Melanie Graber Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Melville, New York, United States

Melville, NY

• Lead projects across all aspects of the business both internally and customer-facing
• Manage project communication
• Direct the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of a project
• Prioritize, follow up on, communicate, and execute IT tickets submitted by employees from all departments
• Facilitate communication and teamwork within the Business Operations department and between other departments

• Managed the work of the Northeast events team of 4 event managers and 1 event coordinator
• Conducted 1-on-1 meetings biweekly with team members to assess workflow and advise on challenges
• Created standard operating procedures to improve the workflow of essential processes the week before an event
• Designed, instructed, and implemented our new reconciliation process for all donations and pledges
• Generated instructional materials, and implemented and delivered formal in-service training sessions both in-person and using online software
• Organized all logistics for signature fundraising events of 300+ attendees throughout the Northeast

Rockville Centre, NY

• Coordinated all logistics (venue, catering, audiovisual, etc.) for up to 16 events (galas, golf tournaments, cocktail receptions, etc.) simultaneously of anywhere from 25–800 attendees and served as single point of.
• Negotiated vendor contracts and advised, developed, and maintained budgets of up to $1,000,000
• Managed interdepartmental team of up to 4 marketing, fulfillment, and administrative representatives, using the event management module in Salesforce to create a timeline and assign tasks to its members in order to.
• Liaised with marketing and communications department to generate all event collateral (e-blasts, landing pages, invitation, signage, etc.), proofed copy, and defined implementation plans for all PR
• Collaborated with development professionals to define objectives and implementation plans for each event
• Ran summary reports to synthesize data on events in order to suggest future actionable items and improvements

Master Of Arts (M.A.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)