Lauren Zigman Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

LZ Event Co is a full-service planning and design firm with nearly a decade of experience in the wedding and event industry space. Based in St. Louis, MO but travelling worldwide, we strive to plan to our couples personality and bring them a day as unique as they are.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Des Moines, Iowa Area

Acted as a full-time Event Manager while training and shadowing in all hotel management through the Marriott Voyager Program. During my time at Marriott, I coordinated over one-hundred events including weddings, corporate meetings, political events & rallies, tour groups, room blocks and social functions.

• Designs events averaged at $100K+ for Wedding, Corporate, and Celebrations clients• Assist in planning events with top event professionals• Prepare for upcoming design production meetings to create the design items• Communicates with both clients and vendors on a daily basis• Participate in planning and design meetings, event day set-up

• Exposure to all elements of planning, designing, marketing and operating an event• Communicate with vendors during the planning process• Type event information sheets, wedding day schedules, mini-itineraries from hand written documents• Prepare sales packets for potential clients

Columbia, Mo

President and former Director of Events for the Mizzou Special Events Society under the Department of Hospitality at Mizzou. MSES is the largest student chapter of International Live Events Association (ILEA). Our chapter is associated with the ILEA St. Louis chapter. As President, I am the direct contact with ILEA as well as manage the other officers of the organization. During my time as Director of Events, I organized and coordinated all networking activity within the organization. We interact with all types of professionals in the events industry, to allow our members full access to the world of conference and events.

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Ensure the comfort and safety of all audience members• Assist the box office with ticketing and seating concerns for ticketed events• Scan tickets, or supervise the scanning of tickets by concert series volunteers• Build and tear down lobby setups • Communicate start and end times with technical crew• Supervise and assist the facility assistants and volunteer ushers

Columbia, Missouri Area

• Assist in planning each event from the original consultation to the event itself. • Helps with set-up, tear-down, and working the occasion on the day of the event. • Works with clients one on one to maintain customer satisfaction.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Paid internship at the Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark Hotel working all aspects of Food and Beverage, including banquets & events, room service, concierge lounge, and outlets: 360 restaurant, Corner Shop, Starbucks and Imo’s Pizza. • Shadowed Sales and Catering Sales• Hands-on experience working with the managers of each department • Interacted with guests on a daily basis

Chesterfield, Mo

• Set-up prior to all events, including arranging tables, linens, chairs, buffets, and décor• Tear down and reset for the next events to come• Serve food and beverages to guests

Chesterfield, Mo

• Gained experience working various aspects of running a bakery while working as an unpaid intern. • Learned various aspects of the business by performing a wide variety of tasks including front of house sales, baking, presentation, and even washing dishes.

Hospitality Administration/Management

Activities and Societies: • Mizzou Special Events Society | Director of Events 2017-2018 • Sigma Sigma Sigma | Eta Chi Chapter | Family.

Study Abroad, Hospitality Administration/Management

Study Abroad at the FUA APICIUS International School of Hospitality through the University of Missouri, School of Hospitality. Studied.