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Marketing, event management and public relations expertise serves as the foundation for my overall experience within the corporate and non-profit sectors. The most desirable positions are within an events-focused marketing department, or within the events industry as a whole serving as an event management professional or as a marketing, communications project manager.

Certified In-studio, Access Television Producer (Director, Camera, Audio, Switcher, and Graphics Operator). Community-based, Radio Producer/Programmer for Talk & Music Shows. Windows XP: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher - Adobe: Audition, Acrobat, Illustrator & PhotoShop, Final Cut Express/Pro, In Design.

Contractor: Filter Talent, (webtrends) Portland, OR

• Serve as an in-house project/event manager overseeing a team of nine staff members for the production of a 300 person, week-long conference, in Las Vegas with an operating budget of $500K.
• Manage stage production, event/conference logistics, air and hotel arrangements, and off-site events including an exclusive Poker Tournament.

• Conduct site visits, participate in conference calls and write the creative brief.
• Provide pre-production, onsite and post-production project management for various events with operating budgets ranging from $25-250K: (New York; Baltimore; Brazil; Berlin; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; Argentina; Thailand; Vietnam; and Korea)
• Secure estimates and negotiate contracts with event specific vendors including various performers. Successful in saving anywhere from 20-50% of pre-negotiated rates.
• Stage manage to include, load-in, load-out scheduling, run of show development, room selection, stage layout, lighting, audio, multimedia equipment ordering, multimedia resources management, and on-site technical management to include speaker rehearsals and coaching.
• Post-production invoice reconciliation.

• Developed audience development; marketing strategies designed to increase awareness for OSF offerings within the African-American and Hispanic/Latin markets.
• Designed the first audience development web page, designed and wrote monthly e-newsletters and accompanying marketing materials.
• Attended and/or exhibited at various community-based networking or industry-specific events.
• Traveled to various communities from Seattle to San Francisco to conduct one hour, OSF specific presentations.
• Planned and hosted on-campus, audience development events, primarily in the form of organized dinners.
• Managed all event logistics required to oversee monthly, three-day, weekend getaway events. Hosted nine groups, ranging from 30 to 60 people each.
• Increased electronic marketing reach by nearly 45%.

• Produced and managed live corporate events by facilitating cross-departmental planning, project, budget, technical production and on-site management activity.
• Managed all stages of logistical research, data comparison and vendor selection, while managing contract negotiation, bargaining and execution of vendor involvement.
• Prepared, managed and reconciled project estimates, budgets, purchase orders, staff and vendor labor hours.
• Managed on-site execution of assigned events while working in tandem with other producers to oversee other live events: Oregon Business Plan Leadership Summit (Co-Producer ’06 & Producer ‘07), adidas events: Ball Launch (Co-Producer), Employee Meetings (Producer), Holiday Party (Crew), ‘06 Sales Meeting (Assistant Producer), ‘07 Sales Meeting (Producer), and Workout Video (Producer/Director), Freightliner Learning Lunch & Town Hall Meetings (Producer), Mentor Corporation Global Sales Meeting (Assistant Producer), Tektronix 60th Anniversary Celebration (Co-Producer), and Spyder Fashion Show (Choreographer & Fashion Show Producer)

Feb ’97 – Dec ‘05

Marketing, Creative Services Manager

Mar ’05 – Sep ‘05

CLIENT: National Sales Network (2005 9th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL) Portland, OR

• Provided marketing/branding services by designing "the look" of the conference, while designing, writing and producing six different collateral pieces, to include e-marketing elements.

• Managed vendors and production timelines for collateral material and designed conference signage.

• Facilitated web events for high-profile clients, i.e. CFO.com and Wells Fargo.
• Trained presenters on software features and functionality while facilitating rehearsals.
• Facilitated web and audio portion of multiple events each day, while managing multiple concurrent event production cycles from beginning to end. Facilitated the design of online registration websites.
• Developed reports and event related documentation for each client.
• Coordinated internal resources to ensure completion of all preparatory and post-event services (Registration Services, Technical Support, Audio Service Provider, and Media Services).

• Provided marketing/branding services by designing "the look" of the conference and writing, developing all collateral materials including the e-marketing component, which ultimately increased the organizations overall branding exposure by 20% nationally.
• Researched and secured speakers, presenters and entertainment to include contract negotiations.
• Secured new, consumer goods sponsors while managing 25 Job Fair sponsors.
• Provided registration, onsite, Job Fair, and concert production management services.
• Managed travel and hospitality services, while decreasing category expenses by 60%.
• Successfully managed budgetary line items in excess of $200K.

• Developed operating procedures to manage Welcome Center Operations inside SLC Airport.
• Coordinated transportation for 1,700+ production personnel during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
• Hired and managed support staff while providing security cleared, VIP gate greets to, but not limited to, Ahmad Rashad, Katie Couric, Mike Fratello, Hannah Storm Hicks, Dorothy Hamil, and Scott Hamilton.
• Successfully managed budgetary line items in excess of $200K.

Venue Manager

Aug ’00 – Oct ‘00

CONTRACTOR: Manpower (The Minute Maid Company ~ 2000 Summer Olympic Games) Sydney, Australia

• Managed equipment load-in/out and maintenance for hospitality facilities: IOC, UPS and Coca-Cola Suites.
• Provided inventory management, ordering, billing, and delivery scheduling to reduce payment delays, while successfully maintaining and increasing Minute-Maid marketing presence in Australia.
• Delivered Minute-Maid specific products to the Coca-Cola Hospitality Suites, Olympic Stadium and Hospitality Village.

• Analyzed existing presence within the environmental management and technical support industry, resulting in the development of a business plan, new marketing strategies and a new corporate identity package.
• Served as project team member, successfully secured $75K initial contract with Boeing, St. Louis.
• Produced presentations and trained senior management on presentation skills and delivery resulting in increased contract negotiations and marketability to the Army, Air Force and NASA principles with a 50% increase in overall profits within the first year.

• Created operations procedures and job specific manuals for daily command center operations.
• Managed and monitored communication activities for 146 competition and non-competition venues.
• Staffed, trained and supervised 15 re-assigned Coca-Cola employees and contracted labor.
• Provided orientation training to 100 national and international Olympic Venue Operations personnel.
• Oversaw and assisted in the retrieval of more than 2,000 merchandising units and 1,000 communication devices.

BBA Marketing - cum laude 1999 ~ Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business, Kennesaw, GA

2009 PDX Jazz Festival (Office work and Opening Reception Set-up)

2006-2007 Earth Day 2007 (Volunteer Coordinator and Coalition Steering Committee Member)

2005-2006 Hands on Portland (Project Leader-Big Brothers Big Sisters "Big for a Day," Volunteer for Oregon Food Bank & Campbell Middle School)

2004-2005 Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (Board Member: Marketing Chair and Active Volunteer for Website Management, Newsletter Creation and Processing, Special Events and Fundraising Development/Management)

2004 Ebony Rose Ski Club Ski 101 (Event Coordinator for Ski 101)

2004 Senator Margaret Carter and the National Symposium on Mental Health (Consultant: Pre-Event Logistics, Registration, Signage Design, Sponsor/Booth Management, Onsite Support and Conference Management)