• Director of largest Recreational Cooking School in the U.S.• Oversees daily operations, including managing a staff of 25 employees.• Key leader responsible for the support and success of the second largest revenue generating divisions of the school. • Spearheaded the development, release production and execution of new virtual programming. Full management of this platform included developing the class concepts, menu creation and production of live virtual cooking events.• Collaborates with various departments to ensure seamless student experience for career and recreational program.• Implemented Covid-19 policies and procedures in accordance with CDC and New York State, phase 4 Higher Education guidelines.• Schedules over 2,000 recreational classes annually utilizing all spaces, 7 days per week/360 days per year. Work closely with special events and career programs to maintain all changes to instructor and facilities scheduling. Schedule all faculty assigned to these classes.• Management, creation and curriculum development of over 2,000 culinary, pastry, wine & beverage and professional development classes per year.• Provides direct managerial support and supervision of chefs, customer service and culinary school operations departments.• Maintains school calendar and organization of school’s events.• Management and development of strategic plan of action to ensure that the cost of classes remains under pre-determined budget.• Develops and executes an annual program to achieve forecasted sales while providing the highest quality of customer service.• Creation and execution of marketing plans and promotional activities.• Recipe testing, writing, editing and menu development.• Financial reporting, including periodic sales reports, forecasting and analysis.• Manages, creates and fully executes high-level culinary events and demonstrations.• Creates policy and procedures, develops training programs for chefs and culinary operations assistants.

• Marketing Designer for major, nationally acclaimed concert promoter.• Created and implemented marketing and promotion campaigns for major local and national concerts. • Handled all marketing aspects for the Best Buy Theatre in Times Square (formerly Nokia Theatre). • Negotiated and executed media schedules; produced copy for ads and managed promotions with radio stations and other media outlets. • Responsible for design and production of large scale digital output posters for concert venues, newspaper and magazine ads for major market publications. • Managed Marketing Coordinators, Interns, and Hourly Staff.

Handled design and production of newspaper ads, magazine ads, flyers and postcards for major market publications. Designed admats and website artwork for national concert tours. Managed all invoicing and bookkeeping as well as daily contact with clients and vendors.