Jenn Hess Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Part of management team focused on increasing awareness about local business, reaching out to new audience through social media and managing special event requests.- Grew social media reach through regular usage of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. - Planned events, both for the public audience and private groups, including menu planning, budget management, staffing needs, etc. - Identified new opportunities and hosted successful events for F1 racing, Eurovision, running trials and Meetup groups. - Networked with other local businesses and community organizations.- Updated website regularly; sent out weekly pub newsletter.- Created and managed reservation system.

-- Manage print and electronic show daily projects for conferences and trade shows, from bringing in new clients through onsite project management. Responsibilities include:-- Identify potential new clients and present ways to upgrade conference communications (print & digital)-- Manage company's digital offerings, to include PDF conversion, email newsletters and websites-- Project responsibilities include find local commercial printers, hiring freelance writers and photographers, handle all production/layout responsibilities, and hire temps and oversee onsite distribution-- Write stories, captions and headlines as needed-- Manage CustomNEWS' social media channels and marketing efforts-- Primary author of CustomNEWS' blog, http://cnshowdailies.com, and the company's monthly newsletter, http://cnshowdailies.com/signup

-- Manage print and electronic show daily projects for conferences and trade shows, from bringing in new clients through onsite project management. Responsibilities include:-- Meeting with potential new clients and customizing a publication to best suit the event's needs-- Find local commercial printer who can work on overnight turns, then develop working relationships with customer service and sales representatives, production staff and delivery team to insure everything runs smoothly-- Hire freelance writers and photographers to staff the project, if needed-- Handle all production/layout responsibilities -- design tabloid publications using InDesign for daily production; proofing process with client; and create PDF of final version for printer-- Convert PDF to a digital flipbook for clients to distribute electronically-- Hire temps and oversee onsite distribution-- Write stories, captions and headlines as needed

Worked on two trade magazines, Ink World and Coatings World. Covered conferences, wrote monthly reviews on new market developments, and other editing/layout responsibilities as needed.

Suburban/Town News, 6/97 to 1/99 - Reporter covering regional area, attend town meetings, lay out and edit pagesBergen Record, 12/98 - 9/99 - worked in sports department inputting agate, answering phones, writing a few stories