Rae Baker Email & Phone Number

New Zealand

New Zealand

Rebel FemaleEvent Strategy | Event Leverage | Event Execution Events are good for you.

New Zealand

Diving into 2 decades of Event Industry skillset to assist others to succeed in their events businesses. Including, but not limited to: - Event Strategy- Sponsorship best practice - Event Management - Project Management - Programme Management- Leadership Love working with my regular clients, Tourism Bay of Plenty, Tauranga City Council, Trademark Group and other regular clients.

Queenstown

Responsible for the design, management, delivery and promotion of the Queenstown Winter Festival which creates a world class visitor experience and announces the start of the Queenstown snow season. Sourcing sponsorship, developing the creative vision, festival programming, team leadership, business management, strategic development, marketing and media management make for a fun and challenging post.In two years I saved over $200k, delivering a cost neutral festival for the first time in decades - all whilst increasing visitation to over 59,000, increasing economic impact on Queenstown by 11% yoy, and increasing global media reach to over 151 million people.

Working alongside the Board with a personal remit of: - The development of a 5 year and longer-term strategic plan- Large-scale event production experience- Supporting the development of a commercial revenue model

Responsible for the Event Delivery and associated responsibilities of: - Paradox Street Art Festival- Winter Nights Winter Lights programme - New Years Eve Celebrations - Summer Programme - Ad hoc events produced by Council

One of a 6 person management team within the commercial sector of the organisation running all operational functions of the Edinburgh University Student Association buildings; Teviot, Potterrow, Pleasance & Kings Buildings. The organisation turns over £9m annually. I contributed to the development of our annual commercial strategy and venue positioning plans, including large scale refurbishments/ rebuilds. Fully responsible for all Entertainment programming, Events and Production within each of the above venues and manage a departmental budget of £300K annually. Within this, I was responsible for our annual Freshers week programme and budget, where my team operated over 400 events. My direct report year round team consisted of 60 production, box office and student programming staff and I was responsible for all aspects of their management/ training/ development. I created, programme and project manage The Pleasance Sessions - an annual festival, having run since 2013, encompassing live music, comedy and spoken word. The Pleasance Sessions collaborates with Scottish based labels, promoters, festivals and magazines and has grown in both size, sales and credibility in its three years.We won 'Best Live Music Provision' across all Student Unions in the UK (2014, 2015), as awarded by The Agency Group, hosting around 200 live shows per annum across our estate. Within the job remit I was also responsible for the hiring of the venue spaces. We hosted various festivals including Tradfest, Wide Days, Carrying Streams festival and a high number of touring shows. This includes out of term time where we work with Festival Fringe partners: Gilded Balloon & Pleasance Theatre Trust, where the venues transform and expand into very busy and successful Edinburgh Festival Fringe venues.

Strathspey

Part of a 3 person team who deliver Scotland's most cherished cherished small festival - The Insider, and subsequent events and festivals. Recent projects include the most celebrated and successful Strathspey Safari - an experimental roving festival; held in August 2015 and August 2016. Featuring live music, poetry and performance in unusual, adventurous and gloriously scenic locations this is an entirely unique event which blurs the lines between performers and audience, tourism and culture, festival and adventure.The Strathspey Safari transports audience members and performers around a number of different locations within the Cairngorms National Park, who eventually converge at a secret location for a Safari Ball, with dancing and celebrations into the night. Varied packages are available from our basic Pioneer package, to Gourmet packages where participants enjoy high quality cuisine in beautiful settings, to our travelologist package where lucky ticket holders upgrade to include accommodation at the stunning Dell of Abernethy. 2016 saw the introduction of The Insider Feast, where we treated a sold out room to a fine dining 5 course experience alongside live music and a whisky masterclass. The Strathspey Safari 2015 featured in the BBC Documentary The Mountain, which was viewed by over 400,000. Other Insider events include: A Night at the Theatre (x3) and various one off events including being invited to curate a venue for the official Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations as part of Scot:Lands. Insider:Land attracted over 3000 people on January 1st 2016.

T In The Park

Annual work at T in the Park. Working for DF Concerts and with Material MC in their Media Box Office.

Temporary position

Reporting to the directors, I was a pivotal member of the team in developing the GRV project with a group of 6 colleagues. We turned an empty venue into a fringe venue running 40 shows a day, and with its success, opened a new venue 16 weeks later. During this time we re-wired, re- designed, re-branded and re-built the venue.

Ba Event Management

Crashed into 3rd year, achieved distinction.

Education record