I have over 10 years experience working in the Events industry - working across different areas and venues including educational facilities, conference and wedding venues, hotels and external caterers.
PROJECT COORDINATOR | YTKO
MARCH 2022 - PRESENT
- Event Coordinator from March 2022, progressing to Project Coordinator in May 2023
- Day-to-day management and running of multiple projects.
- Managing events and training calendars across multiple projects. In charge of finding, booking, and promoting all events alongside arranging delivery and running of the events as well as attendees.
- Organising events and training activities including workshops, networking events, conferences, and large expos.
- Logistics of equipment hire and transportation including working with off-site event operations teams to ensure smooth delivery of events and training.
- General administration including invoices, office management and project reporting.
- Front-of-house client relationship management.
- Social media and marketing.
PERSONAL & ADMIN ASSISTANT | PRIVATE HIRE
JULY 2021 – MARCH 2022
- Personal assistant to Head of IT Security.
- Administrative tasks.
- Minute-taking during meetings.
- Assisting in the recruitment of new team.
- Diary and inbox management.
EVENT COORDINATOR | HOTEL DU VIN
NOVEMBER 2018 – AUGUST 2020
- Managing initial enquiries.
- Arranging and conducting viewings of the hotel.
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients.
- Booking, coordinating and managing private events bookings such as conferences, drink receptions, and networking events.
- Managing exclusive hotel bookings.
- Working on logistics of equipment hire, movement and set up of allocated private events.
- Working closely with the Operations team to ensure smooth operations and event management for our clients.
- Extensive use of all in-house operational systems including Opera booking and management system.
EVENT MANAGER | BERRY BLUE CATERING
MARCH 2018 – NOVEMBER 2018
- Organising and running of external marketing events, including wedding fayres and marketing photoshoots.
- Working with outside contractors where necessary as well as the management of our venues we work very closely with to ensure smooth operations for our clients.
- Running events and weddings.
- Management of key venues.
- Arranging all logistics for all weddings and events, running all weddings, and managing the accounts for the venue.
