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Roswell, Ga (Virtual Office) Contractor

➢ Lead Planner for the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Grantee Summit, overseeing the event’s overall planning and execution.➢ Co-lead on a 2000+ person conference, assisting with vendor contracts, managing hotel rooming lists, and coordinating 30+ ancillary meetings to ensure seamless event execution.➢ Provide On-Site Support during meetings to ensure smooth operations and address any issues promptly.➢ Coordinate Logistics with all vendors, including managing relationships and… Show more ➢ Lead Planner for the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation Grantee Summit, overseeing the event’s overall planning and execution.➢ Co-lead on a 2000+ person conference, assisting with vendor contracts, managing hotel rooming lists, and coordinating 30+ ancillary meetings to ensure seamless event execution.➢ Provide On-Site Support during meetings to ensure smooth operations and address any issues promptly.➢ Coordinate Logistics with all vendors, including managing relationships and ensuring timely delivery of services.➢ Oversee all logistics related to banquet orders, audiovisual requirements, and hotel accommodations to ensure all aspects of the event were seamlessly integrated.➢ Act as liaison between the client and vendors, facilitating clear communication and resolving any potential conflicts.➢Provide virtual support for meeting with up to 800 people Show less

Roswell, Ga (Virtual Office)

➢ Oversaw and coordinated all logistical aspects of the weekly training program, ensuring smooth execution and timely delivery.➢Provided accurate and timely reporting and budgeting for events, tracking expenditures and managing financial resources effectively.➢Supported the development and maintenance of Cvent websites, ensuring they meet client needs and event requirements.➢Conducted research to identify and implement cost-effective solutions for one-off programs, optimizing… Show more ➢ Oversaw and coordinated all logistical aspects of the weekly training program, ensuring smooth execution and timely delivery.➢Provided accurate and timely reporting and budgeting for events, tracking expenditures and managing financial resources effectively.➢Supported the development and maintenance of Cvent websites, ensuring they meet client needs and event requirements.➢Conducted research to identify and implement cost-effective solutions for one-off programs, optimizing resource use without compromising quality.➢Acted as the primary point of contact between clients and vendors, facilitating clear communication and resolving any issues that arose. Show less

Roswell, Ga (Virtual Office)

➢ Accomplish objectives by scheduling, coaching and mentoring team members, communicating job expectations and appraising, and reviewing job contributions.➢ Achieve operational objectives by developing strategic plans and reviews, preparing and completing action plans, resolving problems and determining system improvements.➢ Exceed financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets and analyzing variances.➢ Update job knowledge by participating in educational… Show more ➢ Accomplish objectives by scheduling, coaching and mentoring team members, communicating job expectations and appraising, and reviewing job contributions.➢ Achieve operational objectives by developing strategic plans and reviews, preparing and completing action plans, resolving problems and determining system improvements.➢ Exceed financial objectives by forecasting requirements, preparing budgets and analyzing variances.➢ Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations.➢ Enhance department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.➢ Educate program learners by creating communications within PwC database and distributing them to participants.➢ Troubleshoot program issues by monitoring registration reports and hotel rooming lists, meal function menus and details of service thus troubleshooting issues before they become problems by being a liaison with MES to draw upon my meeting planning experience➢ Lead planner for 200 person Data Assurance University course including site selection, budgeting, AV, food and beverage, monitoring of room lists and content development. Show less

Roswell, Ga (Virtual Office)

➢ Oversaw and facilitated all aspects of meeting planning from site selection, vendor negotiation, event registration, marketing, onsite staffing and post-event reporting.➢ Coordinated with executives on digital management of contracts, speaker bios, session descriptions, handouts, RFPs, and other material relative to successful event practices.➢ Designed event marketing communications including email, web, and print; coordinate creation of event publications and syllabus… Show more ➢ Oversaw and facilitated all aspects of meeting planning from site selection, vendor negotiation, event registration, marketing, onsite staffing and post-event reporting.➢ Coordinated with executives on digital management of contracts, speaker bios, session descriptions, handouts, RFPs, and other material relative to successful event practices.➢ Designed event marketing communications including email, web, and print; coordinate creation of event publications and syllabus materials.➢ Optimized travel, lodging and expenses for participants traveling to meetings, and created and managed budgets and collection of registration, sponsorship income and exhibit fees.➢ Spearheaded meeting preparation, supplies ordering and packing/shipping of event materials, and maintain all financial records for reconciliation with accounting. Show less