Michelle Stevenson Email & Phone Number

Asbury Park, Nj, Us

New Jersey, United States

Full service event design and planning agency for both corporate and social events. We create spectacular xperiences that evoke passion, enthusiasm and plain old fun. "Treasure This Day and Treasure Yourself, Truly, Neither Will Ever Happen Again" Ray Bradbury

Meeting & Event Planning, Management and Logistics. Manage pre-event planning and onsite execution.

Madison, New Jersey

Develop and implement event strategies, experience design and creative concepts. Collaborate with senior leadership to determine brand objectives and design events to deliver on that vision. Work with marketing to determine promotion plan, event collateral and social media needs. Determine ways to measure event success and overall value to our customers. Execute on multiple events simultaneously managing their budgets, deadlines and logistics. Serve as a liaison for vendors and all outside event providers. Negotiate contracts, source speakers, entertainment, catering and all other aspects of events. Manage direct reports. Provide leadership to all internal departments, staff and also externally with customers and vendors.• Arranged for productive site inspections and became the destination expert to convey details to the team that may impact overall event.• Hire and manage talent for all events - keynotes, entertainers, executive team, celebrity guests* Strategized on effective ways to increase revenue and exceed income targets and attendance.• Determined locations via site visits for national events and recommended to senior leadership.• Designed and executed high end travel experiences for incentive programs.• Executed events and conferences across the country from 25 – 10,000 attendees.• Established and maintained a broker feedback loop between operations and brand departments.• Collaborated with marketing on design, creative and copy for event collateral and communication.• Oversaw development, support, and training needs for direct reports.• Provided strong decision-making skills for internal and external service issue conflict resolution.• Negotiated with suppliers and vendors to consistently obtain best pricing while not compromising overall experience.

Mt Laurel, New Jersey

Managed Client Experience department: ensured brand integrity, experience personalization and event standards were in place and reflected in meetings, events, and marketing campaigns. Planned meetings and events for regional showrooms openings, fashion shows, speaker events, workshops, and training.Page 2programs. Coordinated logistics for a wide array of events, including invitations, travel and lodging, audiovisual resources, gift baskets, cocktail receptions, team building activities, and breakout sessions with a $1M budget. Directed site selection, entertainment, food and beverage, transportation, and budget management.• Established and managed new Client Experience Program; scheduled and led milestone meetings to ensure everyone understood expectations, responsibilities, and deadlines.• Significantly raised the level of professionalism and increased the effectiveness of client corporate travel experiences, averaging six client events per month.• Planned, organized, and conducted Annual Dealer Conference to reward the top performers and increase dealer loyalty. Oversaw arrangements for 200 participants over a 4-day event, coordinating events and logistics for multiple sites with a budget of $300-800K.• Directed planning and execution for Annual International Sales Meeting and Trade Show Conference participants over a 6-day period. • Developed, planned, and orchestrated annual Architecture and Design Industry Event for more than 1,500 people utilizing various venues. • Provided analytical follow up of events to determine effectiveness, ROI, areas for improvement and achievement of program and event goals.

Business owner of corporate concierge service based out of Philadelphia. Provided concierge and full event planning services.Designed and developed events for tenants ranging from holiday parties to large broker events. Managed multiple-location events, including theme development, budgeting, logistics and menu planning, transportation, and entertainment. Coordinated hotel, transportation, catering, displays, directional signage, guidebooks for events. Created invitations, program development, promotional material, press releases and designed marketing collateral. Met with business owners to establish event formats, budgets, and overall logistics.• Implemented corporate concierge program in two luxury buildings consisting of approximately 90 separate tenants and roughly 1250 employees: increased tenant retention 35% and occupancy in residential community 15%.• Performed personal travel and vacation planning for executives and planned sales incentive trips for individual organizations.• Negotiated commission structure with vendors to increase revenue by 10% to 15%.

Greater Philadelphia Area