Event Coordination: Direct all aspects of event logistics, from planning through execution and post-event analysis. Successfully manage events of varying sizes, including small meetings, international conferences, and large conventions.Venue Management: Oversee the rental venue's marketing and sales efforts, handle client inquiries, and coordinate venue bookings and logistics. Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors to ensure the highest quality of service and support.Project Management: Develop and execute detailed event plans, manage budgets, and ensure flawless execution through meticulous planning and coordination.Team Leadership: Recruit, train, and supervise event staff, ensuring effective communication and coordination across all event activities.Vendor and Contract Management: Source, negotiate, and manage relationships with vendors, handling contracts and securing the best services and pricing.Logistics Support: Verify and manage the receipt of event materials, assist with setup and breakdown, and ensure all logistical elements are in place.Relationship Building: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, venues, and key stakeholders to drive future business and collaboration.Reporting and Analysis: Monitor event expenses, prepare detailed reports, and analyze event performance to inform improvements and strategies.

-Serve as on-site contact for Kodi Connect networking events at 5-star venues across the country. -Communicate with venue staff and create floor plans, negotiate contracts, pick menu selections, create timelines, etc. -Ensure our events are set up and run to perfection in order to create a warm and inviting environment for our guests to enjoy and network.-Invite prominent leaders from the local area to Kodi Connect's exclusive networking evenings.

-Serve as the company's in-house Wedding Planner/ Coordinator and Special Projects Lead.-Serve as the negotiator between clients, vendors, and designers, and continue to serve as the liaison between parties.-Produce, send, and adjust proposals for clients based on consultations via phone call or in-person. -Coordinate schedules for team appointments, meetings, and all pickup and deliveries for the company.-Create a weekly schedule for office and warehouse staff with deadlines, tasks, client pick-ups/ returns, and deliveries.-Collaborate with the marketing team to increase website traffic, new bookings, and social media presence.-Create new documentation to ensure effenciency and safety, while improving processes.-Identify, assemble, and coordinate items for deliveries and pick-ups. -Set up weddings & events solo and/or with a team.-Manage facility inventory and maintenance.

-Lead and managed the club’s banquet staff and serving team. Ensured service was upheld to the Club’s standards and policies. -Served as liaison between club members, service personnel, and the club’s management team.-Created, planned, and executed social events for club members to keep the club calendar active.-Interpreted function diagrams as distributed by catering team and ensures accurate set up of functions, inspected function rooms to ensure proper maintenance of a clean and orderly area.-Sorted, interviewed, and trained new hires for the banquet staff.-Assigned server stations and coordinated the timing of courses (event timelines, buffets, synchronized service, etc.)-Handled all employee concerns, promote a positive work environment, and created a positive team atmosphere with all management and staff. -Worked with Catering Director in conducting employee reviews and administering disciplinary action when needed, per company policy.-Created a weekly schedule for the banquet staff and assigned roles to servers to ensure all private events are cared for.

Host a fun and upbeat birthday party experience for young children and their families in a safe and effective manner within a gymnasium setting.Provide excellent customer service as a front desk attendant by greeting and directing guests, answering questions, setting up the party rooms, delegating tasks to other staff members, and communicating with outside vendors. In charge of overseeing and training new employees.

Logistics Manager: (April 2019-Dec. 2019) -Supervised all 6 Area Managers and their corresponding area’s day-to-day operations. Ensured every detail of the company was running to my “personal standard.”-Coordinated, staffed, and ran all company events and meetings. (AMS Oscars, Lifeguard Olympics, Volleyball Outings, Company Study Sessions)-Implemented a new payroll and time & attendance company.-Lead team meetings and provide a weekly plan to company Managers.Lead Ellis & Associates Lifeguard Instructor: (March 2019-February 2022) -Lead and instructed Jeff Ellis & Associates lifeguard training classes.-Approved to issue and sign off-licenses. Certified 2000+ lifeguards and pool management staff. -Taught, coordinated, and staffed the company’s monthly classes.Area Manager: (Aug. 2017- Oct. 2019) -Supervised 1/6th of the company (South Forsyth Area), which included four of the company’s largest contracts.-Routinely ranked the South Forsyth Area as #1 in the company.-Oversaw the continued maintenance, cleanliness, and safety of pools.-Consistently communicated with residents and their corresponding Home Owner Associations and Property Managers in order to troubleshoot any issues.-On-call to all employees and patrons 24/7 for all 365 days of the year.Scheduling Manager (April 2016-Oct. 2019) -Created and distributed monthly schedules amongst 400+ lifeguards. -Double checked any schedules created by the company Managers.

• Welcome and seat guests upon arrival to the facility and communicate potential delays if necessary• Meticulous attention to the arrangement of guests allowing equal distribution across the restaurant• Upkeep of the front entrance in order to ensure cleanliness and appeal• In charge of overseeing and training of new hostesses during their new employeeprobationary period.