Cara Galloway Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Lead the planning and execution of 30 large-scale events and projects annually, including the Vegandale Festivals (with 10,000+ attendees per city), events for Toronto’s Caribbean Carnival and several restaurant/ store.
• Manage a team of direct reports year-round and 50+ employees and contractors during peak times
• Act as lead point of contact for all suppliers, while overseeing the on-site logistics management for all multi-faceted events
• Forecast all event budgets and complete final profit and loss statements upon event completion
• Oversee content development for all communications projects, including press releases, editorial calendars, website updates, newsletters and social media campaigns
• Analyze and measure the success of all events and prepare post-event reports

• Managed large, multi-faceted events from strategy, planning and execution to post-event analysis
• Planned and evaluated social media marketing campaigns for all subsidiary companies
• Created unique and compelling content for distribution via newsletters and blogs
• Worked closely with creative departments to develop and approve all event-related graphics
• Developed, updated and maintained all online communications content for company websites

Bachelor Of Arts Degree, Political Science

Post-Graduate Certificate, Corporate Communications