Leah Roder Email & Phone Number

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Serve as event/project manager for 3-5 events, projects, and/or initiatives per month including in-person, hybrid and virtual events while regularly collaborating with hospital and college of medicine leadership.
• Utilize Jira project management software to track event/project status and ensure timely execution of all deliverables
• Track event data and key metrics, create reports to share with stakeholders, and analyze data to improve future events and initiatives
• Oversee and track Event Services budget and individual event budgets
• Maintain departmental inventory of event collateral, staging materials, and branded giveaway items

Iowa City, Iowa, United States

• Worked with a variety of campus and external partners to plan and execute approximately 65 conferences/events per year ranging in size from 20 attendees to over 1,000
• Created conference budgets to plan for and track conference income and expenses
• Managed all event logistics including registration creation and maintenance, venue identification, contract negotiation, speaker travel and arrangements, and vendor selection and communication
• Designed and maintained conference websites using UI web hosting platform, SiteNow
• Performed post-event wrap-up including creating, distributing, and tracking attendee evaluations, and preparing financial statements of account

Iowa City, Iowa Area

• Supervised staff of 5-9 student employees and oversaw daily office operations
• Hired and trained new student employees
• Coordinated all Registration Only conferences
• Collaborated with Conference Coordinators to ensure all conference materials were prepared in a timely fashion with accuracy and attention to detail, and arranged all conference material deliveries
• Served as Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Manager

Cedar Rapids, Iowa Area

• Developed recruiting strategies to identify qualified candidates
• Evaluated candidates utilizing internal screening process
• Negotiated wages, benefits, and other terms and conditions of candidate employment
• Communicated all details of new assignments and managed contract employees while on assignment
• Addressed and resolved contractor issues while on assignment by serving as liaison between the contractor, TEKsystems Account Manager, and on-site managers

Iowa City, Iowa

• Provided administrative support by utilizing my organizational skills and attention to detail
• Managed multiple ongoing projects/tasks while overseeing daily office operations
• Assisted in execution of approximately 5 conferences per month by processing registrations, preparing all materials, responding to customer inquiries, making deliveries, and managing onsite registrations
• Performed post event operations, including compiling surveys to document areas for future improvement
• Trained and mentored 5 new student staff members

West Branch, Iowa

• Wrote and edited content for the website and stories for publication by conducting research
• Drafted, edited, and distributed weekly press releases
• Increased social media following by 50% by producing engaging content, such as a week-long Twitter campaign to tell history through Twitter, and utilizing social media best practice standards
• Promoted the Hoover Presidential Library Museum by writing, shooting, and editing 5 informational videos
• Planned and promoted the annual Hoover-Ball National Championships by organizing and meeting with volunteers, designing and distributing advertisements, and hosting media days

Iowa City, Iowa

• Mentored 8-10 students per week on resume and cover letter content and formatting
• Reviewed and provided feedback for 15-20 resumes per week submitted on HireaHawk.com
• Presented 5-8 career related workshops per semester on resumes, cover letters, etc.
• Interviewed, hired and trained new Peer Advisors

Le Mars, Iowa, United States

• Assisted 50+ patrons per shift
• Knowledge of the Library’s website and databases allowing me to accommodate the unique needs of each patron
• Checked in, checked out, and shelved 400+ books per shift
• Assisted with the Summer Reading program working with nearly 200 children and their families

Le Mars, Iowa, United States

• Handled over 500 dollars in cash per shift
• Promoted to Shift Leader after 2 years of experience putting me in charge of overseeing transactions, accepting and handling customer complaints, and seeing that everything ran smoothly
• Responsible for balancing and closing down registers at the end of each night shift
• Assisted in the kitchen preparing each order with quality in a timely fashion
• Provided exceptional customer service to an average of 200+ customers per shift

Bachelor’S Degree, Journalism And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: Dance Marathon, Career Leadership Academy, UI STEP

Education record

Activities and Societies: Spanish Club, Advanced English Club, Yearbook, Cross Country, Dance Team Captain, National Honor Society.