Laura (Bott) Eells Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Event Manager Position owning client relationship and project managing cross-department client teams. Develop & implement event strategy to achieve overall event goals. Leading cohesive teams of 5-15+
• Event Strategy specialist, presenting and consulting on client teams to increase revenue, attendance, implement innovation, and to increase profit margin & cost savings.
• Tradeshow and Sponsor Manager for a variety of clients ranging from 50-500+ exhibitors/sponsors, overseeing… Show more
• Tradeshow and Sponsor Manager for a variety of clients ranging from 50-500+ exhibitors/sponsors, overseeing floorplan management, sponsorship prospectus development & implementation, on-site signage/structure design.
• Lead 5+ conferences annually with 500 – 5,000+ attendance and $2,000,000+ individual budget expenditures across B2B, Tech, Corporate, and Association clients implementing pre-event forecasting and event financial.
• Virtual Event Manager leading team and collaboratively transitioning 7+ in-person events to virtual events from spring ‘20 – fall ’21 while learning/understanding 5+ different virtual platforms and misc. virtual.

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

East Peoria, IL

- Accountable for group hotel & B2B sales for 226 rooms and 35,000 square feet of meeting space specifically handling all incoming new business while also prospecting for outside, incoming business. - Negotiate room rates, meeting space, & food & beverage pricing during the contracting process for events ranging from 1-400+ people while using eProposal.

Chicago

Serviced the following clients during my tenure: KeHE Distributors, American Culinary Federation (ACF), COE, OD Network, Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA), and the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).

Greater Chicago Area

Greater Chicago Area

-Contracted production assistant serving on teams of 5-10 people specializing in 6+ high profile corporate, public, and residential holiday events in the metropolitan Chicago area specializing in event design, production, & implementation.Portfolio of clients included Navy Pier’s Winter WonderFest, Chicago Mercy Home for Boys & Girls, Discover Financial.

Chicago, IL

- Coordinated 50 artists/bands by completing, understanding, & fulfilling all talent rider’s through excellent communication & organizational skills at the first-ever Firefly Music Festival 2012 in Dover, DE.- Maintained a high level of professionalism while managing 150+ celebrities & C-Suite management.- Responsible for the planning and coordination of.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

- Promoted 40+ programs while handling 200+ student accounts per semester while assisting with inventory, organization, and individual projects while communicating with extremely diverse groups of students/faculty.-Created campus relations through in-person seminars for up to 300+ attendees, signage, & e-blasts marketing.

Normal, IL

-Event planning and public relations coordinator for the 2011 20 Stars for LIFE event adhering to 400+ attendees which helped to raise $66,000 for at-risk children-Conducted cold calls to sponsors, created press releases, newsletters, & other necessary documents for communication with donors, created strong community relations, used basic secretarial.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mass Media: Media Management, Promotion, And Sales

Communication Studies

Studied abroad in Florence, Italy from January 2011-May 2011 -Studied beginners Italian, Intercultural Communication, Body Language and.

Education record