Ashley Gottlieb Email & Phone Number

Reno, Nv, Us

Lincolnshire, Il, Us

Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

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Reno, Nevada, Us

-Supported City art programs and new public art projects, including facilitated calls for artists, managed the public art database, and administered the annual grant program to local nonprofits-Managed 3 city art galleries including exhibition scheduling, artist communications, installation/deinstallation, and marketing-Managed the City’s Arts & Culture communications, including social media channels, webpages, and newsletters

Upland, Ca, Us

-Managed resident event programming and activities for 3 luxury apartment communities with over 1,000 units in Reno, NV-Was responsible for event development, execution, and marketing of all events and programs, including luaus, movie nights, food truck visits, cooking demos, holiday activities, and more-Facilitated resident engagement via online community portal and strengthened relationships among residents and staff

Reno, Nevada, Us

-Hired for a contract position to assist with special activities and events during the School of Medicine’s 50th anniversary year through June 2019-Managed logistics and vendors, internal/external communications, and event execution for signature School of Medicine events, including Match Day and Graduation -Reimagined the communications plan around graduation to students and parents and personally redesigned the printed Graduation Week Activities booklet

Chicago, Il, Us

-Served as chief event planner at the Harris School; Built the school’s first Events Office and managed office operations and staff, including a full-time Events Manager, Assistant, and an intern-Oversaw logistics and communications of all high-profile events for the school, includingmajor announcement events, large-scale lectures and panels, board meetings, AlumniWeekend activities, graduation, academic conferences, and forums-Developed school-wide event strategy and branded event series to align with the school’sstrategic pillars and better position the school’s external presence through event storytelling-Managed all public communications from the Harris Events Office, including invitation development from text to layout to deployment, audience list management, overseeing the Events Calendar on the Harris website, and developing a monthly events newsletter for the school-Was responsible for elevating the school’s event standards by developing and implementingschool-wide event protocols; Created online event planning resource portal for the school-Received Dean’s Award for Excellence (June 2016), and the peer nominated staff award for Community (June 2018)-Hired at Harris as Associate Director of Events (July 2015-June 2016, which was a brand new position) and promoted to Director of Events in July 2016

Chicago, Il, Us

-Oversaw logistics of the university's main graduation ceremony (14,000 attendees), including vendors, contracts, show production, catering, official programs, and staffing of 200+ student workers and volunteers-Served as chief graduation liaison across eleven schools within the university; Administered annual budget of $1.4M -Coordinated 30+ other events annually for 20 to 500+ guests, including lectures, businessmeetings, dinners, receptions, conferences, and board meetings-Started in department as Event Specialist (Sept 2012-Dec 2013) and promoted to Associate Director in Jan 2014

Chicago, Il, Us

-Developed Student/Young Alumni programs to engage current students and recent alumni-Coordinated graduate fairs, Academic Honors Reception, and social outings; Assisted withreunions, receptions, Career Connections Day and Alumni Advisory Board meetings-Managed Class Gift Program, including volunteer committees, marketing and fundraising-Implemented new campus-wide mini golf event to promote philanthropy among studentbody and build awareness for the Annual Scholarship Golf Outing hosted by trustees-Maintained alumni association website and facebook

Chicago, Il, Us

-Managed daily operations of young professional’s board, including budget management,communications and social media, and coordinating Annual Fund giving-Served as liaison between board members and zoo senior staff to set strategic vision andgoals for membership, fundraising, governance, and leadership development-Coordinated logistics and marketing for events, including a fundraising gala for 650 raisingover $100k, a family festival with live music for 600, and a Halloween festival for 25,000-Spearheaded sponsorship efforts to secure underwriting and corporate sponsorships forBoard events, including development of presentations, contract negotiation and fulfillment

Brookfield, Il, Us

-Developed and implemented year-round outreach program and street team appearances toincrease zoo awareness and generate attendance; Exceeded outreach goal by 200% in year-Increased promotional partnerships with sport teams, CVB’s, other non-profits and shoppingmalls by 250%; Enhanced grassroots programs such as school newsletters (400K studentsreached), hotel package program, and tourism marketing-Served as project manager to build and install traveling exhibits and parade floats;Established and negotiated with external partners for high-traffic placement of displays-Coordinated development of various marketing/video/print materials

Arlington, Texas, Us

-Was Part of the year-round team responsible for selling catered company outings-Served as cross-departmental liaison to execute company events, including reservations for aprivate Picnic Grove and catering orders-Oversaw all aspects of $3M non-catered outing program for small groups (under 100) anddirectly managed, hired and trained three seasonal staff in sales call center-Coordinated annual Scholarship Golf Outing raising $35k; Assisted with other park-wideevents such as Fright Fest, PR Media Days, Scout Days and dance tournaments

Bachelor'S Degree, Communications, Physics

Certificate In Image Manipulation & Design

Coursework In Filmmaking & Graphic Design

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Fine Arts