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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Plan and manage all aspects of company-hosted, corporate events for employees, partners and customers. Including contract negotiation, budget forecasting and management, coordination of event tasks and timeline, execution of event, on-site and create post-event survey and full event debrief.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Planned and executed logistics for multiple events and fundraising programs such as golf tournaments, social events and other community programs, including the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.Prospected and solicited corporate sponsors to participate in core fundraising events for MDA.Interviewed, trained, and managed temporary staff for volunteer recruitment for monthly events.Strengthened relationships with local patient families, through events, clinics and annual Summer Camp.

Responsible for booking $62,000 in revenue each month from banquet food, beverage and meeting room rental.Met with and entertained customers, conducted property tours, and promoted facilities and services.Responded to customer inquiries and negotiate contracts with customers and vendors.Responsible for the successful set-up, execution and breakdown of social and corporate meetings, meals and special events, as well as develop customer menus, draft contracts and letters.Coordinated hospitality amenities and special VIP requests.

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Recommended and negotiated contracts for keynote speakers.Managed combined budget of $80,000 while coordinating theme dinners at the Westin Poinsett and Soby's restaurant, for over 600 guests. Prearranged lunch options with downtown restaurants to accommodate over 600 participants.Arranged reward activities, dinners and accommodations for 2005 and 2006 Chairman's Club.Identified venues and creative themes to entertain 496 attendees of the 2005 Worldwide User Conference. Reference duties included:Coordinated over 150 reference calls and site visits.Revised and implemented new customer reference program adding 30 new references.Coordinated customer speakers and served as operator for bimonthly web seminars.Developed process to capture reference customer data and store in centralized CRM through online survey.Fulfilled 99% of reference requests for qualified accounts.Implemented new online library of audio and video customer testimonials.

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Designed flyers and marketing collateral using branding templatesSupervised marketing content on company calendar and intranet siteReviewed and edited press releases, ad copy and marketing collateralManaged vendor partnership guidelines to ensure proper branding and positioning