Millennium Garages is the largest downtown public parking system in the United States and is believed to be the largest underground parking system in the world. In aggregate, the system has a total of 9,176 spaces, 3.8 million square feet of space and consists of the following four facilities: Grant Park North, Grant Park South, Millennium Lakeside Garage and Millennium Park Garage.

Managed marketing, public relations and social media efforts for Maple & Ash, Mavens & Aficionados and upcoming retail products; website updates; photo & video shoots; worked closely with videographer to create brand videos; creation of all collateral, sourced new stationary and paper goods; retail inventory; marketing budget, forecasting and invoice processing; on and off-site event coordination, wine dinners and marketing calendars; built and maintained relationships with hotel, retail and corporate concierge; worked closely with Modern Luxury and Lookingglass Theatre in creating a long-lasting partnership; Successfully launched Sunday Brunch with an average of 200 guests and worked closely with restaurant operations, host team to ensure proper communication to all staff; managed social media coordinator in ad and content calendar as well as Wagstaff Public Relations with media leads and culinary events

As Sales and Marketing Manager, I oversee sales, marketing and public relations for Sepia, Private Dining by Sepia and the upcoming sister restaurant (to be named)

Managed the marketing and public relation initiatives, as well as revenue generating and marketing events for Filini Bar and Restaurant. Coordination of all off-site marketing and PR eventsAssists restaurant managers with daily operations of all food and beverage outlets including lobby service and Blu Bar (Coffee Bar). Works hand in hand with the Restaurant Chef, Cost Controller and Lead Bartender when it comes to new menus, event menus, marketing initiatives, inventory and all F&B order requests.

Assisted with the start-up of Wildman Event Group; Researching venue and hotel space; Requesting bids for catering, audio visual, furniture, linens, signage, collateral, floral, tents and requests; Creating event budgets and proposals for client events; Hotel Lead for events such as GE Capital Middle Market Summit at Ohio State University; Managed five (5) WEG concierges at each hotel; Managed the contract process for freelancers; Managed and maintained accounting systems; Internal office and external marketing collateral; Created WEG Marketing Business Plan including strategy for cultural, retail and community partnerships

Supporting pharmaceutical companies internationally; Sourcing of hotels, venues and restaurants for upcoming conventions; Managed hotel contracts, payments as well as managing the rooming list; Manages registration for all conventions, meeting required deadlines; Securing locations, badge-pick up, set-up and providing on-site kits for River West on-site staff; Organizes transportation for all those attending; Securing restaurant reservations, private dinners and off-site dinner meetings for local and international offices

Supported VP of Operations in all administrative support duties, organized plant visits/OSCO meetings, prepared meeting agendas, presentations and correspondences for internal and external departments, site audits, prepared reports for Board of Director meetings.

Assisted two (2) Managing Directors; Management of client billing, invoices and accounts receivable; Project tracking; client contracts; PowerPoint presentations; Maintained vendor/client relationships; Coordination of meetings with high-level healthcare executives; Planning on-site and off-site events for clients

Maintained hotel collateral for internal use and sales materials for client events; Detailed group and catering events using Daylight and communicating to operations team; Assisted in planning of departmental meetings, annual retreats and team building activities; Coordinating sales trips; Managed sales systems such as Hymark, Finance Manager, Envision and Daylight; Processed Pride and Incentive payouts for sales team; Processed the catering forecasting each month Managed/coordinated Public Relations and Marketing initiatives; Prepared press releases, created, pitched new promotions to media; Media events; Created market appropriate packages and promotions; Strengthened new and existing relationships with partners such as Joffrey Ballet, Lookingglass, Modern Luxury, Michigan Avenue Magazine; Worked with the philanthropic, culinary and international communities; Updated Park Hyatt and NoMI Websites; Maintained hotel and restaurant database; Creation of print advertisements, editorials, event listings; Coordinated film, photo shoots, media libraries for Park Hyatt and NoMI; Print jobs for invitations, seasonal newsletters, sales, catering and marketing materials; Worked with F&B staff to coordinate client events, such as Chicago Gourmet, Green City Market BBQ, Lookingglass Opening Night After Party; Property site inspections; Annual Sales and Marketing Budget

Managed calendars and appointments; organized and planned annual off-site sales meetings; creation of spreadsheets and managing inventory lists; assisted the national sales representatives; payroll processing with Cerdian and ADP for two locations; managed and processed all benefits and 401K requestsManaged and assisted with selection of health insurance benefits