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Washington, DC, US

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Leads execution of high-profile and high-visibility organization events and programs for Vital Voices Global Partnerships. Works alongside the Chief External Affairs Office, Director of Events and events and communications team to drive live event engagement efforts for the organization. In addition, ensures staff is adequately informed to produce and.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Detail oriented, award winning event professional with meticulous planning, organizational and negotiating skills; excellent leadership organizational skills; strong multi-tasking abilities; results driven, works well.
• Mastered in the areas of office operations, system implementations, spearheading full event design transformations, project management.
• Oversees planning, coordinating and executing activities related to large scale meetings, conferences, trade shows and special events while maximizing the return on investment and maintains budget
• Handles venue selections, production set up, event design, logistics, food and beverage catering for multiple projects at a time.
• Manages aspects of events such as design, signage, collateral, vendors, shipments, invoices, budgeting, schedules and timelines and onsite activations for clients.
• Leads teams of 10-20 various vendors for the duration of project life cycle from beginning event logistics, vendor support, programming and pre- and post- evaluations

Alexandria, VA

• Spearheaded event registration and overall logistics for groups ranging in size from 30 to 2,000 attendees
• Coordinated over 100 regional and national events, creating registration websites, venue selection, as well as print materials and conference collateral to ensure effective communications with all participants and team.
• Set-up and managed registration in AMS (membership database) for workshop events and conferences
• Developed service manuals and set up orders to include but not limited to electrical, internet, layout, signage, room sets and food & beverage
• Coordinated the development of attendee registration sites, review for accuracy, and facilitate customer service questions
• Created and executed onsite production schedules and exhibit hall activities to ensure plans are on schedule and properly implemented

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

-Acts as liaison with the Management, Schedulers, Vendors and Sales Advisors. -Responds to event inquiries and create contracts for planning and event logistics with vendors.-Conducts meetings and site tours with client's to discuss event details, rental of specialty items such as linens, decor, etc.-Updates vendor lists and stays current with event.

-Respond to RFP/RFQs and draft company qualifications and proposals.-Submit relevant documents for all award submissions.-Assist in preparing presentations as well as updating and maintaining collateral materials. -Utilize graphic design experience, and expertise with the Adobe CS suite (including InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator) and Microsoft Office.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

-Coordinate and process marketing mailings. -Conduct preliminary research for prospect outreach and the initial phase of new business pitches. -Coordinate credential requests and put together initial material for review. -Identify opportunities relative to new business and assist with brainstorm sessions. -Participate in the facilitation of new business.

Annandale, Virginia, United States

-Provided professional administrative support to the marketing department such as organizing influential contacts, sending emails, making client phone calls, setting up meetings.-Assisted Program mangers with program data to learn the understanding of the philanthropic partnership process and current leads to new contacts.-Demonstrated a basic knowledge of.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

-Manage Black Voices community sections including message boards and member profiles-Promote AOL Black Voices stories through the blogosphere with numerous blog hits earning placement in blog sites such as A Hot mess and Young, Black and Fabulous-Prepare research documents for various Black Voices pages in order to build SEO ranking higher with better word.

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

-Act as public liaison for events, provide organizations with information that would allow an event to be as successful as possible-Execute technical preparation and operation of lighting and equipment set up-Coordinated publicity for diversity events gaining coverage from local media affiliates-Organize and attend interviews with Peer Empowerment Staff.

Dulles, Virginia, United States

-Provide writing for AOL Living pages including stories and page captions for Horoscopes, Celebrity Stars, Food & Community sections-Promote AOL stories through the blogosphere with numerous blog hits earning placement in sites such as TMZ.com and PerezHilton.com-Prepare research documents for various AOL Living pages

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Summer internship in which I was responsible for the following:-Reporting on breaking stories assigned by the marketing executives -Interviewing newsmakers and investigating issues relevant to news readers- Assisting Executive Marketing Director with sales presentations-Aiding in press needs at red carpet events for summer promotional events

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

-Assisted in planning of conferences, meetings, and presentations-Performed research for recent news pertaining to clients campaigns-Produced media lists and completed other necessary work for campaigns-Worked with assistants and, at times, directly with top publicists

Master Of Arts - Ma, Public Relations & Corporate Communications

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Marketing & Information Technology

Activities and Societies: -Ethiopian Student Association, President, fall 2007-spring 2008, -American Marketing Association, Vice.

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