Sabrina Sands Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

-Facilitate the planning, project management and execution of weddings, corporate and non-profit events -Source proposals, contracts and estimates on clients’ behalf; tour venues and make hosting recommendations, create design boards and proposals in order to match vendors to clients-Serve as the key contact for all vendors and program participants: the on-site venue staff, caterers, rental companies, audio visual, technology, speakers, entertainment, decor, etc.-Align with vendors to create project plans, personalized timelines and facilitate logistics for the days leading up to and day of the event; ensure all vendors complete obligations and final payments are received-Manage and mentor direct reports-Act as stage manager and liaise between the AV companies, venue, and speakers for corporate and non-profit clients-Work with clients to evaluate virtual event technology platforms

-Planned and executed all fundraising events for the hospital including: Galas, Run/Walk Events, Golf Tournaments, and other unique fundraising events-Negotiated with vendors, managed project teams, timelines and meetings, maintained project reports and liaised with the finance team to ensure projects stayed on budget-Acted as liaison between major donor committees and fundraising events to ensure the committee missions aligned with organizational goals-Maintained Event data in Raisers’ Edge and TeamRaiser-Managed vendors, contractors, volunteers and donors at events-Worked with the marketing team to ensure all events maintained the GCSH brand and overall organization goals-Provided event recaps and evaluations to the Executive Director of the Foundation for Board reports

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Work with the clients to ensure all of their requests are metCoordinate with all vendors, including the on-site staff, caterers, officiant, entertainment, florists, and cake decorators, as well as the bridal parties Align with vendors to create personalized timelines for the days leading up to as well as the day of the event

Spyder Trap creates custom web and mobile solutions along with fully digital marketing strategies (post-launch) to ensure short and long term business objectives remain in focus. Spyder Trap's passionate team of just over 40 members continues to exceed expectations since 2008.From the ideation of and, execution on, Spyder Trap's professional services include: user centric and research based web design, search and social media marketing campaigns, custom backend integration, and native Android and iOS mobile app development.• Create and propose strategic custom development & digital marketing solutions to new and existing client base• Prospect, consult, advise, and develop new biz development channels for: web & mobile application design, development, e-commerce, search/email marketing, social media, and mobile services• Serve as the main contact for key clients

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Manage client relations between Disney & Warner Brothers Studios and Best Buy Corporate as well as other named accounts.Interpret Anderson’s capabilities for existing clients to aid in additional programs and drive revenue.Coordinate communication for movie releases to support in-store merchandising and encourage sales.Lead large complex projects with multiple cross functional teams to identify project tasks, understand client business requirements, assign resources, identify project risks, create project communication and manage timelines.Provide project trends and final reporting, and complete any post mortem reports for internal and external teams at the senior executive level.Analyze project execution and provide senior management of Best Buy, Anderson, and the Studio community with weekly reporting of project execution to sales.Collect and present field feedback highlighting opportunities to drive additional revenue to the client.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist for North America Marketing, Engineering, and Professional Services, I was responsible for identifying, qualifying and developing outstanding talent.I actively looked to network with strong talent in the high tech industry who sought to be part of a successful, high growth, open source company.Worked with the Equity team to educate employees. Helped develop presentations, maintained databases, and did daily/monthly reconciliation.

Supported digital marketing and conversion teamsTracked organic search goals and communicate search keyword performanceOptimized paid search campaigns on Google, Bing, and Yahoo through keyword expansionManaged weekly online affiliate audits involving 20 sites to ensure high performance, top 10 ranking, and brand consistency.Monitored competitive landscape for digital marketing using Google Insights and other competitive toolsEstablished new ways of organizing data to increase campaign effectivenessWorked cross-functionally with market teams and external agencies to support campaigns

Designed a plan of marketing materials, print and direct mailers, promotional campaigns for Homecoming 2010; which incorporated t-shirts, booth design, giveaways, and gamesOrganized external relations with students and alumnus; overall spokesperson to local and national media outlets at public events; Spoke to 5,900 individuals at the Welcome Pride & Spirit EventDeveloped an integrative strategy to promote Homecoming programs externally to 16,000 people Served on multiple cross campus committees including:University of Minnesota Foundation, Stadium Neighborhood Association, Alumni Association, Large Scale Concerts, Performances and Academic Events on Campus Group, Orientation and First Year Programs Pride and Spirit Event Planning CommitteeMentored peers and effectively recruited, hired, trained, and staffed over 70 volunteers from diverse backgroundsAdvised 15 student committee members who assisted in running all of the events

Bachelor Of Science In Business, Finance & Entrepreneurial Management

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