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Austin, TX, US

• Coordinate housing for TMA staff, speakers and VIP guests on the sleeping room block for annual events.
• Create internal Microsoft forms to streamline hotel and event requests for staff pre-event.
• Manage logistics support for various TMA events and three annual conferences: including coordinating meeting room diagrams, audio visual technology, menu selections, shipping, and signage.
• Advise on new technology vendors for registration, audio visual, live streaming and presentation recording.
• Support onsite ancillary events in the downtown office location and various membership experience meetings.
• Reconcile invoices post event and negotiated any disputes with conference vendors.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Collaborated with a small team to fulfill an average of 300+ daily shipments of both custom printed and non-custom phone cases and accessories.Utilized Adobe Illustrator to create custom printed designs and design boards for customer's orders. Proactively created alternative options for logistical problems within department.Confirmed shipments and printed.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

500+ Rides with a 5 Star rating

Austin, Texas, United States

• Managed and oversaw the execution of a variety of events taking place concurrently across Brandlive's virtual platform suite.
• Assisted in building out client's event pages and submitting custom development requests for customized changes or webpage bugs.
• Trained clients, their staff and presenters in features and best practices of Brandlive's virtual platforms during pre-event "tech checks."
• Created internal documentation to provide helpful guides for Client Success Department as well as external resources for clients with deadlines for events.
• Collaborated with the Sales, Development and Production Department to coordinate all related elements for each event's success.
• Utilized creativity and problem-solving skills during live events to successfully handle challenging logistical situations.

Austin, Texas Area

• Instructed clients on full scope of software features and its integration with Cvent’s other products.
• Documented event details and reoccurring meeting notes in a constantly updated playbook.
• Customized a marketing brochure and email marketing campaign for exhibitors to have information about our services.
• Provided technical customer support by navigating exhibitors through managed online portal to make purchases and answer questions from events that were non-travel.
• Traveled an estimated 35%-50% per month to act as onsite support for tradeshows.
• Documented event statistics and revenue from events in CRM system Salesforce pre/post events.

Austin, Texas

• Collaborated with meeting planners to bring their specific vision to life for their events (ranging from large conferences to extravagant social galas).
• Increased annual audio-visual revenue for $7M property with creative problem solving and technical consulting.
• Procured additional equipment for specialty items not within onsite inventory with partner vendors and design companies for unique staging and technical requirements.

Hyatt Regency(2015-2016), New Orleans, Louisiana

• Collaborated with meeting planners to bring their specific vision to life for their events (ranging from large conferences to extravagant social galas).
• Cultivated and maintained relationships with hotel staff, key technology partners, and onsite vendors to drive successful client events.
• Advised clients on the technical details of audio-visual equipment and hotel room layouts to create accurate quotes on event orders.

Greater New Orleans Area

• Organized bi-weekly events in five separate districts with attendance ranging from 40-90 clients.
• Designed slideshows, surveys, press releases, invitations, and sales documentation.

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Set up audio visual equipment for campus faculty lectures and student eventsProvided customer support to faculty, administrators and student leaders at campus events

Bridgewater State University

Spearheaded multiple entertaining events and advertisement per month directed towards 500 residents Collaborated with a diverse staff of 19 additional Resident Assistants. Mediated students with social and educational conflictsOversaw order and enforced necessary policy violations for the 500 residents coinciding in the dormitory.

Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Facilitated a team of seven chairmen to coordinate fundraising, philanthropic, and social eventsOrganized and supervised study hours to ensure academic success among membersServed as a liaison in managing budgets for events with chairmen and executive board