Event planning and project management; community outreach; various social media platform management; volunteer management; guest relations; budget management; public and media relations; website design; oversee regional street teams; coordinate artist hospitality; managing partnerships; press release drafting and distribution; procure sponsorship; contract development and negotiation; manage sponsor/partner benefits fulfillment including social media and negotiate digital and print buys; recruit, manage and coordinate vendors and volunteers; media and trade partner development for non-profit and for-profit organizations; work closely with local and regional CVB's, tourism departments and county offices and officials including Dare County, Currituck County and Outer Banks Visitors Bureau; logistics including permits, staffing, security, financials, ticketing; assist with planning and marketing for Natural Life Music Festival, SweetWater 420 Festival, Mustang Spring Jam, Mustang Music Festival, Soundside Live, OBX Brewfest, Americana Beer Fest in Manteo, NC and Leesburg, VA.Florida Surfing Championships - Jacksonville Beach, FloridaNatural Life Music Fest - Jacksonville, FloridaSweetWater 420 Fest - Atlanta, GeorgiaRiver City Challenge & Eco-Fest - Jacksonville, FloridaMustang Music Festival - Corolla, North CarolinaOBX Brewfest - Nags Head, North CarolinaAmericana Beer Fest - Manteo, North Carolina ; Leesburg, VirginiaOuter Banks Craft Beer Week - Outer Banks, North Carolina

Develop and implement marketing plan; develop and maintain collaborations and partnerships for various events and programs for peak and shoulder season targets; collaborate and maintain relationship with local, regional and state CVB's and tourism departments; design and distribute newsletters, press releases, media and ads; manage and maintain current and dynamic website, calendars and all social media avenues for Whalehead, Historic Corolla Park and events; manage and maintain all membership relations, maintain recruitment and retention plan and benefits package; expand volunteer database and manage all correspondence and activity; promote all aspects of Whalehead and Historic Corolla Park, including tours, membership, museum shop, events and weddings; represent Whalehead at community functions and events; collaborate with Events Coordinator, Museum Shop Manager and Director of Education on events, tours and facility functions; successfully improved events such as Wine & Swine, Christmas in Corolla, Mr. Knight's Wild Night and specialty tours.

Fulfill hospitality riders, manage runners, work with tour managers to handle special needs, manage food and beverage inventory, work closely with dressing room attendants.Previous years: Hospitality coordinator, assistant to festival coordinator, runner, dressing room manager for main stageSummer Camp Music Festival Chillicothe, IllinoisMay 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015Gentlemen of the Road TourTroy, Ohio and Guthrie, OklahomaAugust-September 2013

Recruit, schedule and manage volunteers for major and ancillary events including SweetWater 420 Fest, Shaky Knees Music Festival, Brew Your Cask Off, volunteer orientations, neighborhood park clean-ups; assist with various aspects of event management including site layout, parking lanes, permits; vendor coordination, including load in and load-out, at events; Resident Relations Manager for Candler Park residents and neighbors when SweetWater 420 Festival was held in Candler Park - handled complaints, problems, questions and provided resolutions. Volunteer duties typically consisted of artist hospitality, main entrance/exit gates, ticket scanners, general event helpers, trash/clean-up, set-up/breakdown.Typical number ranged from 25-200 volunteers.

Front face of SweetWater beers at tours and events at SweetWater Brewery in Atlanta, Georgia and around the Southeast. Duties include: educate tour guests about SweetWater Brewery history, SweetWater beer, events, brand, mission and more; entertain those that love beer; pour beer for patrons; assistance with sales, marketing, PR projects; ID check and greeter; bottling line assistance with specialty brews

Event supervisor for all weddings, events and movie/TV shoots held at The Frazer Center and Cator Woolford Gardens; manage catering, event, floral vendors; work with wedding planner and/or bride/groom; execute all events from start to finish; supervise housemen and other site managers; train and manage new site managers; maintain grounds and buildings during events; work with law officers for any obstacles that may arise; handle change of venue on grounds in case of inclement weather; traffic control; be part of making special memories happen.

Clean Vibes is a company formed and dedicated to responsible on-site waste management of outdoor festivals and events. I worked major festivals across the country with anywhere from 20K-100K attendees (Bonnaroo to Outside Lands). I coordinated, scheduled, managed and trained volunteers at each festival along with training and managing other volunteer coordinators. Some events only required 30-50 volunteers, whereas some had over 300! Planning included mapping out locations across a major event site and scheduling volunteers for these locations based on times and major music events. Coordinating this number of volunteers was definitely challenging at times, sometimes volunteers wandered off from their post, some never checked back in after shift or even never showed up for their shift, some volunteers couldn't remain sober during a four-hour shift and had to be managed or let go which resulted in wristband deactivation. It was a lot of work, long shifts, many different people and attitudes, typically in a very hot dusty locale, lots of other factors as well but I loved and enjoyed every moment of it!

Non-profit, non-partisan organization focused on democracy through music, registering people to vote and helping others be active involved citizens in their community.As team leader, I communicated with band managers and venues to coordinate tabling at concerts and events. I organized, trained, and communicated with volunteers.Managed and coordinated the HeadCount booth and volunteers at Hangout Music Festival in 2010 and 2011.

Event Coordinator for Captain Planet Foundation Benefit Gala held annually in Atlanta, Georgia. Duties include: work with Foundation's Board and Co-Chairs (including Ted Turner and his daughter and CPF founder, Laura Turner Seydel) to plan event and assure all goes as they intend; oversee invitation design, delivery, RSVPs, table planning/seating; event and city permits; procure sponsorship and auction items; community involvement; oversee auction that raised over $1,000,000; coordinate transportation/travel for board members, VIP guests, artists, etc; assist with volunteer coordination and recruitment; assist with live auction; office duties as needed including answering phones, emails, sorting, filing, etc.; planned and attended other events for CPF such as Earth Day Kids Fest, tabling at "green" events and festivals around Atlanta and the Southeast which included Captain Planet appearances, recycling games for kids, knowledge and education for all and more. Started with Captain Planet Foundation in 2007 as an intern while attending Georgia State University

Worked through Hamilton-Ryker staffing agency at Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN June 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010.I was responsible for tracking and distribution of tickets at main gates

First contact with guests upon arrival, guest check-in/check-out procedures, service-related problem resolution, customer service and more!