Jessica Snyder, Cmp Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

West Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Remote

Plymouth, Minnesota

Promoted to management of all incentive travel, meetings, and events for TCF Consumer Banking. Programs include more than 50 annual domestic and international meetings, conferences, and incentives events with budget more than $2.5M annually. • Own engagement of over 4,800 employees with responsibility for development, design, and management of all recognition programs for Consumer Banking. The formal programs include individual, team and top performer with awards ranging from trips and events to certificates and drop-shipping of gifts. Worked with business line stakeholders to ensure programs are motivating, well-communicated and aligned to business goals.• Pivoted 6 large-scale in-person meetings to virtual with 6-week lead time. Negotiated contract cancellations with no additional fees, researched best practices and virtual platforms, and executed with high attendee satisfaction.• Reduced incentive travel spends by $100k year or over by reducing redundancies and leveraging vendor relationships. Sole management of yearly international trip includes site selection, contract negotiation, vendor management, registration, communications, events, staffing and on-site management for 300+ attendees and budget over $1M.• Executed a three-day sales conference for 180+ attendees with 2-month lead-time. Responsible for all aspects of the yearly program including travel, logistics, speakers, content, budget, presentation creation, meeting technology and event experience. • Reduced yearly incentives spend by 30% by proposing streamlined process and one point of contact for recognition events in five states. The quarterly events management includes ideation, site selection, event design, food and beverage, communications, and staffing, engaging 250+ attendees in each market.• Training and management of over 10 cross-functional teams for projects and programs. Set clear expectations and goals and track progress against timelines, milestones, and budget.

Plymouth, Minnesota

Recruited to company to manage internal contests and events for MN Regional Banking. Created, designed, and implemented more than 40 annual contest and incentive events. • Coordinated quarterly recognition events for frontline staff. Worked to stay on trend and select venues that excite staff and keep them motivated to achieve.• Executed quarterly branch manager meetings. Responsible for all aspects including full logistics, speakers, content, travel, budget, presentation creation, meeting technology and event experience. • Created monthly contests designed to motivate staff and increase sales. Collaborated with regional manager group to determine needs and tailor objectives to boost goal achievement.• Worked with marketing group to develop customer promotions and other large-scale marketing initiatives. Partnered with legal on sweepstakes rules and state regulations to ensure compliancy. Communicated programs to staff and worked to improve overall engagement into the marketing strategy.• Partnered with local marketing team to execute community and company events such as grand openings, sponsorships, parades, and community events.

Eagan, Mn

Managed high-level projects in the organization including special events, tradeshows, and conferences. Designed and implemented marketing initiatives and policies, working with Board of Directors, Vice President, Sales, Operations, Programmers and Accounting to meet program objectives. • Coordinated yearly tradeshows, including logistics, advertising, set-up, leads, implementation, and follow-up.• Decreased travel expenses by 40% over a yearly period by implementing a new travel and expense policy for operational and sales employees. Responsible for all daily travel reservations.• Designed all marketing and sales materials including direct mail, advertisements, industry publications and website design.• Created team-building activities that included contests, newsletters, and program summaries, increasing staff involvement in program development.• Managed a team of volunteers in the planning and execution of the annual month-long employee appreciation initiative, including on and off-site events to boost employee morale.• Developed comprehensive training programs for all projects that led to overall improvement. Collaborated closely with teams and training managers in developing lesson plans.