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Hercules, Ca, Us

Onsite partner to trouble shoot and problem solve with hotel, vendors and off-site venues. Support planning team to execute plans allowing client to focus on seamless event. Manage arrival and departure manifest. Ensure meals are set as outlined in latest BEO's and cover any and all assigned onsite duties.

Detroit, Mi, Us

Responsibilities include recruiting, training, and managing volunteers, organizing events, and fostering community relationships. Strong communication, passion and organizational skills required.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Ready to step in for any aspect of the meeting with one goal in mind to deliver beyond the expectations of the client. Apply meeting expertise and knowledge to identify concerns before they become an issue with solutions. Exercise professional judgment across all aspects including but not limited to flow, event design, rooming lists, travel manifest, vendor coordination, attendee reconciliation, signage, offsites, activities & team building.

San Mateo, California, Us

This is a contract position as an Event Manager to produce Digital Ascendant (2-day session + Council meeting/reception) and Retail Ascendant (1 day session + Council meeting/reception) events plus a themed reception at the home of the company’s CEO & Founder in Palo Alto, CA. It required a close working rapport with the Lead Event Manager and COO to ensure the Ascendant Network’s programming goals were realized through high-level and memorable community experiences and effective onsite execution. The bar of expectation was set to produce a seamless, white-gloved experience across the programs. Primary responsibilities included the following: -Local restaurant identification and sourcing for two offsite dinners which include contract negotiation, contract execution, menu planning, transportation, sponsorship integration and onsite management. -Sourcing of multiple vendors to bring creative vision to life for the return of intimate dinner reception at home of CEO & Founder. This included site visits, as well as securing themed cuisine, décor, and managing vendors and attendees onsite. Similar to restaurant sourcing, criteria was established and local vendors provided proposals within budget, location and theme. Event overview and layout were created to coordinate with the internal team and venue on expectations, timing, vision, setup, flow and high-level service expectations. -Onsite responsibilities include daily management of food and beverage, room set up according to layout and attendance. as well as registration management, printing requests, name tags and vaccination check for all attendees, staff, and vendors. Position requires weekly attendance and participation in team meetings, pre-conference and post-conference meetings, as well as written updates to operational and procedural documents.

San Francisco, California, Us

This position supports the Wells Fargo Meeting & Events (WFME) team. Sourcing and contracting for all meeting related suppliers to include, but not limited to hotels, offsite venues, food and beverage, audio visual/production, transportation, destination management companies, etc. Researches site locations; prepares requests for vendor bids and reviews bids for competitiveness; negotiates site and service contracts for facilities, transportation, lodging, food, entertainment, events and related activities, speakers, activities, and/or entertainment; develops program budgets. Establishes and maintains ongoing vendor relationships to ensure they are cost-effective and deliver quality service. Responsible for identifying and seeking guidance to mitigate all inherent risks. Ensures adherence to compliance and privacy regulations and policies.Leveraged understanding of business and culture to provide immediate support of contract processing allowing professional growth of team and focus on the fulfillment of full time position. Responsibility for executing 20 production vendor contracts to support digital/virtual meetings during my 60 day assignment. Many of these agreements were finalized within one business day of assignmentSupported the DE&I initiative and identified a woman owned vendor to support five high quality digital/virtual event concepts.

San Francisco, California, Us

When I started as a financial analyst in the Real Estate group, little did I know that Wells Fargo would empower me to fulfill my professional dreams. A position was created that allowed me to apply my real estate experience with my education to become the Director of Marketing. As the bank grew and marketing became centralized, I became a subject matter expert in event planning expanding my scope to support businesses at the enterprise level. The bank provides hands-on experience with training and mentorship to continually grow. Here are relevant accomplishments that I am most proud. Eliminated plastic water bottles entirely during conference through sending reminders to attendees to bring their own water containers and only provided Boxed Water.Spearheaded the creation of digital templates reducing website creation time by 90% through automation.Enlisted and trained planners to support and specialize in specialty line of business to bring partnership, efficiencies, awareness and unified approach.Oversaw digital sourcing, contract negotiation, risk mitigation, production and delivery of multiple customer Zoom calls to ensure seamless delivery.Brought smiles to attendees through the creation of puppy play time. This increased awareness of adoption and the socialization improved the pups chance of adoption by 80%. Attendees repurposed t-shirts into 367 dog toys to include with a donation of puppy kits for new pet owners.Facilitated group of peers to build and grow a strong culture of shared values. Successfully launched the program establishing measurement year over year of culture through employee engagement scores.Cultivated and grew Diversity and Inclusion within and across all teams, functions, processes, operations and suppliers.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing

Certification, Marketing