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Seattle, Washington, Us

Ruinous Media / 2021 / Seattle, WARole: Ad Sales for Podcast network. Advertisers include Minor Figures & Wunderground Coffee.Bunkhouse / 2021 / Austin, TX Role: Sponsorship for Trans-Pecos Festival 2021Mr. Moxey's Mints / 2021 / Seattle, WARole: Created brand awareness project for a self-curated list of local influencers in Tech, Music, Food and the Arts communities. Seattle Children’s Fundraiser / December 2020 / Seattle, WA- Created and designed a DTC gift box offering as part of a virtual event benefiting Seattle Children's Hospital. Worked closely with event organizers Nordstrom, Sub Pop, and KEXP to curate boxes for an at-home experience to pair with the virtual event after the in-person event was canceled due COVID. Sponsors included Tito's Vodka, Topps, Aveda, NEST New York, Atelier Cologne, Trophy Cupcakes, Kiehl's, and MALIN+GOETZ. Marketing featured an unboxing video by Mark Arm of Mudhoney (Sub Pop Records). Boxes sold out in record time and raised over $40k.Bacon Eggs & Kegs / 2019 / Seattle, WARole: SponsorshipYeah Field Trip / 2018 / Santa Barbara, CA- Directed 2018 sponsorship team and sponsor operations including status calls, development of lead tracking documents, on-site activation, deliverables, and closing. Secured in-kind partnerships from 30+ companies including Fujifilm and Sub Pop Records. Managed budget of over $100k.- Negotiated sponsorship deals with Adorama, JPEG MINI, Brew Dr. Kombucha, 805 Beer, Moo, and Manfrotto.- Played a key role in exceeding company targets by creating custom sponsorship packages, providing effective project management, and restructuring pitches, lead generation methods, and internal communications.Kris Orlowski Album Release / Spring 2016 / Seattle, WA- Created the "IAmKrisOrlowski" marketing campaign in advance of Kris Orlowski's release of the album, Often in the Pause. Curated promotional, themed boxes for taste-makers and influencers in the Seattle art and music community.

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RECENT WINS:- Brokered a multi-year agreement with BECU to become the presenting partner of the Marymoor Park Concert Series, which takes place annually in Redmond, Washington.- Re-signed TOPO CHICO as a sponsor for the VIP area of the Marymoor Park Concert Series.

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Experienced Producer of private events for high-profile clients including Amazon, EA Sports, Facebook, Google, HBO, Lyft, Microsoft, MLB, Pitchbook, Red Bull, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Solana and Zillow. Oversee end-to-end event production and staffing while ensuring events proceed with complete client satisfaction. Event project management including forecasting, budgeting, pricing and invoicing, revenue tracking, vendor relations, and staff hiring and oversight.Key Achievements:• Secured in-kind sponsors and partners for Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 while generating leads for national sponsorship team with Topo Chico, Dr. Martens, and Lifeway. Acquired partnership with Nordstrom’s downtown store, utilizing windows at 6th/Pine to display festival lineup.• PAX West 2018 event production at The Showbox & Showbox SoDo for gaming organization clients: Visionary Group, Double A, Reed Pop, Bungie.• Builds program packages, benefits, communications for both sponsors and clients. Integrates sponsors’ consumer brands with key clients for mutual surprise and delight opportunities.• Leader in maximizing customer on-site engagement and experience as measured by loyalty, returning clients and year over year increases in loyal client budgets and attendance. • Driven event producer, creating timelines and delivering custom events of up to 1800 hundred people on time through influencing and external stakeholder management, delivering turn-key experience for clients.• Innovative, relational business development strategies, lead generation. Designs communications, content, presentations leveraging creative and trending cultural themes. • Consistently drives increased annual revenue for VIP Program and for private events by analyzing data to identify process improvements and business opportunities. Known for influencing vendors and directing staff in order to implement improvements spanning location, customer experience, cost and impact.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Produced events and brand awareness for clients including Anheuser-Busch, Brown-Forman, car2go, Jameson, Entercom, Google, KEXP, Live Nation, Red Bull, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Theatre Group, and Woodland Park Zoo. Incorporated branding, content creation, and social media posts into unique client engagements.Key Achievements:• Spearheaded development of definitive online information source for Seattle events, including creation of social media platforms, staff onboarding, website design, and marketing.• Grew business while enhancing company brand and awareness through successful cold calling, lead generation, market research, and utilization of existing business relationships from local music industry.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Engaged in project management including budget, scope, change orders, milestones, and deadlines. Maintained communications with clients through proposals, project briefs, estimates, and Scope of Work.Key Achievements:• Improved social media followers by 68% through effectively managing Electric Pen’s Twitter account.• Increased revenue through discovery of bookkeeping errors and collection of unpaid client invoices.

