Melissa Davis Email & Phone Number

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Olympia, Washington, United States

● 15 + years of event planning and execution for multiple and simultaneous events - hybrid, virtual, and in-person large and small scale events for the Office of Equity and eight internal teams – event sizes 10 - 3,000 attendees.● Successful in building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. ● Experienced in project managing all aspects of event planning and execution.○ Contract with other event professionals, venues, audio visual teams, catering, shipping companies, entertainment, and other vendors to execute events under budget.● Create equitable and inclusive events using accessibility strategies to ensure accommodation of all attendees both virtually and in-person.● Develop and implement strategic plans for annual events to advance the mission and activities of the Office.● Collaborate and coordinate with the Office of Financial Management and other necessary state agencies to comply with state budget and accounting laws and policies.

• Project manage all WFIA events from implementation to conclusion. • Negotiate contracts and liaison between venues, vendors, and attendees.• Plan and execute food and beverage requirements, amenities, ground transportation, lodging, billing, AV and electrical, itineraries, volunteer responsibilities and related responsibilities working in conjunction with specific team members.• Conduct all billing and budget for each event to ensure we hit or are below the budget.• Design, proof, and print all event promotional invitations, advertisements emails, and flyers and collaborate with media for advertisements and engagement. • Produce content for a variety of other association projects, including creation of brand new website, PowerPoint presentations, and multimedia campaigns. • Manage the Education Foundation Board of Directors and organize quarterly Board Directors' meetings

Olympia, Wa

• Part of team that selected and managed of ESI trade show appearances.• Developed promotional materials including advertisements collateral materials, marketing campaigns, tradeshows, etc. • Designed and implemented all sales and marketing collateral, digital marketing campaigns, and social media campaigns. • Compiled data on lead tracking, conversions and other marketing data as required.• Maintained website content.• Created press releases and worked with media outlets to promote ESI’s product line.

● CRM database creation, management, and maintenance.● Responsible for marketing logistics, including event coordination through boothscheduling and shipping, collateral coordination, and premium ordering.● Coordinated contracts and logistics for major conferences and smaller venues.● Collaborated with news media, podcast hosts, independent radio hosts, and bloggers to create contracts and content for advertisements, alumni engagement, and affiliate programs.● Managed and monitored social media for brand promotion and social media affiliate programs.● Provided advertising support by corresponding with advertisers, managing content submissions, invoicing, contract fulfillment and scheduling.● Perform website updates and maintenance.