Patrick Steffes Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Collaboration since 2014 with Chaddick Institute Director on marketing, virtual and in-person programing and events and mentoring graduate students
• Named Urban Program Advisor in 2019 and Research Fellow in 2022
• Planned, marketed and conducted events with 760 participants from 2014 to 2023, including the three largest events in Chaddick Institute history
• Planned and led programs for the international 64th Transportation Research Forum in Chicago in 2023
• Founded in 1993, the Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development is a dynamic forum for students, community leaders, development, construction, developers, transportation and land use professionals

Chicago, Illinois

• Recruited and elected to Board of Directors for the Chicago Chapter in 2019
• Elected as Board Secretary in 2020
• Reelected to Board of Directors and Board Secretary in 2021
• Creating and promoting Chicago Chapter programs and events, 2019 to present

Torrance, California, United States

• Plan and onsite operations of industry-leading conferences, events and trade shows in the vehicle fleet, rental and marketing, trucking and delivery, logistics, and public safety industries
• Collateral development
• Marketing writing and editing
• Vendor and contract negotiations
• Budgetary management
• Speaker and website management

Chicago, IL

• Public Information Officer for county-wide emergency management agency
• Developed annual communications strategy and promoted and publicized Cook County’s COVID-19 response and resources and comprehensive county-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan Update, both specifically targeting to DEI and.
• Wrote quarterly reports, memorandums, media talking points and created presentations for senior Cook County leadership and senior-level internal and external municipal and public safety partners
• Wrote press releases in the AP Style and maintained and updated department website
• Managed and wrote content for department social media accounts including Twitter
• Led efforts on department rebranding and renaming from 2019 to 2020

Chicago, Illinois

• Managed all B2B global event marketing and planning, including sponsorships, trade shows, ads and email blasts for medical device company with offices in Chicago, Germany and Canada
• Lead planner of company participation for B2B events, networking and continuing education (CE) events in Singapore, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the U.S., and other global locations
• Also managed speaker solicitation and contracts, venue contracts and networking and sponsorship for company-sponsored Global Symposium with a CE focus in Toronto
• Extensive display ad, web placement and sponsored content placement with media companies in the United States, Canada and Germany

• Served on the Editorial Advisory Board from 2013 to 2017 for the 383-page book “Chicago Art Deco: Designing Modern America” that included extensive research, writing, editing, and design work
• Researched and wrote 30 in-depth articles for this book to Editor Bob Bruegmann, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art History, Architecture and Urban Planning at University of Illinois at Chicago
• Book published in 2018 and distributed by Yale University Press
• Fellow members of the Editorial Advisory Board include faculty and staff from University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago History Museum

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• For the Chicago Chapter of AMA, recruited and elected to the Board of Directors for 2013-2014 term, and reelected for 2014-2015 term
• Served as Director of Event Operations from 2013 to 2015
• Programming Committee member, 2012 to 2013

• International and domestic Marketing Manager and Event Planner
• Managed and marketed B2B events, sales missions and trade shows in Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin, Frankfurt, New York, London, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Orlando, Miami, Montreal, Toronto and Buenos Aires
• Created B2B and consumer marketing, media materials and presentations for domestic and international trade shows for a wide variety of markets, while adhering to strict messaging and content standards
• Co-managed international trade and media offices for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and assisted with marketing and public relations for other markets
• Launched new marketing initiatives including green buildings, Ireland and LGBTQ, 2006 to 2011
• Extensive collaboration with the former Chicago Office of Tourism (COT), Illinois Office of Tourism (IOT), Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the state’s advertising (JWT) and public.

• Corporate Events and Meeting Planner for global SaaS B2B market research and consulting firm with offices throughout the U.S. and global headquarters in Chicago
• Duties included internal event promotion, site visits and selection, vendor negotiation, registration, transportation, onsite operations, budgeting, and invoice reconciliation
• Responsible for budgeting, detailed cost saving negotiation and reconciliation for hundreds of thousands of dollars in monthly department spending
• Executed firm wide publicity and marketing for all-employee and senior client events
• One of the largest CPG and retail market research and consulting firms in the U.S., IRI had annual revenues at the time of of $1B+
• Leading retail clients of IRI included 7-11, Costco, Carrefour, Target, Walgreens and J Sainsbury

Greater Chicago Area

• Member from 1999 to 2005 of the largest (1,000+ member) MPI chapter
• Gala Committee (Co-Vice Chair), 2001-2002, Diversity Committee (Co-Vice Chair), 2002 to 2005, Mentoring Committee, 2003 to 2005
• Attendee, MPI-World Education Conference 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004