Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Customer-centric and detail-oriented hospitality and meeting event industry professional with keen ability to communicate and collaborate with individuals while building relationships and solving problems, always with the goal to create bespoke customer experiences.
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One Medical Event Planner for all company internal events, including training and leadership meetings, clinical and medical trade shows, CME and continuing education workshops and training as well as holiday events. Designed custom-built trade show booths for clinical recruiting and medical trade shows with enhanced branding and experiential elements, resulting in YOY increase in physician and attendee engagement. Involved with venue selection including hotel and services negotiation, room block management and vendor management, budget and payment reconciliation. Supervisor and training lead for team of event ambassador who provide on-site support for company events.
Served as event manager, project manager or venue lead for the following conferences: Cisco LIVE! (27,000+ attendees), Workday Rising (15,000+ attendees), Cisco Partner Summit (4,000+ C-Level attendees), Charles Schwab IMPACT (3,000+ attendees). Executed seamless event production for up to 60 ancillary events with 50 to 1,000 guests at various conferences, which included AV, technology, food and beverage coordination and menu planning, budget oversight. Managed space allocation and event assignments, room and electrical set-ups, along with security and transportation vendors to ensure event cohesion and safety. Developed creative presentations, food and beverage menus, and event plans for thoughtfully designed event production and execution. Project managed multiple team timelines, weekly operations meetings, client agendas, event audit reviews, key target deadlines. Part of a team dedicated to meeting target dates for venue/vendor discounts, negotiating fee and discounted extras from hotels and other contracted partners. Directly responsible for individual budgets for all ancillary events. Conducted exhaustive research on cities and venues for events with 500 to 20,000 attendees for clients including LinkedIn, Cisco, NetApp, and Workday. Made recommendations that influenced their choices for annual events. George P Johnson is the world's leading experience marketing agency, with clients including Google, Salesforce, Workday, MasterCard, BMW, Charles Schwab, Adobe, Macy's, BudLight, Cisco, Amex, Infiniti, Netflix, P&G, Under Armour, LG, and AT&T.
Managed all event planning functions for the Society's meetings and events. Reported to the Executive Director and had daily Board of Directors interaction. Contributed to the Society exceeding its financial goals through effective event budget management. Recognized by Executive Director for organizational skills, self-direction, finishing tasks ahead of schedule, and passion and knowledge for food and beverage. Contributed to 15% year-over-year growth of trade show held at the Society's 7-day Annual Meeting for three associations, which is attended by 4,000 surgeons, aestheticians and exhibitors. Oraganized all aspects of the Society's Annual Meeting, including management of $5M budget and event production for 100+ meetings, courses and social events. Negotiated and liaised with venues and negotiated contracts for 7,000 room nights across 5-10 hotels. Coordinated catering, A/V, and speaker presentations; managed vendors and collaborated with partners. The Society is the top professional association for plastic surgeons with 35 employees and 2,600 memboers (it also encompasses the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation and the Society of Plastic Surgery Skin Care Specialists).