Richard Fisk Email & Phone Number

Guerneville, Ca, Us

Guerneville, Ca, Us

Berkeley, California, United States

Berkeley, California

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for venue evaluation, selection and cost negotiation, event planning, designing and staffing, and coordinating vendors for large parties of up to 1000+ guests, as well as numerous smaller, private receptions, and a press conference. In total, I was responsible for the execution of thirteen events over the two and a half week festival period. Principle duties:• Manage all aspects of event coordination with input from other Film Society departments • Secure all venues • Secure all talent/entertainment• Coordinate event logistics with venue staff• Serve as main contact for all non-tech event vendors • Create program flows, timelines, staffing plans, including paid staff and volunteers• Provide day-of management and event staff training • Coordinate with Development Office on all sponsor food and beverage in-kind donations • Coordinate delivery of sponsored products to event venues • Manage event invitation lists, including: list compilation, invitation timing, RSVP tracking, disseminating guest lists, and tracking guests attended • Coordinate with Marketing and Communications on event and invitation copy This role supported the Director of Operations in overall coordination of SFIFF58 events.

Budapest, Hungary

Managed all aspects of key academic, public, outreach, and institutional events at this graduate university. As a senior member of ERO, my responsibilities were focused on:• Overseeing special events• Managing logistics and vendors relations• Ensuring VIP-level services for event participants and guests• Working closely with internal and external partners and organizers to define event needs and requirements• Working closely with internal partners on communication strategies, security, IT/AV requirements, and facilities needs• Serving as primary liaison between ERO and all key event stakeholders and guests• Coordinating communications to targeted audiences, primarily the diplomatic community• Organizing community outreach initiatives through large-scale events of educational or cultural importance to the local and regional communities• Overseeing the production of collateral publications, including content, design, and editingSuccessfully lead a project to implement a software-based events management system. Responsibilities included:• Researching and identifying solutions that met departmental needs and goals• Working closely with IT and system vendor to define technical specifications and conduct testing• Coordinating training and creating training materialsFrom May 2013-September 2014, served as Chair of the CEU Sustainability Advisory Committee. Under my leadership, the committee moved forward important policy changes at the university and guided initiatives to:• Discontinue the institutional purchasing of bottled water in plastic bottles • Replace plastic take-out food containers in the campus dining facilities with compostable containers. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Met a major departmental goal to automate events management processes and develop a system for tracking and analysis of space allocation and usage data.• Promoted the system into becoming adopted as an important resource for the university,

South San Francisco, Ca

Commercial Business OperationsSupported Senior Director, Director and Principal-level Business Information Management team• Portfolio status reporting for senior leadership. • Authoring, editing and maintaining web portal content (Vignette)• Building and managing shared documents and repositories (Livelink, Google Docs)• Facilitating Leadership Team meetingsMAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTCreated a streamlined status reporting tool and successfully engaged program managers in adopting the process

South San Francisco, Ca

Business Continuity Management (BCM)Provided project coordination and communications support. This was a corporate initiative to create an enterprise-wide, sustainable business continuity plan that would minimize business impact and ensure employee safety after a disaster, through risk mitigation, planning and preparedness. Focus was in two primary areas: 1) mapping end-to-end processes within Genentech’s various divisions to identify, prioritize, and mitigate critical risks; 2) implementing emergency procedures and communication tools, and developing emergency preparedness awareness, planning and training programs. • Coordinated all BCM related project communications • Crafted executive-level and corporate-wide communications• Developed and delivered emergency notification system training to business unit leaders and security teams • Provided ongoing functional and technical support for the notification system as subject matter expert• Collaborated with BCM team in developing Emergency Preparedness and Awareness Program• Worked with Corporate Relations in developing Emergency Preparedness and Awareness Program communication plan • Managed employee emergency preparedness training program, including scheduling and learner management system• Documentation management (Livelink, Google Docs)• Project reporting and issue tracking• Vendor relations, invoicing and purchase order managementMAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Coordinated annual, three-day employee preparedness fairs for 6K+ attendees, including online and print communications• Planned and implemented an enterprise-wide, automated, emergency notification system

M.A., Broadcast And Electronic Communication

B.A., Communications