Events & Operations Manager
Resume:
Tamika T. Taylor
917-***-**** Brooklyn, NY **.*************@*****.***
EXPERIENCE
Part Of The Conversation
Founder - CEO - Event Producer
October 2017 Present
The mission of “Part Of The Conversation” is to change the dynamics of the conversations regarding people of color & other marginalized communities. We strive to cultivate an environment where people of color are invited to actively participate in the conversation on dismantling systemic oppression, rather than simply being the topic of discussion.
Civic Hall
Operations, Events Coordinator, Events Manager, and Interim Events Director
November 2015 March 2018
Civic Hall is a one-of-a-kind community center for the world’s civic innovators. It’s community and event space is where social entrepreneurs, change-makers, government employees, hackers, academics, journalists, and artists can share knowledge, build tools, and solve problems together.
• Launched “Part of the Conversation” event series.
• Serve as department head and lead on all events and programming under the Civic Hall brand.
• Coordination and execution of events held at Civic Hall's event space
• Run AV equipment during events
• Serve as point of contact for external event organizers and vendors
• Communicate with building staff and managers
• Manage setup and breakdown of events
• Serve as liaison between events department and Civic Hall members
• Consolidating invoice discrepancies
Inwood House
Front Desk Associate and Assistant Facilities Manager May 2014 December 2015
The Inwood House helps New York City teens pave paths out of poverty and become healthy, self-reliant adults. Since 1830, Inwood House has been the only organization in New York City focused primarily on comprehensively serving the needs of pregnant and parenting teens. We were among the first to teach pregnancy prevention programs in NYC schools in the 1970s.
• Managed purchasing for multiple programs across the organization
• Managed deliveries, donation pick-ups, repair, and maintenance requests
• Consolidate purchasing with fiscal department
• Handling multiline phone system
• Sign-in guests; announce and/or direct them as necessary SOCIAL MEDIA
Design Portfolio
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office Expert
Adobe Creative Suite
Salesforce (CRM)
HTML
COMPETENCIES
Technical Mastery
Event
Production/Management
Facilities Management
Relationship Development
EDUCATION
Westwood College
Online
August 2013 – August
2014
Graphic Design: Visual
Communications
CUNY: LaGuardia
Community College
December 2011 –
December 2012
Fine Arts: Design Studies
Vanguard Staffing
Administrative Assistant
January 2014 May 2014
For more than 45 years, Vanguard has provided reliable, hands-on recruiting services to the entertainment, finance, banking, media, advertising industries and more. As accounting and finance, administrative clerical and freelance creative graphic design recruiters, we understand the importance of working together as a team in all aspects of our business. And we communicate openly with staff, clients, and the people that we place.
• Managed multiline phone system
• Sign-in guests; announce and/or direct them as necessary
• Package and sort mail
• Various miscellaneous administrative tasks
Chase Paymentech
Referral Coordinator
April 2013 December 2013
Chase Paymentech is the payment processing and merchant acquiring business of JPMorgan Chase. Paymentech payment platforms support businesses of all sizes to process payments, including credit, debit, and digital, alternative, mobile payment options. Paymentech can authorize payment transactions in more than 130 currencies. The company also provides business analytics, payment fraud detection, and data security solutions.
• Data entry using Excel, Access, and Chase Paymentech exclusive software
• Fulfilling requests and inquiries from sales staff and bankers
• Managed incoming referrals
• Managed multiple databases within lead management department Vanguard Staffing
Administrative Assistant
October 2010 March 2013
For more than 45 years, Vanguard has provided reliable, hands-on recruiting services to the entertainment, finance, banking, media, advertising industries and more. As accounting and finance, administrative clerical and freelance creative graphic design recruiters, we understand the importance of working together as a team in all aspects of our business. And we communicate openly with staff, clients, and the people that we place.
• On call for various temporary clerical positions
• Managed import/export shipping database
• Directed calls and greeted guests
• Package and sort mail
• Various miscellaneous administrative tasks
Full list of history & references available upon request
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