Katie Smolic Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

o Sourced venues and executed event for 1200 guests in Vancouver, Canada for $1.5 MM.o Created and or assisted with the successful proposal and budget for programs in Chicago, Illinois ranging from 1,200 attendees to 3,200 resulting in revenue from $1.6MM to $3.5MM.o Located new venues in Chicago and develop a professional partnership.o Worked with outside vendors to ensure smooth operation of events.o Worked within client budgets to maintain costs.o Became the main liaison for monthly dinner meetings for clients that spend in excess of $5,000.o Lead onsite staff and provided detailed operation orders for each event which would include minute by minute schedules, vendor contacts, client contacts, etc.o Generated job close worksheets in order to check and balance final budget.o Designed proposals that feature items requested by clients that can include but not limited to offsite venues, restaurants, décor, transportation, and more.o Continued contact with hotels and create professional partnerships in order to generate leads.o Worked closely with corporations from the selling process, to the operations, to the final billing.

Chicago, Illinois

o Planned and organized events from 8 guests to 250 guests which ranged from cocktail parties to seated dinners.o Created Banquet Event Orders in TripleSeat with all necessary details.o Designed custom floor plans for each event to maximize space.o Generated over $150,000.00 during first 7 months of work, $75,000 at City Winery Riverwalk in 4 months.o Sales goal increased by 50% from 2015.o Ordered necessary kitchen equipment and linen rentals for each event that ranged from 8 guests to 1,200 guests.o Created a new private event experience at City Winery Riverwalk and calculated monthly budget.o Collaborated with Executive Chef specific packages to sell at City Winery Riverwalk.

Greater Chicago Area

o Planned three day program for clients which profited over $105,000. Program consisted of venue selection, catering, entertainment, décor, set up of venue, and tear down of venueo Executed a 4 day program for clients which profited over $103,000.00. Program consisted of hotel selection, transportation, restaurants, activities, and more.o Aided in the coordination of a social program event with 600 registrants which profited $74,000o Coordinated and operated a program that consisted of décor, catering, venue rental, entertainment, and meals at a restaurant for a profit of $45,000o Hired for a full-time position after a semester long internshipo Trained staff to use numerous new technologies implemented in the officeo Presented and designed proposals for clients that are unfamiliar with the Chicago area that included tours/activities, restaurants, venues, décor, catering, entertainment, transportation, etc.o Generated investment summaries and deposit invoices for clients via Excelo Managed vendor relationships with new venues, restaurants, hotels, and tours as well as established ongoing relationships in order to better negotiate deals for clientso Operated Pharmaceutical programs with a miniscule budget.o Organized scheduling and coordination of 7-10 supplier partners per event

o Oversaw execution of set-up and tear down of all venues and venue decoro Performed numerous job duties in order to secure success of events including, but not limited to, greeting, serving, music coordination, and ordering and purchase of décoro Acted as trusted advisor to Event Planner during client meetings providing advice and feedback to improve service and events

• Refereed youth girls volleyball• Supervised the girls when needed• Assist the Director of the program with keeping score, talking to coaches, and announcing teams

o Set-up and dismantled the venue and venue décoro Planned the floor plans and organized the seating chartso Read floor plans in order to set up the venue in addition to assisting people to their seats

March 2007 – August 2011o Balanced and calculated cash drawer at store closing and assured it balanced with the registero Provided friendly customer service at the cash registerso Promoted to Certified Cash Handler after one year of workingo Trained employees on the cash register in addition to becoming a CCH (certified cash handler)o Greeted and assisted the customers and provide friendly service giving our store over 90% in great customer service on store reviewso Organized the store to make sure customers and employees can find needed items and increased our store cleanliness to over 93% ratingo Assisted with customer solutions, increasing our store rating to 95% satisfaction ratingo Designed displays to effectively market new products and promotions to increase sales

Greeted the customer with friendly serviceProvided quick, efficient, friendly service at the cash registerHandled cash register