Mrunalee Patel

Detail-oriented, hospitality-minded event assistant who planned and ran a five-event wedding celebration start to finish, including a welcome party aboard a cruise boat. Brings hands-on experience with décor, signage, guest coordination, and day-of timelines, plus customer-facing retail work keeping displays organized and guest-ready. Currently earning Wedding & Event Planning and Event Decor certifications.

Calm when plans change, quick to notice what needs doing before anyone asks, and glad to be the reliable extra set of hands that keeps the day seamless.

Event Planner & Coordinator – Multi-Event Wedding Celebration - Personal

• Planned and coordinated five events start to finish, including a welcome party aboard a cruise boat
• Managed the budget, vendor communication, timeline, décor, and guest coordination across every event
• Designed and produced one cohesive look for all five events, from save-the-dates and invitations to large-format welcome signage

Event Support Volunteer - Community Celebrations & Bollywood Concerts

• Helped behind the scenes with event logistics and operations so celebrations and performances ran smoothly

Event Print Designer – Freelance - Arangetram & Cultural Dance Program

• Created the guest invitation and multi-page program booklet for a classical dance debut, delivered print-ready and on time

Web Developer - Keysight Technologies - Remote

(2022-03 - 2025-10)

• Built and maintained customer-facing web pages for a global technology brand, translating designers’ mockups into polished, on-brand digital UI in HTML and CSS
• Applied corporate brand and digital design standards for typography, color, imagery, and layout to keep a large, multi-page site visually consistent and scalable
• Prepared, edited, and optimized web imagery and digital banner graphics in Photoshop for marketing placements across the site
• Partnered with designers, marketers, engineers, and stakeholders on a fully remote, cross-functional team, ensuring smooth design-to-development handoff and on-schedule delivery
• Managed multiple concurrent requests under tight deadlines, prioritizing shifting needs while maintaining quality, accuracy, and attention to detail

Freelance Graphic Designer - The Mind Over Mat Yoga - Elgin, IL

(2022-05 - 2023-02)

• Designed custom logos, typography, and illustrations, plus coordinated flyers, posters, and social graphics for class and event marketing across print and online
• Applied the studio’s visual identity consistently across every customer touchpoint, strengthening brand awareness and recognition with its target audience
• Presented concepts to the owner and used active listening and clarifying questions to pin down needs, cutting revision requests by 50% and delivering print-ready files on deadline

Store Associate - Amazon

(2022-01 - 2022-06)

• Kept in-store product displays organized and appealing and fulfilled online orders for pickup and delivery, gaining first-hand insight into how shoppers choose products

Sales Floor Associate - Sears

(2018-09 - 2019-04)

• Maintained shoe displays and helped shoppers find the right styles, sizes, and colors while suggesting matching items

Wedding & Event Planning Certification - QC Event School

Event Decor Certification - QC Design School

BFA - Graphic Design - Flashpoint Chicago (2021)