Manager Sales

Alesia Winters

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Meeting & Event Specialist - A reliable, responsible professional who has the

ability to work in a rapid paced environment and meet deadlines. Excellent

ability to multi-task and quickly learn new skills. Creative, hardworking;

willing to accept new challenges. Proven skills in meeting planning and

excellent computer skills to include desktop publishing.

Experience:

Construction Owners Association of America

Operations Specialist

present

Responsibilities in the following capacities: Event coordination, Membership

services, Marketing and Accounting.

Events: Serve as primary point of contact for event inquiries and

registrants, Process registrations; update contact, lodging, badge and event

information. Send confirmations, receipts and additional material.

Responsible for speaker management, tracking and follow-up. Assist with

RFP's for Audio Visual, hotels, and other event suppliers.

Manage on-site registration desk. Organize and distribute conference

materials, check in registrants, collect payments as needed. Provide

registration, badge, and receipt reports as requested. Assist with program

preparation and on-site materials, e.g. badges, annual meeting materials,

etc.

Marketing: Create email marketing pieces and manage email marketing contact

list (Constant Contact). Update COAA website as needed with press releases,

events, and news items.

Membership: Process new memberships and renewing memberships: Key contact for

membership questions, membership information packets. Provide support to a

variety of committees.

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta GA

2008-2009

Program Specialist - Continuing Medical Education

Organize and maintain Physician's Speakers Bureau program. Recruited new

speakers and maintain internal database of current speaker information.

Worked with physicians to market their services throughout the region.

Schedule and assist in the coordination of continuing medical education

meetings to include working with hotels, A/V companies, catering, attendee

registrations, and marketing materials.

Collaborated the efforts of creative teams and outsourced printers on the

conceptualization and production of print material, from invitations to

custom registration forms, for promotional campaigns and meeting

facilitation.

Ga Ga For Green -online retail website

2006-2010

Created and developed a small business website.

Responsible for all sales and marketing.

Responsible for all product research, pricing, buying.

Website design and maintenance to include updating website.

Brookfield Country Club, Atlanta, GA

2003-2006

Catering Sales Manager/Event Manager

Responsible for sales and marketing of the country club to gain special event

business.

Cultivated new business through comprehensive site tours.

Coordinated staff and oversaw multiple events, ensured all departments

received accurate operational instructions, and planned for execution.

Managed delivery schedules, outside vendor orders, and budget requirements

for the sales, operations, and culinary staff. Developed floor plans and

seating assignments and designed tasteful decor

Prepared function space contracts; proposed menus based on function type,

size, and budget.

America Online, Dulles, VA

2001-2003

Executive Assistant

Schedule and coordinate meetings, interviews, appointments, events and other

similar activities for supervisors, which coordinating travel as well as

lodging arrangements.

Coordinate and perform a range of staff as well as operational support

activities for the unit; serve as a liaison with other departments and

operating units in the resolution of day-to-day administrative and

operational problems.

Arrange all meeting details for monthly internal training conferences.

Including international travel arrangements, meeting room set-up, catering,

supplies.

VNU Expositions, Chantilly, VA

2000-2001

Sr. Conference Manager

Responsible for coordinating all logistics for major conferences, up to

10,000 attendees, across the U.S.

Hotel contract negotiation, building rapport with hotel contacts.

All catering selection, on-site logistics including, audio-visual,

registration, city-wide hotel room blocks and transportation

A/V and speaker requirements.

Lodging, air, transportation coordination.

Effectively supervise Event Coordinator.

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Falls Church, VA

Meetings Manager

1998-2000

Serve as direct point of contact for client, vendors, and participants

concerning meeting specifications, requirements, preferences, registration,

confirmations, cancellations, schedules, cost summaries, and RFPs.

Management of member volunteers to meet specific requests while maintain

budgets and deadlines.

Diplomatically enforce negotiations with vendors to arrive at mutually

agreeable, cost-saving solutions.

Early Career Achievements

1991-1998

Worked in telecommunications industry as a Marketing Proposal Specialist and

Event Coordinator for the Sales/Incentive Team for Sprint Telecommunications

and MCI Telecommunications.

Gained valuable experience in Hospitality/Entertainment in Publicity and

Promotions for Anheuser Busch Theme Parks, The Orlando Convention & Visitors

Bureau and the Orlando Magic (NBA)

Education

BS Communications

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

SKILLS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Special Events/Meeting Planning Experience:

Coordinated major events in the Professional Golf Association (PGA), National

Baseball League, and National Basketball Association (NBA).

Implementation and management of logistics, on-site coordination and

pre-event plans for special events such as weddings, banquets, award dinners

as well as small to large meetings and conferences.

Meeting planning; including all catering selection, on-site logistics

including, audio-visual, registration, city-wide hotel room blocks and

transportation. Experienced in contract negotiations, travel planning.

Planned and managed over 100 meetings a year ranging in size from 200 to over

15,000.

Public Relations Experience:

Public Relation campaign development and implementation.

Production, including design and editing, of newsletters.

Trade-show planning and budget development/management.

Press release development and dissemination. Experienced in developing media

contacts.

Marketing Experience:

Managed and produced major account proposals, including all graphic design.

Managed and developed communications and marketing activities including

internal correspondence.

Design, editing and production of marketing collateral materials.

Computer Skills:

MS Office - Powerpoint, Word, Excel.

Desktop Publishing - Publisher, InDesign, Pagemaker.

Access, Salesforce and Impak.

Website development/maintenance.

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