Kristin Carothers Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Since joining the G7 team, I have had the pleasure of connecting with various different clients and understanding their unique needs. Together we are working to identify opportunities in the sphere of experiential marketing to breathe life into their brand ethos. • Lead day-to-day client communication and program tasks • Conduct weekly status calls and reporting • Create, track and reconcile project budgets alongside Project Manager• Vet event opportunities to provide strategic activation recommendations to client• Manage all program details, including creation of project timelines, event criteria scope and run of show documents • Handle client, partner and vendor negotiation & relations • Collect program recaps and reporting information

As project manager at Drive, I was responsible for leading a cross-functional team to execute paid digital media campaigns while balancing the needs of 40-50 accounts at any given time. I developed project timelines and oversaw the team’s schedule in order to ensure successful completion while working closely with the team AE to manage client communications and act as liaison between internal teams, client and upper management. • Provided prioritized solutions and conducted routine audits to ensure team met project deliverables• Utilized CRM system Salesforce to develop and maintain project timelines, delegate/track responsibilities, and prepare client reports and project summaries

In my five years at Neste, I coordinated and took lead on efforts to serve client needs and negotiate costs on their behalf, all while working closely within the conditions of their timelines and budgets. I served as the exclusive talent buyer for ticketed venues, casinos, and festivals, and averaged 100 talent contracts per year. Other duties included: • Review and analyze contracts to protect client capabilities • Advocate for frequent mass communications with clients, including reviving quarterly newsletter and writing, editing, and distributing content upon relaunch• Vet, train and mentor new hires and interns

Nashville, Tn

A writing and grammar-enthusiast, I ended my college career with immense interest in pursuing public relations and gained experience as an intern for EB Media. Responsibilities included:• Gathering client research via IQ Media and relevant news outlets to generate paste-ups• Navigating Cision Point to compile excel sheets for the publicist to contact editors and journalists

East Lansing, Mi

I held a job for my entire college career; three of those years were spent serving as a face for the university to students and parents in the residence halls. It was a position that allowed me the opportunity to take part in a corporate-type environment, where changing procedures and job updates were emphasized during regular staff meetings. I learned several important functions through the following tasks: • Acted as a liaison for hall residents' communication to the overall housing office staff• Reacted quickly and solve a variety of issues that required immediate solutions• Responsible for basic cashier duties and administrative duties• Was in charge of sorting mail and distributing and keeping track of loaner keys• Trained new hires and held follow-up meetings to make sure they were fully prepared*REHS = Residence Education and Housing Services, Brody Neighborhood

Lansing, Michigan Area

• Assisted at 2-3 remote events per week that served to promote the station specific to that audience• Accompanied experienced salesperson on business calls to sell radio ad space• Learned the workings of the studio from current radio show hosts/program directors

Nashville, Tn

As a part of the team that put together CMT's Hot 20 Countdown, my focus was artist research. I kept constant track of the artists on the countdown - watched their Twitter pages, websites, appearances, etc. I would also adhere to specific research needs, as designated by my supervisor, such as a particular artist's history, finding music videos that fit a particular theme, and coming up with solid interview questions for on-location shoots. Other responsibilities included: • Communicating with the tape library to get past show segments and additional music videos• Taking said tapes to be digitized in post production• Maintaining the master countdown and research guide excel sheets• Editing CC script before the week's episode airs• Finding specific media on Getty Images relevant to script topics• Completed cue sheets for all episodes from July to December

Freedom Hill Amphitheatre, Sterling Heights, Mi

Concert days and festival weekends:-Maintained the back stage area, with a top priority to answer to the tour manager-Responsible for making sure all dressing rooms were fully stocked and catered at all times, according to rider requirements. -Served as the "runner," in which my responsibilities were to drive people to and from their hotels and other miscellaneous errands-Counted and sold merchandise-Kept track of 24 radio sets, distributed among managers, security, parking attendants and beverage serversDay-to-day office duties:-Prepared contracts for upcoming performances-Contacted hotels per artists' contract requirements and coordinated with ground transportation companies. -Organized the local band lineup for festivals and sent agreements to band managers-Attended weekly meetings to discuss contract specifics for upcoming shows and give updates on my progress

Attica, Mi

As a co-op student working on the school website:-Worked directly with my supervisor to complete any task in keeping the school's website up to date-Wrote articles and created photo albums almost daily-Updated the HTML and CSS codes using Dreamweaver CS4.Regular classwork responsibilities:-Wrote scripts for voiceovers, news packages and anchors for our bi-weekly newscast-Directed the student newscasts, as well as produced and edited news packages, PSAs and short films-Often served as motivator to keep the pace moving along swiftly under strict daily time constraints

Bachelor’S Degree, Communication; Public Relations Specialization

Activities and Societies: MSU Telecasters, The Big Green

Digital Media Arts

Activities and Societies: SkillsUSA, National Technical Honor Society