PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
**+ years coordinating multi-million dollar operations, creative and teams with emphasis towards marketing and communications, major events, conferences, tradeshows and design, and all associated elements. Complex logistical oversight domestically and abroad, and across industries (20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal, SolidWorks Corp, First Marblehead Corp, etc.). Currently seeking stable employment with a great company which offers me the opportunity to use my logistical and creative problem-solving skillset.
• Event Management (special events, meetings, conferences, educational colloquia, tradeshows, etc.) for software, biotech, finance, media/entertainment, non-profit; Includes: site visits and selection, writing, creative briefs, development, contracts, exhibits, walk-thrus, post-analyses, lead generation and sales
• Marketing, Communications and Design (written/speaker content, visual design, overall creative and messaging for specific targets and audiences)
• Concept and Collateral Development; Strategy, Vision and Execution; VIP and Celebrity Relations
• Project and Operations Coordination; Schedules, Timeline and Workflow Management
• Budget and Team Oversight (200+); Facilities Coordination
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
* My specific marketing development, writing and event planning for “SolidWorks World 2008” promoted global attendee volume from 2,800 to 4,500 - driving revenue forward considerably; saved corporation over $200,000 in the process. Included production, speaker recruitment, creative development and all communications.
* Senior-managed all logistical elements, marketing and communications for an annual event at the world-renowned biomedical research entity, The Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which they considered the most successful colloquium in a decade.
* Received the “Spotlight Award” at First Marblehead Corp for flawless event and marketing coordination and development of their first annual Finance & Investor Relations conference in Boston, 2006.
* Proven success coordinating all logistical and creative elements of production for a $14M major motion picture with Penelope Cruz for Fox Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Fox in Los Angeles, 1999-2000.
Continued…
PAST EMPLOYERS INCLUDE
20th Century Fox & Fox Searchlight Pictures - Los Angeles, Ca 1999-2003
Paramount Pictures Corporation - Los Angeles, Ca 1998-1999
Universal Pictures Corporation - Los Angeles, Ca 1997-1998
Walt Disney & Interscope Communications, Inc. - Los Angeles, Ca 1996-1997
Klasky Csupo, Inc. - Los Angeles, Ca 1993-1996
First Marblehead Corporation - Boston, Ma 2005-2007
SolidWorks Corporation - Concord, Ma 2007-2008
FORMAL EDUCATION Bachelors of Arts and Science (B.A.S.) University of North Texas
SKILLS Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point II, basic Photoshop 7.0, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Access, Macromedia's “Contribute” web software; Currently learning Adobe CS3 Suite.
ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Getty Museum ~ Los Angeles County Museum of Art ~ The Getty ~ Boston Museum of Fine Arts ~ Women in Film Mentor Program ~ NY Museum of Natural History ~ AFI/American Film Institute ~ Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) ~ Revlon Walk/Run for Cancer (since 1996) ~ The Starlight Foundation ~ The Make a Wish Foundation ~ PMD/People Making a Difference (Boston)