Brian Sharp Email & Phone Number

West Hollywood, CA, US

Los Angeles, CA, US

• APLA Health’s mission is to achieve health care equity and promote well-being for the LGBT and other underserved communities and people living with and affected by HIV.
• Remounted and reinvigorated AIDS Walk Los Angeles and Best in Drag Show events, increasing sponsorships, donations and ticket revenue after years of decline and pandemic delays
• Created new corporate engagement event to increase support of AIDS Walk among Employee Resource Groups across industries
• Produce wide array of events including Pride activations, Film Screenings, and events for Board of Directors
• Write, produce, and direct videos; write emails and fundraising campaigns
• Manage a portfolio of Major Donors for our housing division, fostering continued commitments and recapturing lapsed donors

• As a client-facing or internal freelance producer, controls all aspects including pitch, budget, vendors and onsite direction
• Increases profit for production companies by minimizing production expenses
• Delivers excellent client satisfaction as a multi-faceted team player: skilled producer, director, stage manager and show caller
• Able to provide full team of talent for turn-key production solutions

• Produced conventions, meetings and product launches, handling all aspects from brief to execution including account acquisition, creative services, budgeting, vendor sourcing, logistics, event management, stage.
• Revitalized approach to client presentations and written proposals
• Developed relationships as primary client contact with executives, managersand staff leading to greater customer retention
• Maximized profit on budgets from $200,000 to over $1,000,000 per project byvendor negotiations and client account development
• Decreased cost of operations by implementing new structure for projectmanagement staffing
• Researched market trends, technology innovations and new talent,successfully expanding company’s core competencies

• Created, directed, and produced custom Broadway and Cirque theatrical shows forUS and international events including the Salt Lake City and Sydney Olympics, theMalaysian Formula 1 Grand Prix and Sea World San Diego
• Booked and produced major headliners and keynote speakers
• Increased profit through client, vendor and artist negotiations and sourcing
• Directed operations department of full-time and part-time production managers
• Streamlined workflow through implementation of project management timelines,schedules and logistics tracking