T elesha Carr
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EVENT COORDINATION / PLANNING
Experience in Event Planning & Coordinating as Follows:
Relationship Building Promotional Activities
Project Management Customer Care
Team Leadership Business/Revenue Growth
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Adept at maintaining a client base, coordinating many types of functions, collaborating with sales staff, managing vendor relations, and identifying venues.
• Highly skilled in coordinating events related to new store openings, diabetes fundraisers, visually impaired expos, producing events for salons and restaurants.
• Proven ability to effectively handle multi-task levels of responsibility with minimal direction from superiors while coordinating entertainment, book signings and fashion shows to enhance sales and future booking.
• Demonstrates solid logistical planning skills with a courteous and friendly attitude while putting a strong emphasis on customer care and client needs.
• Amplifies client desires along with providing good council and efficient management in all of my expertise.
• Chairperson for the Diabetes Committee for the Lions Club International and have planned many events to support the cause.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lions Club International, South Orange, NJ 2008-Present
Event Planning Specialist
Assumes full responsibility for providing management services, including any coordination of various activities, such as charity functions, health fairs, annual person of the year, silent auctions and fundraisers for diabetes awareness, white cane drives for the visual impaired. Set up and break down for all events.
Ideals Restaurant, Newark, NJ 2009-Present
Event Planning Specialist
Assume full responsibility for providing full event services to high-end clients independently, personal client base. Coordinate corporate parties, retirement, set up, break down for all events including birthday parties, baby showers, and engagement and holiday parties, also coordinate and work closely with caterers.
Chico’s FAS Inc. Short Hills, NJ 2004-2005
Business Development Manager
Responsible for sales plans and projections, set up and provide sales and marketing analysis for corporate and management meeting. Building and maintaining a customer base for stores by: all coordination for new store openings, retail in-store events, host and coordinate private wardrobe parties for clients, coordinate and plan private sale and trunk shows.
Plan and coordinate classes for store sales team on client building, selling tools and product knowledge.
Max Studio.com, Short Hill, NJ 2002-2004
Business Development Manager
Implemented and coordinated seasonal classes on product knowledge, asset protection classes to ensure safety and inventory control. Coordinate with entertainment and vendors for promotional events and seasonal lines. Analyze sales and market data to provide guidance to the company regarding established goals and changing market and competitive conditions.
A/X Armani Exchange, NY, NY 1998-2002
Brand Manager
Assumed responsibility for sales generation by partnering with visual team in the implementation of seasonal floor sets, for multiple stores and coordinated and planned management meetings, seasonal sales meeting for store sales team. Worked closely with the vendors, caterers and entertainment for in-store main events. Plan and coordinate with corporate in creating floor plan directives for store distribution.
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2010-Present
Course concentration: Photography
U.S. Career Institute, Fort Collins, CO 2009-2010
Course concentration: Event/Wedding Planner