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Developed, maintained and improved photo production standards and practices for hotel photos, stock images, virtual tours and car rental photos for all Expedia brands• Managed daily feed ingestion of hotel images/metadata to CMS for Expedia.com and Hotels.com• Hired, trained and managed a team of media editors and media production specialists to handle content for web sites • Tasked with projecting cost for contract hires and managing budget• Maintained strong working relationships and assisted in contract negotiations with image vendors (hotel and stock)• Negotiated fees with stock vendors and photographers• Established a collection of virtual tour providers (24 global vendors)• Nurtured strong partnerships with major hotel chains (Marriott, Wyndham, and Choice)• Created a program using crowd sourcing to shoot original hotel content unique to Expedia• Hired and managed freelance photographers in New York, Austin, Houston and San Francisco• Managed budget/invoices and researched/purchased stock images for all of Expedia brands• Responsible for budget of $200K for both Hotels.com and Expedia• Identified and managed projects to improve content quality and coverage• Obtained thousands of missing car images for Expedia’s rental car offerings• Assisted PR Teams (Hotels.com & Expedia) in creating new social rules for media usage

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Analyzed merchant performance based on data and sales• Audited apparel site for misclassified content• Investigated price parity between merchant sites and offerings on Amazon.com• Managed third party metadata to match internal standards• Created training documents for new hires

Seattle, Washington, Us

Photo Editor in the Creative Department • Analyzed image and film submissions for rights, release and technical compliance, prior to ingestion• Utilized web-based tools to facilitate metadata ingestion• Exceeded target goals related to quantity demands and “time to market” deadlines• Cultivated close working relationships with high-profile Image Partners• Provided information and feedback to clients to ensure quality, salable content• Collaborated with research team to develop expertise of 100+ local and international photo collections• Demonstrated flexibility in fast-paced environment with multiple workflows• Primary contact for internal sales inquiries regarding model and property releases• Identified legal issues in images from a partnership project with “Flickr.com”• Managed in-house collection of thousands of model releases from archival and active photo collections • Assisted legal department with model release research for false identity claims• Coordinated company-wide employee recognition and recreational events for office of 450 employees

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• Assigned keywords from the in-house vocabulary to catalogue image submissions• Analyzed subjects and indexed images according to guidelines and vocabulary hierarchy• Cooperated with team members to achieve objectives and consistency • Performed fact-checking research to ensure accuracy

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Provided support for staff of academic non-profit company, including all Outlook scheduling• Maintained vendor communications, supply requisitions, mail distribution and customer service

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• Spearheaded radio campaigns for regional and national acts • Targeted client base for college, non-commercial and commercial radio airplay• Fostered relationships with over 200 North American radio station music directors• Analyzed results and trends in radio play to capitalize on current and future campaigns• Supplied daily feedback and chart position reports to clients• Hired and supervised interns from Boston-area colleges

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• Collected and distributed video proposals and budgets from directors• Managed library of director’s reels and archived footage• Organized and updated daily schedules for VP and staff

New York, Ny, Us

• Collected and sorted press clips for Publicity Department library• Mailed press kits and promotional items to venues and writers

New York, Ny, Us

• Served as a liaison between Sony Music and the Boston radio, college and retail markets• Utilized promotional tools on grassroots level to create buzz and develop artist recognition• Organized listening parties, in-store promotions and “meet and greets”• Secured coverage for national artists at college radio and local press

• Proofread and fact-checked articles prior to publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

• Contributed feature articles, editorials, music and film reviews