving at work ready to work right away.

Summaries

  • Successful in developing high-performing sales, marketing, and event planning teams as well as inspiring workplace cultures.
  • Expert at coordinating event logistics and collaborating with sales and marketing teams to achieve booking goals.
  • Achieved a 38% post-event increase.
  • Bringing 6 years of large-scale event management experience, capable of increasing operational efficiencies while maintaining high-quality event execution.
  • Achieved 81% repeat client rates.
  • Recognized for motivating management team members to achieve their goals and fostering innovative work environments.
  • Independent Special Events Assistant Director with over 3 years of experience planning events like weddings, sweet sixteens, bar and bat mitzvahs, and quinceaneras.
  • Special Events Assistant Director with 13 years of sponsorship, fundraising, and private event planning experience.
  • Special Events Assistant Director with 17 years of event planning, business development, and stakeholder engagement experience.
  • Within Miscellaneous, senior Special Events Assistant Director and outstanding performer in quality assurance and budget management.

Accomplishments

  • Expanded supplier networks, securing agreements with 8 new vendors, leading to superior service offerings and more competitive pricing.
  • Authored a comprehensive guide to event planning for staff, resulting in a 16% faster approval process for standardized event plans.
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Collaborated with external venues to negotiate service agreements at a 85% discount, directly contributing to the decreased overhead per event.
  • Successfully organized donor appreciation events for Beacon Labs, bolstering donor engagement and raising 8 in charitable contributions.
  • Introduced environmentally sustainable practices into event planning, which reduced waste by 85% and earned recognition from Ironclad Systems.
  • Executed all logistical coordination for events with up to 6 attendees, maintaining positive client feedback and event success metrics.
  • Managed cross-functional teams, ensuring coordinated efforts in marketing, operations, and logistics to deliver high-quality events within budget.
  • Utilized data analytics to assess event performance and recommend strategic changes, resulting in a 61% cost reduction for future events.
  • Directed staffing strategies across 2 large-scale events, leading teams of up to 7 to successfully meet all deadlines and objectives.

Affiliations

  • National Volunteer Week Planning Committee - 2019
  • Lions Club
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
  • Project Management Institute
  • Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
  • Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)
  • Association for Computing Machinery
  • Convention Services Manager Association (CSMA)
  • Society of Human Resource Management

Certifications

  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • Google Analytics Certification for Event Marketing
  • Budgeting for Public Events Certification from Ironclad Systems
  • ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Coordinator Certification for Event Planners
  • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  • Apple Certified Associate (ACA)
  • Certified Wedding and Event Planner (CWEP)
  • Certified Trade Show Marketer (CTSM)

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