Vicki Yim Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca

• Events lead in a startup producing tech conferences for the data center industry. • I helped to shape event design and strategy, created web-based marketing content to introduce the company’s product, and collaborated with the organization’s co-founders to plan the company’s first conference series in 4 major US cities. • Successfully planned and delivered the inaugural conference in San Francisco for 200+ attendees, industry speakers and sponsors. Drove critical elements of show production from event logistics to staging and design to budget development while ensuring the highest level of speaker, venue and vendor management.

San Francisco, Ca

• Gap Inc. (Jan-April 2014) - Collaborate with Gap's Global Events team, internal business partners, and external vendors to plan and execute a global field leadership conference for one of the company's top brands attended by over 900 employees. Organized the delivery of interpretation services for international attendees, a dedicated onsite medical clinic, inbound and outbound ground transportation, and VIP services.• Oracle OpenWorld 2013 - Onsite meeting manager for North American Field Marketing customer event, overseeing set-up, sponsor acknowledgement and registration.• SCS Healthstar/Novartis Pharmaceutical - Onsite meeting manager for HCP meeting and presentation, managing set-up and audio-visual, registration, and post-event evaluation.• Menlo Charity Horse Show - Onsite support for key sponsor luncheon and event transportation at the six-day philanthropic equestrian event.

San Francisco, Ca

IABC is a global membership network of more than 15,000 corporate communication professionals in 75 countries.• Planning and management lead for the annual 4-day IABC World Conference, the organization’s largest global member conference and trade show featuring industry best practices, thought leadership and new market trends.• Grew attendance to more than 1,700 communication professionals from 40 countries, driving revenue and extending IABC’s reputation for global leadership in communication education, training and networking. • Developed and administered expense budget of $800,00-850,000.• Set the creative direction and branding guidelines for marketing collateral, and managed production of all creative.• Collaborated on comprehensive social media, website, email and print marketing campaigns to expand IABC’s presence and reach new national and global audiences.• Managed onsite and offsite event logistics including contracting, venue selection, travel and housing, F&B, audio-visual, décor, exhibitor services, shipping and transportation, security, and space planning to gain best value and position.• Led internal planning team, freelance creative staff, outside agencies, volunteers and event staffing, while defining work plans, communicating goals and evaluating performance. • Secured over 100 industry-leading speakers from around the globe, ensuring topic expertise. • Partnered with advisory committees, senior leadership, and internal groups to plan and evaluate conference programs.

San Francisco, Ca

• Planned and executed 50-60 development seminars (up to 80 attendees each) annually that strategically positioned IABC as the leader in professional communication education. Actively managed event marketing and collateral production, hotel and vendor contracts, end-to-end event logistics, budgeting, and speaker relations to continuously improve attendee experience.• Organized annual internal conferences that were attended by more than 250 global chapter leaders to expand the association’s growth and membership development.• Planned all executive and foundation board retreats and meetings, and all employee events and celebrations.• Co-produced entertainment and staging for 400+ guest Gold Quill Awards Gala at the annual International Conference.

San Francisco, Ca

Los Angeles, Ca

Projects included: • Symantec Corporation employee recognition programs • Santa Monica Art Festivals • The Getty Foundation's Summer Art Internship program.

Los Angeles, Ca, And Tokyo, Japan

Organized business development meetings and study tours for U.S. and Japanese corporate clients that included Black & Decker, HP, Ford Motors, Mitsubishi Electric and NTT. Researched and identified new project leads and recruited event leaders, wrote project proposals and program brochures, and supervised event marketing.

Master Of Communication Management

Bachelor Of Social Science (Honors), Sociology