Celeste Cole Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

Manage virtual and hybrid events across a variety of digital platforms.Lead testing, onboarding and staff training of digital event platforms.

Greater Seattle Area

Responsible for delivery of all firm meeting and event services across the Pacific Northwest.• Drive the logistics, planning, budgeting and organization of large scale events including town hall meetings, trainings, celebrations and community activities, client marketing roundtables and events.• Comprehensive knowledge of event planning process, contract negotiations, budget management and cost reduction.• Interface with senior leadership, work across functional groups, manage relationships with vendors and internal clients.

Seattle, Wa

Managed the deployment and day-to-day service delivery of an administrative team of 20+ direct reports, supporting staff and partners across multiple offices. • Responsible for team performance, utilization, cost management and customer satisfaction.• Local office change agent responsible for successful execution of National Administrative organization’s continuous improvement strategy.

Senior member of marketing and corporate communications team at high-tech media company; promoted three times to reach final role as head of two teams – Events Team and Media Lab.• Drove production of company’s most high profile executive events such as product launches, press conferences and CEO keynote production. Represented corporate brand and messaging goals across a wide variety of live events.• Directed team of event managers in execution of annual events program including trade shows and public consumer events, concerts and parties, conferences, speaking opportunities, company sales meetings and morale events, special events and road shows. • Managed team of media producers working on high quality audio and video productions including live concerts with A-level musical artists, in-studio recordings, sizzle and marketing videos, b-roll creation and other forms of original media.• Managed multi-million dollar annual budget for entire Corporate Communications team, including groups not within my direct reporting structure. Primary liaison between Corp-Comm executive and Finance for budgeting process, forecasting and reporting.• Created annual event marketing plans, schedules and budgets for corporate trade show program in order to meet specific business objectives for all company divisions. • Managed relationships and contract negotiation with a wide variety of external vendors including exhibit houses, creative and marketing firms, hotels and venues, technology vendors and more. • Organized cross-departmental planning teams and manage internal company communications regarding corporate events to ensure company-wide participation and knowledge of departmental programs. • Collaborated with creative teams to write and design print and online materials for a variety of events. • Drove post-event reporting including analysis of achievement of business objectives and event ROI.

Performed roles of increasing responsibility at media company specializing in production of industry trade shows and conferences. • Determined and managed budget for nine annual industry conferences and trade shows.• Coordinated all conference operations including hotel and convention center meeting spaces, audio/visual, catering, ancillary meetings and special events, city-wide housing and registration.• Wrote RFPs and negotiated contracts with venues, event vendors and travel agencies. • Leveraged industry contacts to develop new conference ideas and educational programs and to obtain support and promotion for events. • Recruited speakers and coordinated their participation in conferences. • Coordinated with sales team to implement sponsorships opportunities. • Collaborated with marketing team on marketing plans, direct mail and other marketing pieces. Wrote, designed and produced a variety of printed materials for event participants including registration materials and conference proceedings. • Supervised and managed two full-time direct reports, temporary staff of 50 and volunteer staff of 30 at trade shows.