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About Me

Highly organized with more than 6 years of experience planning and executing outstanding meetings, events and programs. Expert in overseeing schedules, negotiating venue contracts and creating thorough event plans. Strong ability to meet multiple deadlines, work under pressure, adapt to change, and create high quality, creative events. Recognized for being assertive, a strong communicator, taking initiative and thriving in a challenging work environment. Successful event execution has lead to increased brand awareness and sales, and instilled confidence in managers and directors.

Work History

• Vancouver Film School
• Event Coordinator
• May 2008 to Febuary 2011

• Successfully managed and executed promotional and internal events which included a large-scale yearly Game Design Expo, various departmental open houses, summer programs, high school programs, guest speaking events, a yearly company holiday party, a cross-Canada road show and tradeshows attended by VFS. Helped facilitate the development of event materials on tight deadlines including communications, signage, invitations and mailings. Initiated improvements to event registration and logistics. Provided engaging and knowledgeable presentations to event registrants. Developed strong relationships with the marketing department, numerous VFS program managers and department heads. Reviewed and analyzed all event costs and created detailed post-event reports.

• Sutton Group Realty Services Ltd.
• Marketing Associate
• May 2007 to May 2008

• Managed events and production of marketing collateral. Planned and executed an organization-wide seasonal event and extracurricular events. Strongly supported the production and promotion of a Sutton-wide conference event with almost 200 attendees. Created compelling and creative press releases, presentation and promotional materials and Internet-based collateral. Successfully managed the production of annual and semi-annual printed publications and newsletters for agents and offices. Performed informative presentations to agents and managers. Fostered strong relationships with agents through a public-relations role.

• Portfolio Inc.
• Event & Project Assistant
• January 2007 to April 2007

• Provided event support for an event management company. Registered attendees and organized various display materials at events. Liaised with various event contacts and answered event inquiries by telephone. Managed a speaker database using MS Access and auction items for silent auction events.

• Alive Publishing Group Inc
• Marketing & Sales Coordinator
• August 2004 to September 2006

• Initially was hired to perform marketing and sales tasks. Over time, responsibilities grew into events management after demonstrating competency. Planned and executed numerous trade shows and Alive events. Heavily supported marketing projects for various departments, managed project timelines, and analyzed the effectiveness of various marketing mediums. Coordinated sales promotions for Alive products and managed the Classifieds section of Alive magazine. Developed long-lasting relationships with the sales team by communicating with them daily regarding sales reports and forecasts.

Education

• Langara College
• Marketing & Sales Diploma
• 2002 - 2004