Management Marketing

KATHERINE PRESZ

*-**** ******** ****

Ottawa, Ontario

K1Z 6B6

Cellular 613-***-****

E-mail: *******@*******.***

SUMMARY

I am seeking to actively participate in a company, where my current marketing and event

management education and experience, as well as my financial and organizational skills can be

used to their potential. I am a hard worker and am always eager to learn new things as well as

offer my knowledge to enhance a company existing structure.

EDUCATION

Algonquin College - Event Management Graduate Certificate 2010 Dean s List

Successful Completion of Canadian Securities Course

Algonquin College - Business Finance 2004-2006

Carleton University - Economics 2002-2004

High School Education completed with honors

EMPLOYMENT

March Networks Corporation: Events Manager

October 2010 - Present

Working first hand with the Director of Marketing and Communications, my main objective and

duties are to plan, coordinate and execute meetings, conferences and trade shows for the large

Ottawa based high tech company. I have scheduled and organized up to 6 events per month,

some of which are 3-day long international trade shows. I have experience in organizing and

following workflows, show services, shipping and customs, hotel rooming lists and bookings,

event logistics, booth design and construction, internet and electrical services, contracts and

invoices as well as sponsorship and marketing for trade shows. I have worked with Constant

Contact, an online marketing tool to bring awareness to our trade shows and to offer promotional

incentives to potential attendees in order to reach our target audience, ensure maximum

attendance to in turn increase company sales. I also perform a multitude of administrative duties

for the department such as ordering supplies, filing, promotional ordering and organizing. I have

supervised and trained a placement student and worked with the company to bring in more

candidates in the future. I have also been able to utilize my financial skills to launch and maintain

budgets, accruals, month end reporting, credit card balancing, purchase orders and invoicing for

the department. I now look after the majority of the budgeting for the marketing department and

have made significant upgrades to our budget in order to facilitate its use and understanding by

others.

Major Tradeshows:

ISC West 2011 Las Vegas

Expo Seguridad 2011 Mexico

ICBA Techworld 2011 California

APTA Expo 2011 New Orleans

ACE Event Management: Event Specialist

March 2010-Present

Working directly for the President of the company as their Events Specialist, I manage and

participate in several events from galas to golf tournaments. I create, organize and maintain the

critical paths, minute-by-minute and budget for each individual event. I head the marketing and

the sponsorship involved with each event and have even gone as far as to create all of the

graphics, invitations, signage and registration pages for two clients who could not afford to

outsource these services. I have a background in design and therefore was able to create and help

out in their time of need given their budget restraints and deadlines. I am on site at all of the

events and participate fully in the set up and tear down as well as the volunteer and staff

management. I also work with Constant Contact and computer coding to write and publish ACE

Event Management Newsletter, the companies online newsletter and main marketing device

and I update and maintain the public website. I look after the book keeping for the company and

fulfill a number of administrative duties. I have worked under tight deadlines with minimal

resources and have always gone the extra mile to please a client or to ensure the best results.

Recent Events:

2010 YMCA Just Dance Fundraising Event

2010 YMCA Golf Charity Classic

2010 LTPD Coaching Conference

2011 YPO Amazing Race

2011 Ontario Showcase - Toronto

Flair 4 Magic Fundraiser: Event Coordinator

January 2010 - June 2010

Organized and executed a $0 budget fundraising event for the Children s Wish Foundation.

Demonstrated abilities in: critical path planning and execution, risk management, volunteer

management and training, marketing, sponsorship, program planning, contracts, fundraising, site

maps, entertainment planning, media, collateral materials, HR and much more. The event raised

$5,000 towards granting the wish of a terminally ill child.

Brookfield Soundvest Capital Management Ltd: Investment Account Administrator

January 2007 - January 2010

Reporting directly to the President with the responsibility of 47 clients; 104 accounts. I created

and maintained client documentation, communicated and established relationships with clients. I

executed, recorded and documented their security transactions. I accounted for the monthly and

yearly account reconciliation, financial reporting and client invoicing. I also participated in the

company s re-branding initiative in 2008, helping to re-design their website, brochures and other

marketing collateral.

SKILLS:

Computer-literature; Windows, Microsoft Publisher, Project, Word, Excel, Outlook,

Movie Maker, TooGood Financial Systems, PowerPoint, Constant Contact, FileZilla

Fluent in both English and French (reading, writing and comprehension)

Excellent communication and organizational skills, tremendous attention to detail

I work well with others as well as independently

I work well under deadline pressure and possess excellent time management skills

VOLUNTEER WORK:

Working as the assistant to the Silent Auction Leader at the 2010 Bluesfest Festival, I was

responsible and successful in securing donations for the silent auction table prior to the festival

and worked every day of the event organizing and up selling the items, decorating and managing

the volunteers. I was responsible for set up and tear down of the event as well as the money

collection associated with the Silent Auction booth.

References available upon request

Katherine Presz

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