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Santa Ana, Ca, Us

Irvine, California, United States

Oversee the Experiential events department - an incredible team of talented producers that create industry-breaking experiences to our employees and communities worldwide. I, in collaboration with the other leads, manage the slate of upcoming experiences and delegate across all producers so that workload is spread evenly while also providing opportunities for growth and interest to each member of the team. I strive to ensure all team members are equipped with the best processes, tools, and resources available, while also building us as a unified team so that we’re able to leverage and support one another wherever needed.

Irvine, California

Blizzard's North American Internal Events department consists of only a few team members, but produces over twenty company-wide events a year. With an employee count upwards of three thousand employees in our Irvine HQ office, each event can have attendance in the several hundreds, if not the thousands and has visibility to all employees - including senior leadership. Because of this, budgets can range from the tens-of-thousands to over a million dollars, but are all meticulously planned to have the best attendee experience while still being as cost effective as possible.As an Event Manager, I am a lead event producer for our large-scale employee events. Regardless of size, I ensure each internal event goes through the proper processes from beginning-to-end to guarantee success, including: *Kick-off initial discussions with key stakeholders; providing an event brief that outlines goals, KPIs, key milestones, and other crucial information for review. *Create a milestone schedule based on the kick-off to track and prioritize tasks for each aspect of the event. *RFP vendors to ensure the best rate, as well as negotiate contract terms and route for legal review. *Communicate with support teams and vendors to establish needs and scheduling. *Determine event logistics needs: security, staffing, rental, network, power, etc. *Create event documentation: site plan, production schedule, run-of-show, etc. *Oversee on-site execution. *Manage the event budget, track projections, and reconcile for Finance. *Hold post mortems and surveys to identify strengths and learnings for future reference.Additional role responsibilities include: *Help determine the internal event quantity, timing, scope, and event lead for the upcoming year. *Project lead for several major elements for BlizzCon (varies by year). *Managing team members of varying experience levels. *Support other events team members with pre-planning and on-site event needs.

Irvine, Ca

Event producer for mid-level employee events, each averaging in the 1000+ attendance range.Project lead for various elements for BlizzCon (varied by year).Support other events team members with pre-planning and on-site event needs.

Irvine, Ca

Event producer for low-level employee events, each averaging in the 500+ attendance range.Managed events closet and offsite storage inventory.Tracked the status of contracts and invoices for the events team.Project lead for various small elements for BlizzCon (varied by year).Support other events team members with pre-planning and on-site event needs.

Mission Viejo, Ca

Oversee all events and marketing material for the Barkow's nutrition company, IllumiNutri: -Create/Supervise the production of all marketing materials (both for online/social media and physical content: banners, signs, brochures, etc.). -Manage web team on all IllumiNutri website content: making sure new products are properly listed/promoted; constantly optimizing the site's layout to make it user- friendly; making sure site is continually up-to-date with current content and promotions. -Create and oversee the scheduling for all marketing events and trade shows. -Create and oversee the scheduling of all new videos, blogs, and newsletters. -Maintaining social media sites. -Film and edit all new informational/promotional videos. -Continually brainstorm ways to grow the company's community via social media and local events/charities. -Conceptualize the layout of all IllumiNutri booths at trade shows/events and manage the day-of-event staffing.

Irvine, Ca

Event producer for low-level employee and public-facing events, each averaging in the 100+ attendance range.Managed events closet and offsite storage inventory.Tracked the status of contracts and invoices for the events team.Project lead for various small elements for BlizzCon (varied by year).Support other events team members with pre-planning and on-site event needs.

Irvine, Ca

World of WarCraft Environmental Specialist (June’07-November’08): -Coordinated game testers through both new and old content in WoW to ensure builds are release to the public as bug-free as possible. -Updated the WoW Online Checklist System and WoW Wiki with any environment related information. -Communicated with developers to organize test plans for upcoming implementations.Legacy/Diablo II Lead (February’06-May’07): -Released updated patches for all three legacy games (Diablo II, Warcraft III, and StarCraft). -Filled the roll for other two legacy leads in absence. -Tested any new content for all three legacy games. -Lead testers for specific legacy tasks.

Irvine, Ca

Learned the cycle and production of Blizzard Games.

Certificate Program, Professional Meeting & Event Planning

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