nextNYC is a joint venture between Brooklyn Bridge Ventures (founded by Charlie O'Donnell), Tech:NYC, and sponsorship partners to foster the New York startup and innovation community. Our mission is to enhance accessibility within the tech community and provide crucial wayfinding support for newcomers through events, newsletters, and special content. In this role, my responsibilities include securing sponsorships and managing relationships, planning and executing events, overseeing promotion and marketing strategies, shaping our web presence and branding, managing all communications, handling budgeting and finance, managing staffing initiatives, and fostering key partnerships and collaborations.

- Lead the sourcing and negotiating of strategic acquisitions- Manage company events and teambuilding initiatives- Oversee payroll and accounts payable/receivable- Initiate and lead projects to improve efficiency and productivity across departments- Hire and manage staff to assist with special projects- Project manage strategic initiatives as needed

- Managed operational functions of a $38 million seed-stage venture capital firm- Produced large and small scale events with budgets up to $50,000- Wrote and designed content and marketing materials across email, web, and social- Owned product responsibilities for Feedback.vc, the firm’s proprietary service for founders

- Managed all business aspects of running a professionally touring comedy team includingclient management, finances, social and email marketing, and internal/external communications- Oversaw a 300% increase in revenue YOY- Produced and managed an off-Broadway run of an improvised musical

Harold Night Producer: May 2016 - June 2017Comedy Lab Producer: May 2015 - May 2016Harold Night Asst. Director: June 2016 - June 2017Harold Night castmember: June 2014 - June 2015, June - Dec. 2016All Access castmember: June 2015 - June 2016Studio 40: Dec. 2012 - June 2014

Worked closely with developers, designers, copywriters, and business stakeholders to continually maintain and improve five websites for EF Tours.Managed large projects from start to finish on a cross-functional agile development team.Helped to define, gather and analyze requirements that include inputs from marketing, sales, customer service, design and development.Served as team's business domain expert, and identified opportunities for improvement.

With a focus on customer experience, managed several aspects of the loyalty and incentive programs for Educational Tours group leaders. Booked and tracked a high volume of flight requests, managed the referral reward program, developed email and marketing content, and served as point person for technical fixes and enhancements.

Public relations account support for health and technology clients. Wrote media alerts, speaking submissions, and award entries. Secured client coverage in business and trade media and provided social media content creation.Took a break from May-October 2011

Retention sales. Managed over 95 customer accounts as group leaders' primary contact for planning and recruiting domestic tours. Maintained loyalty by building relationships with customers from the point of sale onward to ensure their repeat business.

Customer service in English and Spanish for customers of educational tours abroad. Trained and assisted in the development of new employees. Created and managed daily shift schedule. Handled escalated customer calls. Conducted special projects with the web and marketing teams.