Devon Kelly Email & Phone Number

1200 W Randolph

City Winery is a fully functioning winery, concert venue, restaurant, and private event space. I am in charge of all day to day operations of the business and ensuring department heads are meeting sales & budget goals while expanding our brand. I meet weekly with all department heads to go over strategic sales plans, S&B goals, and ensuring they have what they need to be successful. Oversees all payroll auditing, scheduling for 180 staff members, ordering for all departments, hiring/firing, P&L reporting, and labor budgeting. Making sure all teams are working as effectively and efficiently while producing excellent products & giving quality service.

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago, Illinois

Started Mix & Mingle Chicago in June 2013 as a part time job to make extra money. Was able to pursue my company full time after 6 months.'I created and hosted a variety of single and social events, mostly in Illinois and neighboring states. Organized and executed open houses and trade shows for large companies all over the world including but not limited to Paris, Taiwan, and Sydney, Austria. Worked with a small team of strong individuals and we were able to customize our services based on the clients needs. Book tours, art shows, and special events for restaurant and hotels.

7545 N Clark, Chicago

• Before opening; Created businesses plan, developed food and cocktail menu, hired & trained staff, started & maintained social media pages, and created & distributed all marketing material for Grand open in & around Rogers Park. • In charge of weekly food, liquor, beer, linen, and toiletries orders. Maintaining inventory and weekly breakdowns of loss.• MOD 5-6 days a week with 30 staff members, creating weekly schedule for FOH staff, posting daily to social media pages, booking events with M&M & Hard Water customers as well as promoting/hosting those events, creating marketing material for local distribution, and maintaining bars daily upkeep.

Chicago, Il

General responsibilies: Grow memberships on meetup.com for Speed Friending, create and distribute promotional material (for events and memberships), contact local bars to host events at (determine date, time, space), coordinate event details with bar management (renting space, drink specials, prizes), promote event using social media, set up events, answer emails/phone calls about general questions and from bars wanting to work with us, host event (ensure everything runs smoothly and everyone has a great time), keep track of membership & sales using excel and quick books, meet monthly sales goals, and maintain site.

Chicago, Il

Organize large mixers for 101.9 The Mix. We had our first mix and mingle event in May at The Chopping Block. They sponsored our event providing guests with free food and cooking class. Little Black Dress and Tito's Vodka provided us with drinks, and Mercedes Benz is providing us with a free car at the end of our 12 month mix and mingle tour.-Our second Mix and Mingle event was on June 6th at Untitled. I hosted the event; checking everyone in, making sure guests were filling out raffle tickets to win free car, hosting free speed dating, hosting open mixer.-I have an event with this company every month and they have over 300 people at each event.

Des Plaines, Il

Build client load, create/distribute marketing material to increase sales, create/conduct exercise classes, personal training, supervise fitness center, preform exercise testing/eveluations, create individual exercise programs for my clients, create/conduct weekly health discussions/fair, create/distribute monthly newsletters, educate clients about proper diet/nutrition, keep track on weekly/monthly sales reports and growth, assist physical and occupation therapist with exercise programs.

Chicago, Il

Work with Speed Dating USA and Match.com to organize, book, promote, execute, and host speed dating events. For Speed Dating USA I contact local bar owners and set up a time and date to host an event. Myself and management will determine drink/food specials and other promotional items to promote the event and increase sales. I then promote the event using speed dating usa's members and using other social media (facebook, craigslist, metromix, etc). I then will host the event and my responsibilites include setting up tables, checking in members, ensuring everyone can find the location, answering phone calls/emails, checking in attendees, explaining the process of the night, ensuring the night runs smoothly and everyone is having a great time, and host an after event mix and mingle.

Hire and fire promotional models and managers, create facebook page/twitter, maintain social media pages (upload photo, post events), book/organize/host promotional parties and events, supervise staff during events, scheduling, payroll, tracking weekly sales/inventory/payroll/donations, creating new fundraising ideas for each venue, promote parites/events throughout Chicago area, and communicate with coperate office about growth/expansion of the company.

Assisted students receiving degree in health and wellness; supervise/assist students with exercise testing/evaluation, develop exercise programs for each client, how to conduct personal training sessions, and locating internships and observation hours. I would promote the new wellness center throughout the college and community. Work with Wellness center physician is exercise testing, with the lifestyle coach on exercise programs for clients, and with the personal trainers on developing new exercise for clients. On occasion I would work the front desk answering phones, data entry, scheduling, answer questions, and confirming appointments. I was in charge of creating promtoional and education documents such as brochures, Poerpoints, posters, promotional flyers, and coupons.

Macomb, Il

Some hiring/firing, scheduling, ordering inventory, creating/promoting specials, booking talent, supervise staff, working beind the bar, checking staff's opening/closing check lists, providing superior customer service, assisting customers with clients/compmaints, and organizing parites/fundraisers/events.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Exercise Science And Family Consumer Science

Activities and Societies: Volunteer Work; Personal trainer for facility Exercise coach @ McDonough County Hospital Macomb Police.

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Movement Science

Activities and Societies: Softball Leaders of tomorrow Boys and girls club Fitness assistant director Movement Science