Samantha Beneski Email & Phone Number

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Coordinator for revenue-generating enterprises at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. First point of contact for all external billable event rental inquiries, including mini-golf group package rentals, wedding rentals, private dinners, and fundraising events.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Assists with coordination of Information Technology team at the Nelson-Atkins as they work to provide technological support for internal equipment and gallery interactives and peripherals.

Overland Park, Kansas

Assisted with the travel logistics for consultant employees working for a large national client developing and teaching healthcare software. Troubleshot and resolved operational issues presented by contract employees such as expense errors, travel logistics, public outreach efforts, and employee performance. Continuously communicated with both contract employees and mid to upper level management of an industry leading client to relay vital information regarding ongoing projects.Created comprehensive and dynamic spreadsheets for ongoing projects and progress and performance reviews, which were updated daily with acute attention to detail. Managed inquiries from consultants and internal management pertaining to client needs and assisted with the delegation of personnel based on past performance and availability.

Auburndale, Ma

Acted as primary contact between rental groups and Lasell College. Assisted with marketing of college and created spreadsheets, templates, and database entries. Supported coordination of in-house conferences, programs, and major events, including staffing and preparation of events and was on-call for outside groups.

Newton, Ma

Interviewed and received feedback from students on community service events, managed front desk and directed students and faculty within the building, created newsletters and write-ups to be distributed throughout the college and community. Performed various office activities and assisted the director of the Center for Community-Based Learning with educational projects and research.

1733 Sixteenth Street Nw, Washington D.C.

Ambassador at the House of the Temple, headquarters of the Supreme Council. While interning I conducted tours, helped with special events including fundraisers, assisted in the development office, and provided assistance with various activities in the office such as answering phones and directing visitors.

Assisted in the development office for a nonprofit early childhood education center. I created original letters of acknowledgement and helped edit grants for the organization. I also received training on the donor cultivation site Donor Perfect and maintained and updated the donor database. I handled donations and helped design a newsletter sent out to the entire network of more than three thousand donors.

Assisted with communication campaigns for clients such as the Ahern Foundation, City of Boston, Celebrity Series, Boston Jewish Film Festival, and others. Utilized sites like Meltwater and Mail Chimp to reach an audience of more than 4,500 people. Compiled data on outreach and contacted media influencers to help promote events. Managed and staffed events that raised over $800,000, aided with acquisition of donations from businesses to be used in event and registered them in database. Crafted original social media posts for Twitter and Facebook for clients and the firm.

Ringwood New Jersey

Communicated historic information on influential family of 1800’s to a diverse group of visitors while tailoring the experience to the individual. Aided in preservation and documentation of artifacts such as one of a kind clothing and first- edition books. Created social media posts for multiple outlets. Planned and helped staff events that had as many as eight hundred attendees, researched new educational opportunities for the historic park.

Madison, Maine

Quality control of produce, self-management skills, worked under tough conditions and time constraints, followed sanitation regulations.

Augusta, Maine

Field Intern for Shenna Bellows' campaign for U.S Senate.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Public Relations, Communications, 3.9 G.P.A

Activities and Societies: Women's Rowing Team: Captain Honors Program Graduate Lasell College Radio Booking Manager 1- Year Early.

Washington Semester Program, American Government And Politics (United States), 3.6

Participated in the Washington Semester Program where I studied American Politics for the Spring 2017 semester. The program was a hybrid.

High School Diploma, General Studies, Graduated Within Top 20 Students In Class.

Activities and Societies: Gardiner Drama Club, Soccer Team, Lacross Team, Indoor Track Team, Tennis Team, Honors Society, Civil Rights.