Event Manager at Freelancer (2024-04 – Present)
- Supervision of other coordinators as the lead coordinator on the project.
- Carry out sourcing, verification and negotiation with service providers to obtain the best deal for my client.
- Manage service provider contracts ensuring that all terms and conditions are agreed on by both parties.
- Manage all communications between client and service providers ensuring effective communication.
- Create and manage detailed activity schedules, itinerary and timelines for client and service providers to ensure efficient time management.
- Collate, manage and ensure thorough tracking of all service provider's data.
- Schedule and manage event meetings.
- Responding and solving problems that arise on event days.
- Ensuring all stakeholders involved in a project are carried along.
NYSC Intern (HR) at Legend Hotel Lagos Airport, Curio Collection by Hilton (2023-06 – 2024-04)
- Assisted in identifying ideal team members and coordinating recruitment processes.
- Conceptualized and drove innovative initiatives for the International Men's Day 2023 as well as the International Women's Day 2024 to inspire inclusion.
- Planning, execution and facilitation of dynamic and engaging training sessions to empower participants.
- Strategically deployed employee training needs analysis and implementation of appropriately suited interventions.
- Conceptualized strategies to support team member trainings while simultaneously supporting business operations.
- Expertly overseeing employee data and records with precision.
- Conceptualized themes and activities for promoting greater employee engagement.
- Crafting and innovating training content materials.
- Identified and conducted comparative research on potential HMOs to aid in selecting the best and most suitable option for the organization.
Event Planner/Coordinator at ONK Events (2022-07 – 2023-06)
- Supervision of other coordinators as the lead coordinator during event execution days.
- Carrying out venue/vendor verifications and sourcing.
- Worked with clients to formulate wedding concepts and themes.
- Provided consultations to determine client needs and design customized budgets to suit individual clients.
- Maintained a list vendors and venues, and made recommendations to match the client's vision and budget.
- Coordinated with vendors and supervised day-of event to ensure that all events ran smoothly.
- Ensured a seamless flow of communication between clients and vendors to ensure a proper flow in execution of vision.
- Involved in the planning/management of various kinds of event including weddings, birthdays, funerals and corporate dinners.
Learning and Development Internship at WorkforceGroup (2022-05 – 2022-11)
- Analyzing client's organizational training needs and designing adequately suitable training interventions.
- Structuring and managing training execution.
- Developed and followed a defined checklist before, during and after training delivery, while ensuring training manuals, instructional materials and other training needs are made available.
- Facilitated best-in-class participants' experience throughout the learning process.
- Contributed to the designing and delivery of transformative organization-wide training for top performing organisations within the country.
- Responsible for researching and identifying ideal new clients for the business.
- Responding to and providing enquirers with answers to their enquiries.
- Responsible for client management through follow-ups and nurturing to ensure satisfaction.
- Ensured all clients, new and old are well attended to and provided up to date information concerning the status of the services being rendered to them.
- Prepared invoices for clients.
- Training curriculum development.
- Engaged vendors ensuring proper vendor management and sustainable professional relationships.
- Responsible for the drafting and maintenance of budgets for project executions.
- Headed the execution of various training projects, including one which took place in 3 different states in Nigeria simultaneously.
- Represented the company in overseeing projects at client locations.
- Successfully converted prospective clients into an actual clients through nurturing efforts.
- Recorded and provided robust, comprehensive and well-documented reports to key project/programme stakeholders.
- Successfully managed talent development trainings and learning intervention projects across various sectors including financial services, oil and gas, FMCG, manufacturing and fintech.
Internship at ONK Events (2022-01 – 2022-07)
- Worked with clients to formulate wedding concepts and themes.
- Provided consultations to clients to determine the level of planning required and built a customized package to suit their individual needs.
- Maintained a list of local vendors and venues and made recommendations to match the client's vision and budget.
- Coordinated with local vendors and supervised day-of activities to ensure that all events ran smoothly.
- I was able to put what I learnt into practice, planning a full wedding for a friend in July.
Volunteer work in protocol team / head of wardrobe unit at God's love tabernacle international church (2019-01 – 2021-12)
- Coordination of outfits worn by the team, handled the decisions on new styles to sew.
- Curation and disbursement of the sewing budget and maintenance of the materials.
- Coordinated and managed individuals for weekly events.
- Kept an inventory of materials and goods.
