Launched, programmed, produced and marketed a brand new, month-long food festival in Los Angeles & Chicago as part of a small team in collaboration with LA Times Food Editorial Team• Developed + managed Feature Events budgets• Sourced venues and vendors, pulled permits and drafted contracts for Feature Events•Main point of contact for talent (World’s Top 50 Chefs)– scheduled all travel, created itineraries, briefed talent and continued as the point of contact while talent was in Los Angeles• Coordinated with charity partners to execute activations & events throughout May

Acted as the lone West Coast day-to-day point of contact and trained close to 250 different clients and volunteer teams on Showclix proprietary software and provided onsite technical and event support• Guided Event Operations department onsite at Anime Expo, New York Comic Con, Complex Con, and Los Angeles Comic Con including trained teams of volunteers to use the Showclix system and gave continued support while onsite• Strategized with 5+ Enterprise level Clients located in the Southern California area to ensure they are able to continue to exceed their goals

Inspected and confirmed that each of the 12 NITES venues were fully prepared for the nightly Sponsor Activations• Prepared all production equipment and nightly operations (signage, screen printing stations, guest lists, etc)• Led Walk-Thrus for clients at each venue and suggested Sponsor Activation locations for optimal usage/visibility• Communicated client needs to each venue and managed all related issues

Managed a team of volunteers that helped to run the Cashless Activation/Info Booth both weekends of Austin City Limits 2015• Assessed and documented volunteers’ performance for C3 Presents to utilize for the following year

Managed all 20+ official social media outlets, coordinated packages for sponsors and sales clients, published blog posts & email + print campaigns• Overhauled social media publishing strategy for SXSW 2015 creating a 238% engagement increase on social outlets by creating a real-time feel• Acted as lead with clients such as Snapchat, Tumblr Creatrs, Bitly, Sprinklr, and iTunes Festival to create hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue• Worked directly with Artist’s Management to improve social marketing• Mentored, delegated and supervised the department interns, paid photographers, and volunteers • One of two SXSW employees interviewed for Hootsuite funded Documentary on SXSW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDFPk0B-kfQ)

Mastered sound and light engineering for live shows including set-up/tear down of stage.• Engineered sound and lights for bands ranging from national acts (Neutral Milk Hotel, Of Montreal & more) to local bands.

Clipped and organized press clippings, emailed press blasts, scheduled band and artist interviews, phoners, album/show reviews for local, national/international publications, fulfilled riders for musicians.• Scheduled interviews for Atlas Genius’s EP release Through the Glass• Scheduled and facilitated phoners for Outasight’s release of Now or Never

Reviewed EPKs to help book bands, organized and assisted with budget, created ads in local publications and solicited underwriters.• Guided the AthFeast percentage night in a new direction by adding the involvement of bars raising the total money raised.• Judged bands that submitted to play AthFest via SonicBids

Supported registration process and set-up/tear down of stages and wiring in Convention Center.• Prepared 60 workstations for the Registration Line and the pick-up of over 20,000 badges

Produced, booked, marketed and staffed “School Jam USA” at NAMM 2011 in Anaheim, CA; “The Kids are Alright Festival” at The Mohawk in Austin, TX; and “Jam Fest 2011”.• Managed International VIP Bands that played School Jam USA at NAMM 2011 schedules while on the ground