Amanda Spinks Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

Contracted event manager for luxury wedding and event management company. Responsible for assisting lead manager in implementing the event concept, design, management of timeline and event details. Serve as a liaison to the client, while providing outstanding customer service and organizing memorable events to advance the recognition of the company and the.

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Lead designer to the owners of Delicious Decors for home staging projects in and around the Los Angeles area and Santa Barbara.
• Designed, planned, and executed in home styling based on trends, demographic, architecture, and functionality of the home. Included, by not limited to, the selection of furniture, art and décor pieces for specific.
• Managed onsite set-up and design.
• Met with potential clients providing design consultation and suggestions for staging options.

Santa Rosa Beach, Florida And Remotely From Ventura, CA

• Manager for boutique event and floral company in a fast-paced, growing local wedding industry. Concentrated on building and maintaining new and existing client relationships as well as the organization of daily.
• Developed and designed client weddings and/or events including floral design, furniture, décor, lighting and event layout (Budgets of up to $40K).
• Managed and executed design from the first contact with the client through the contract phase and onsite design. Responsible for timelines, production schedules, venue layouts, diagrams, event logistics, approval of.
• Onsite event planner for select clients through day of coordination with all details of the client’s event including décor, entertainment, food and beverage service and staffing.
• Office management including training new employees as well as maintaining operational guidelines, manuals and strategic plans for company growth.
• Managed daily operations of active floral delivery company including negotiating seasonal floral pricing, scheduling weekly staffing and assessing daily orders to maximize revenue and minimize excess

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed the marketing and special events department for a rapidly expanding restaurant, nightlife and entertainment group. Promoted to Director of Special Events, working directly with the owner to develop new event.
• Responsible for the Event Sales Department in six venues including obtaining monthly and yearly sales goals of up to 1 million dollars, providing quarterly reviews of department production and establishing new client.
• Maintained open and frequent communication with marketing team, venue owners, venue general managers, outside production vendors and operations team to create and produce client events in an efficient manner to.
• Developed and managed the food and beverage service, production schedules, employee schedules, department strategic plan manuals as well as operational guidelines to maintain consistent performance and to ensure.
• Promoted and reinforced the company’s image and quality standard through daily and weekly attendance and communication with San Diego City Council and other local and national industry organizations.
• Coordinated and operated events, including comic con installations, in all six venues including food and beverage service, design, production and entertainment. Events ranging in budget from $1,500-$300K.

Greater San Diego Area

Sales and Operations Manager for a growing restaurant and active water sports venue expanding internationally into Singapore and Chile. Assisted in the implementation, development and training of the Event Sales Department for the expanding venues.* Part of the event sales team with a yearly sales goals of $2 million, providing quarterly reviews of.

Greater San Diego Area

Event Manager for an aggressively growing decor and production company in the South West region. Promoted to Sales Executive, reporting directly to the Vice President of Sales, designing and developing event contracts as well as building client relations. * Responsible for the sales, planning, organization, and production of corporate events for.

Greater New York City Area

* Designed and developed promotional campaigns for website department through press releases, media kits, letters and online campaigns. * Built, educated and maintained relations with new and previous clients.* Developed, designed and published weekly trend newsletters and the biannual re-design of the Website.* Experienced daily cold call sales and.

Greater New York City Area

* Organized promotional campaigns for the restaurant’s private rooms through designing brochures and media advertisements. * Responsible for contacting current and prospective clients for private events and assisting in the planning and maintenance of all events. * Coordinated daily and weekly calendars, meetings and schedules of events and prospective.

Bachelor Of Science, Public Relations

Outside concentration in Spanish. Studied aboard at the Universidad Computense de Madrid, Spain

Interior Design And Business, A

Took additional education classes to enhance my understanding of private business and improve my skills in the design of events.