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St Louis, Missouri, United States

St. Louis, MO

Clayton, MO

Greater St. Louis Area

St. Louis, MO

Coordination, management and onsite execution for business meetings, events, incentives, tradeshows, etc. Accounts include: Anheuser-Busch, Campari, Purina, Sprint, CVS, and Mannatech

St. Louis, MO

Greater St. Louis Area

St. Louis, MO

Coordinated and managed two series of Edward Jones meetings held in various US cities:6 Branch Office Administrators Regional programs (operated May 2011)8 Financial Advisors Summer Regional programs (operated June 2011)

• Led daily interdepartmental staff meetings to run down day's events in order to ensure collaboration and communication for execution.
• Utilized Delphi program to create bookings, reserve meeting space, create BEOs, and run weekly reports
• Served as first point of contact for clients while onsite for their meeting or event, with emphasis on customer service and liaising between key departments and client contacts
• Sourced vendors and outside venues as needed and carried out all logistics around these partnerships
• Assisted in overall planning process for executive educational, corporate and social programs

• Developed and executed all facets of employee meetings and events
• Responsible for location recommendations, food and beverage selection, transportation arrangements, media production, registration and onsite management
• Created budgets with emphasis on cost savings
• Coordinated plans with clients to meet their goals and objectives for the program
• Documented and provided follow-up assessments

• Supported 11 corporate meeting planners and 2 managers with all needs relating to onsite and offsite meeting and event production
• Assisted with hotel and location research
• Confirmed restaurant, transportation and hotel reservations
• Coordinated packets and mail merges for mass mailings
• Collected RSVPs and sent out tickets for special events

• Responsible for programs in the central region for Cisco Systems account
• Researched venue availability and costs to create cost estimates for client approval
• Administered registration updates for upcoming programs

• Received Rising Star Award 2005
• Reduced client expenditure by placing local professionals in temporary labor positions for meetings and events
• Improved company efficiency by creating and maintaining database to organize and track members and assignments
• Maintained relationships with clients and members

• Shot, produced and edited video biographies (LifeStories) utilizing mini DV format, Final Cut Pro and Adobe Photoshop
• Received several “featured LifeStory” recognitions

• Assisted in coordination of sports sponsorship events
• Coordinated logistics for ongoing sports marketing efforts
• Television studio work including camera operation for weekly news magazine show and live show programming