Derek Knies Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, United States

- I spearhead a team of 15 producers/project managers, driving their professional growth and fostering cohesive collaboration to maximize project goals and ROI. My leadership encompasses strategic resource allocation, ensuring optimal deployment for project success.- I orchestrate comprehensive budgets and timelines for campaigns, meticulously overseeing financial efficacy and prompt team execution. I compile agency reports, analyzing campaign profitability to drive informed project planning.- I play a pivotal role in shaping domestic & international campaign strategies, leveraging expertise in budgeting, scheduling, and logistics. I excel in negotiating partnerships, procuring third-party vendors, and adeptly managing resources to actualize seamless campaign conceptualization and execution.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater Seattle Area

- I led a dynamic team overseeing budgets, timelines, and creative execution across varied experiential campaigns, aligning financial success with strategic imperatives. - I spearheaded executional expertise for New Business endeavors, orchestrating budgeting, timeline development, and cross-functional team formation to drive project executions.

Greater Seattle Area

- I lead a team of exceptional producers / project managers and manage their professional development, project assignments, and campaign profitability.- I develop and manage the budgets and timelines of all experiential campaigns and am responsible for regular agency reports on the profitability of those projects. - I am deeply involved in the strategy and concept development of all campaigns and provide executional expertise in timeline, budget, event logistics, contract negotiation, vendor procurement, construction, and resource management.

Greater Seattle Area

- I strategically managed the conception, forecasting, and reporting of budgets, production roadmaps, and event logistics for large-scale experiential programs. Led negotiations and oversaw fabrication/construction aspects for seamless executions.- I led a team of producers overseeing concurrent management of 10+ campaigns, ensuring seamless coordination, resource allocation, and successful execution at scale.

Greater Seattle Area

- Developed, organized, & executed multi-million dollar experiential event programs with focuses in contract negotiations, vendor procurement, event logistics, contingency mitigation, budget forecasting, staffing, and logistics.- Led the production of campaigns with elements of content creation, fabrication, set/stage design, web/app development, & immersive storytelling experiences.

Greater Seattle Area

- Guided the production of experiential programs for Amazon, Microsoft, & HTC.- Managed elements of creative concept development, budgeting, timelines, event logistics, event staffing, fabrication / construction, and vendor procurement.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

-Designed and implemented marketing campaign on Premium Membership for increased market awareness of its benefits, with objectives of maintaining existing Premium Members and upselling Basic Members-Developed and produced brand new premium upselling & current member web pages, marketing materials, localized advertisements, merchandise, email campaigns, and a promotional video-Identified new possibilities of expanding the features of premium service to reach new and prospective users

Greater Seattle Area

- Served as the face of Dry Soda in the Tasting Room & educate the customers about the company and product.- Facilitated the sale of soda and Dry Merchandise & expedite online orders and marketing/sales materials.- Involved in planning and execution of integrated marketing and sales projects, events, and consumer engagement strategies.

-Developed and implemented a major marketing campaign involving 50 influential bloggers, strategic advertising with Facebook Ads and Google AdWords, SEO, social media with over 300 likes on Facebook & 200 followers on Pinterest, & product design to create an appealing product for consumers-Designed and distributed all online and physical promotional materials including website, mobile website, business card, product card, cause card, & stationery

Seattle, Wa

-Creating new innovative solutions and opportunities within event planning to rebrand and turn around Theta Xi within the community. -Currently have raised Theta Xi involvement in the community by using marketing & sales skills to build new relationships with fraternities and sororities, by establishing business partners with local companies and by creating community service opportunities with local service agencies.-Leading my committee of 10 members to continue new relationships.-Established 20 new high profile events for Fall 2011, far surpassing previous and current requirements.

-thinkspace is a community of entrepreneurs, tech startups, and small businesses that provides private offices, shared co-working space, virtual offices, and meeting rooms. -Primary Marketing & Sales Intern with direct guidance from CEO & Community Marketing Manager-Responsibilities included community development, online marketing, social media marketing, search engine optimization & sales

· Prepared Court Reports for judges and probation officers· Referred and directed clients of the court to appropriate Social Services

-Commissioned sales involving marketing and selling to customers-Worked as an organized sales team to introduce and promote product -Highest performing Sales Associate

-Founded and established the Kent Teen Council-Used marketing and sales skills to advertise and enlist key membership-Voted President of the Council and conducted weekly meetings among 20 members-Organized events consistent with the goals of the Council

Bachelor Of Arts In Business Administration, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Economics, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Theta Xi

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