Lisa So Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Managed and led multiple stewardship, sponsor appreciation, and friends of the Foundation in-house special events, managing the accuracy of guest lists, providing internal and external communications, and coordinating with various stakeholders, vendors, and event planners to foster and build relationships with community leaders.- Managed and executed two inaugural events, working with sponsors, stakeholders, internal and external communications teams, event producers and vendors, to showcase the neighbourhood and celebrate the community.- Recruited, tracked, trained, and engaged with Foundation volunteers to develop and build community support for the Foundation’s projects.- Researched, tracked, and applied to various grants to sustain and support Foundation projects, corresponding with government officials, connecting with stakeholders, and communicating with donors to ensure robust applications as needed.

Richmond, British Columbia

- Planned, managed, and executed special events to effectively raise funds, increase brand awareness, and connect with beneficial influencers for the Foundation.- Developed communication plans and stewarded relationships with key hospital and event donors, corporate sponsors, vendors, and volunteers. - Collaborated with Donor Relations Team’s strategy meetings to share holistic understanding of donor base pertaining to specific events, campaigns, and projects. - Recruited and collaborated with volunteer committees to secure special event sponsorships.- Recruited and trained special event volunteers, alongside staff event volunteers. - Coordinated sponsorship packages, proposals, auction descriptions, invitations, letters, stewardship packages, and event reports.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

- Coordinated, planned, and delivered the organization’s signature and highest-profiled events: the Gift of Time Gala, the Gift of Love Gala, and Adventure Race. - Coordinated, planned, and delivered key donor stewardship events: Magic in the Garden and Lighting of the Houses in both Vancouver and Abbotsford hospices. - Managed, coordinated, and scheduled an upwards of 100+ event volunteers, by providing all event information and manuals via email, phone, and on-site presentations.- Sourced and coordinated logistics with event vendors, including the requesting of quotes and contracts for budgetary purposes, scheduling delivery and event arrival/departure times, and being the on-site contact when necessary. - Prepared, wrote, and edited both digital and print communications for event guests highlighting pertinent event details, requesting guest details for venues and vendors, and post-event stewarding. - Sourced, coordinated, and implemented course for Adventure Race, which is a run, bike, and obstacle course race requiring relationship-building with vendors, city park boards and sanitation officials, and security detail.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Managed, planned, and produced all Association and Foundation member-related events, specifically: the Vancouver International Auto Show’s opening night VIP event for 800 guests, the 12-city province-wide Chairman’s Tour, the two-day BC Auto Industry Conference, and executive board retreat. - Managed and monitored event budgets up to $120,000 with funds partially raised by requesting silent and live auction items, selling tickets and sponsorships, and negotiating vendor and venue contracts. - Created, edited, and curated content with contributors, members, and sponsors for Association’s bi-monthly magazine, and coordinated magazine production with printing house distributed to over 700 subscribers.- Managed Association and Foundation websites, wrote and updated content, posting of weekly blogs, and updated the events calendar and image galleries. - Wrote, collected, and scheduled weekly e-newsletter with Association updates and industry news to over 1,000 subscribers targeted at dealer members, association members, board members, and dealership employee groups. - Advertised, promoted, and collected information for two industry awards, Salespeople of the Year Awards (30 individual winners) and the Community Driver Awards (6 individual winners), presented annually at the opening celebrations of the Vancouver International Auto Show. - Advertised, promoted, collected applications, assembled judging committee, announced, and coordinated photographed award presentations for the annual CarCareerBC Education Grants awarded to post-secondary students across the province.- Hired, trained, and managed temporary event staff.

Project-based communications consultant.- Provided support for media relations, and production of media kits.- Developed communications strategies for social media, and ad campaigns.- Worked with clients to develop communications plans for marketing collateral.

Burnaby

- Managed internal and external marketing events to engage clients and stakeholders to simultaneously increase brand awareness and to solidify and garner new relationships. - Managed and delivered community events for all staff to strengthen cross-departmental engagement including: a multi-day summer retreat, lunch & learns, afternoon socials, and one-off in-house events.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Implemented communications plans for Paragon’s three computer and paper-based tests.- Developed marketing collateral and communications pieces for the immigrant community to foster relationships with industry stakeholders and influencers.

Vancouver, Canada Area

MARKETING & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Administered Recruitment Team's functions, correspondence, and mailings.EVENT PLANNING- Managed multi-level events including: networking dinners, galas, panel discussions, and dinner meetings for an average audience of 150 guests.- Managed brand-recognition initiatives at corporate events including: conferences, sponsorships, career fairs, website communications, and business magazine publications. - Organized information sessions, town halls, and panel events. - Primary contact for organization’s employment website; managed incoming inquiries from the general public regarding the CPA program. - Represented and promoted the organization at corporate and campus events, and presented weekly information sessions to general audiences.MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS- Wrote e-newsletter for distribution to over 12,000 CPA student, candidate, and member subscribers. - Wrote e-newsletter for distribution to over 5,000 post-secondary student subscribers. - Developed communications plans to educate the business community on the new CPA designation.- Published web copy for corporate website and social media platforms. - Prepared messaging for marketing collateral.- Wrote, edited, and provided copy for a career blog. - Worked with external vendors (photographers, graphic designers, printers) to produce communications projects. - Advised senior management on best use of practices to promote brand awareness.- Trained and coordinated workflow for assistants, contract staff, co-op students, and event volunteers. RECRUITING- Implemented marketing strategies for student recruitment into the CPA program, specifically: informational pieces, presentations, and marketing collateral. - Actively engaged prospective students in post-secondary and workforce markets for recruitment into the CPA program through campus promotions and information sessions. - Identified and negotiated strategic partnerships and sponsorship opportunities.

Vancouver, Canada Area

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSAdminister all Partners in Employment Program functions, correspondence, and mailings.- Lead communication strategy for Recruitment Team’s email correspondence relating to program inquiries, CGAjobs.org job board, speaker requests from vendors, employers, CGA students and members, and the general public. - Planned and coordinated all recruitment and employment related events including tradeshows, conferences, training sessions and company events.- Wrote e-newsletter containing Association news, updates and notifications for distribution to over 12,000 CGA student and member subscribers. - Developed, implement and manage social media plan to promote Association awareness. - Provided content, write, and edit weekly career blog developed by Recruitment Team managers. - Presented weekly information sessions, and provided customer service for CGA program inquiries.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Literature (British And Commonwealth)

Mandarin School, Adult Mandarin Level 1

Associate Of Arts - Aa, English Literature (British And Commonwealth)