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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Clients included: PointSource, The American Museum of Cuban Diaspora, Bank of America, and Frostingworks.comCoordinated content generation, branding, engagement tactics, and event execution for corporate and nonprofit clients including: trade shows, art expositions, live concerts, conferences, sales lead progression events, and client facing entertainment. Collaborated with marketing teams to create compelling collateral, social media, web and blog content. Conducted comprehensive evaluations and measured ROI throughout all stages of the sales cycle. Managed budgets, AP/AR, overhead expenses & purchasing card reconciliation.

Chapel Hill, Nc

Planned and executed a portfolio of 3 week-long conferences (both in-person and virtual). Organized and scheduled over 300 session selections, virtual components, 5-10 keynote speakers and panel participants, staffing and volunteer team of 40. Managed fundraising, strategic partnerships, sponsor recruitment, collateral creation, vendor negotiations, contracting, banquet orders, speaker invitations, registration, guest travel, and on-site event management. Devised a fundraising strategy to convert event attendees to annual donors, restructured sponsorship levels and exhibition offerings, and increased registration revenue streams from $368K to $532K year over year. Managed processes for print and web content to ensure all event collateral was produced and received by the appropriate constituents in a timely manner. Generated budget projections, tracked all expenditures and receivables.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Supported the Executive Vice President and Worldwide Marketing Finance team with budget management for all theatrical releases (ranging from $8-20 Million each), strategic partnerships, trade shows, premieres, press junkets, trailers, special programming, and interactive campaigns. Assisted special events team with Los Angeles Premieres. Liaised with vendors, managed phone lines for 3 executives, personal calendars, & payroll for team of 15. Managed AR/AP travel & overhead costs for department and film talent, credit card reconciliation (up to $3 Million), cash reporting, & auditor inquiries. Trained new staff and interns on SAP software, operations & procedures.

United States

Clients included: Sundance Film Festival, Nickelodeon, Viacom, Turner Classic Movie Festival, Int’l Film Festival of Boston, Hamptons Int’l Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, Sarasota Film Festival, Chicago Int’l Film Festival, Miami Int’l Film Festival, American Film Market & more.Coordinated events primarily on the film & music festival circuit (500-5,000 attendees) specializing in event venue operations & logistics, volunteer management (200-300 people), permits, screenings, talent handling, premieres, award shows, panel discussions, credentials & registration. Exercised expertise in budgeting, building strategic sponsorships, community outreach, travel & guest relations.

Greater Boston Area

Acted as production manager for fundraising events and panel presentations at the network’s in-house theater. Created and executed event timelines for A/V equipment, lighting setups, and crew needs. Scheduled post-production facilities for all national, local and children’s programming, Descriptive Video Services & ISDN recordings. Reconciled accounts payable & receivable for video editing, audio mixing, A/V setups, and special events rentals. Prepared call sheets, calculated payroll, purchased equipment and supplies. Tracked purchases, expense projections, reconciled p-card statements.

Certificate, Marketing

Ba, English, Minors In Communication And Spanish

Bright Futures Scholarship Recipient

Fine Arts & Fashion Design

Received dual enrollment credits from Florida International University and Miami Dade Community College.