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New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

• Produced award ceremonies and conferences for over 200 member companies including Crain Communications, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Nielsen Business Media, Scholastic and Penton Media
• Managed all event logistics, manage event timelines and production schedules
• Created and manage event budgets
• Conceptualized event branding and event looks
• Coordinated with marketing and editorial teams to produce association collateral and communications in multimedia formats including digital, video, print and social media outlets
• Analyzed, selected and negotiated with venues, hotels, talent and vendors

Greater New York City Area

• Launched New York Festivals’ events department; created policies and procedures for all New York Festivals’ events; reduced event budgets by 30%
• Produced six awards shows in the areas of TV Broadcasting, Radio Broadcasting, Film & Video and Advertising; winners included HBO, Sirius Radio, MSNBC, Ogilvy and Leo Burnett
• Negotiated and secured contracts for guest accommodations, meeting facilities, food and beverage and entertainment
• Managed event budgets
• Served as main contact for venue operations, production companies, vendors and talent
• Supervised ceremony scripts

Greater New York City Area

• Planned and implemented the 47th and 48th Annual Clio Awards Festival and Judging Summits
• Negotiated and secured contracts for guest accommodations, meeting facilities, food and beverage and entertainment
• Projected, managed and reconciled event budgets
• Worked closely with event sponsors, such as Adobe, Apple, Bacardi, Yahoo!, Virgin Music and Wrigley, to ensure sponsorship agreement fulfillment
• Communicated daily with top advertising executives from international agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, R/GA, JWT and Crispin Porter Bogusky
• Supervised Event Coordinator

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted in organizing of more than 30 medical education programs for Bristol-Meyers Squibb and Gilead; responsibilities included, managing the company database, generating copy for meeting materials and serving as.
• Managed design production and traffic flow of print materials
• Networked with healthcare professionals and international thought leaders to assist with pre-meeting logistics

Greater New York City Area

• Converted the organization’s database from Donor Perfect to Raiser’s Edge 7
• Created procedures on data entry, organized program’s infrastructure and trained staff on using the software
• Analyzed metrics, entered donations, updated records, generated reports, queries and thank-you letters using Raiser’s Edge 7

Greater New York City Area

• Personal Assistant to the Directors of Major Gifts & Planned Giving; responsibilities included coordination of weekly calendar, correspondence, travel arrangement, expense reporting and scheduling

Greater New York City Area

• Scheduled doctors for national speaking engagements, managed contracts and remittance

Bs, Communication Studies

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