Convention Services/Events Staff Career Research and Resources
Grubb & Ellis
• Managed print budget in excess of $300K/yr. • Organized production schedules to maintain and improve workflow results for all teams involved • Coordinated interdepartmental workflow with 5 indirect reports • Achieved significant yearly cost savings for marketing goods with new processes and print technologies
Avg. Salary: $47,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
Black & Decker, HHI
• Full responsibility of management of a $3M graphics budget • Created and successfully maintained daily project schedules up to 100 projects of 4 major brands • Saved company $150K/yr. by developing and leading a print material initiative • Reduced personnel costs to department by implementing an intern program for production jobs • Developed and maintained savings of $70K/yr. for in-house product photography system
Avg. Salary: $47,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
Park Plaza Events
• Developed and coordinated successful events for 30 to 1,300 attendees • Coordinated all vendors to include design, AV, location and entertainment • Managed pre-event and on-site coordination to ensure logistics, inclusive of catering, design elements, and lighting • Worked with cross functional teams for set-ups, strikes and resets within venues • Responsible for project details to ensure accurate event completion within...
Avg. Salary: $47,500 · Company Rank: Not Available
Willow Creek Association
Successfully planned, mobilized resources and executed logistics with precision for 150+ conferences serving over 910,000 registrants and guests during my tenure for a pioneering organization providing CE for professionals in the non-profit sector.
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Apollo Travel Services/Premier Group Meetings (Divisions of United Airlines)
Mentored and directed a team of five to produce the creative aspects and programming elements of large-scale meetings.
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Apollo Travel Services/Premier Group Meetings (A division of United Airlines)
Rolled out national campaign to travel agencies and vendors for FocalPoint™ (a user interface for the Apollo reservation system) with a $3 million+ budget.
Avg. Salary: $75,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Weston Properties 2/09 – 11/11 Director of Special Events Responsible for the marketing and sales of the building lobby and outdoor spaces. Hosted and designed numerous weddings, concerts, social special events, non-profit galas, charitable an
Responsible for the marketing and sales of the building lobby and outdoor spaces. Hosted and designed numerous weddings, concerts, social special events, non-profit galas, charitable and building tenant events that were hosted by the building owners.
Avg. Salary: $60,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
PHM Hospitality Corp.
Responsible for filling in vacant positions in various hotels being able to sell in that position from day one walking in the door. This was a contract position.
Avg. Salary: $60,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Historic Sunset Station
Selling all weddings, galas and social events for the company in 5 different locations on the property
Avg. Salary: $60,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
Dawn G Events, LLC
Solicited, planned and executed corporate and social events in NYC, Chicago and Bend, Oregon.
Avg. Salary: $42,000 · Company Rank: Not Available
