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Summary of Experience Highly motivated, experienced Tradeshow/Event Management, Project Manager & Marketing Professional with consistent history of providing excellent support to a portfolio of marquee clients. A result oriented hands-on professional with more than 13 years of progressive national sales. Event management and consulting services for Trade Show 200 accounts including Associations and Trade Commissions: Int'l Toy Fair Association, GLM Events, Reed Exhibitions. Tradeshow Manager / Project Manager March 2000 - January 2014 Freeman -New York. * Liaison between clients, advertising agencies, graphic production, and 3rd party suppliers to effectively facilitate design of exhibits, product launches, and sales meetings. * Establish and implement project critical deadlines, budgets and purchasing. Overseeing booth construction, installation and coordination of services, storage and shipments of all exhibition materials. * Traveled to various venues to supervise component set-up as Sell AE / Project Manager. * Responsible for the design implementation and coordination of all aspects of exhibits, sponsorship sales and trade shows, including client requirements, managing all labor related tasks, custom graphics, production schedules creative strategies and post show final billing, ensuring quality service and customer satisfaction. * Supervise show contracts for individual clients as well as entire pavilions, providing rental materials and complete exhibit solutions as turnkey packages. * Oversee the planning and implementation of all operational activities for exhibits consisting of custom made booth installation from start to completion nationwide and in Canada. * Supervised all aspects of trade show exhibit design including controlling budgets, purchasing, hiring of outside vendors such as fabrication, AV vendors and photography. * Responsible for completion of RFP's, proposals to acquire new business and maintain existing accounts both domestic and internationally. * Travel led to the familiarity of union and labor conditions of various venues in 1st and 2nd tier cities within the US.
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