Rachel Harris
Event Planner | Dir. of Social Media
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Tampa, HillsboroughMember since February 1, 2023
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About
I am a passionate hardworking professional who has spent the last 9 years in the Sports and Entertainment and resort industries. I am looking to use my immense event planning and management skills to shift my career into event management full time.
Experience
Director of Social Media and Director of On-Campus Recruiting
|Utah state university Football | January 2021-December 2022
- Planned, coordinated, and executed on-campus visits, official visits game day, and other football related events
- Booked flights, accommodations, and all related travel for recruits and their families including but not limited to rental vehicles, hotel rooms, meeting rooms, meal venues,
- Main contact for recruits and their families, department heads, university personnel, and vendors
- Created on-campus visit itineraries
- Accompanied families and staff during their visits
- Provided tours of the facilities, campus, and city
- Planned meals for on-campus visits
- Booked caterers and vendors for on-campus visits, official visits, game day, and other football related events
- Assisted business office in all financials related to recruiting
- Managed recruiting internship program
- Created and maintained recruiting mailing projects and social media plan
- Developed all social content from ideation, execution, editing, and posting
- Worked alongside marketing, Aggies Sports Properties (sponsorship), to create content that fulfilled contractual agreements
- Developed social media and content calendar for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly posting
- Managed graphics and video department
- Created content for all social media platforms including twitter, Instagram, and facebook
- Monitored and posted on all social media accounts
- Developed the current USU football brand and recruiting concepts such as national signing day content
Football Recruiting/Administrative Assistant
|University of Louisville Athletics | August 2018-June 2020
- Planned, coordinated, and executed on-campus visits
- Assisted in being a main contact for recruits and their families, department heads, university personnel, and vendors
- Created on-campus visit itineraries
- Accompanied families and staff during their visits
- Provided tours of the facilities, campus, and city
- Planned meals for on-campus visits
- Booked caterers for on-campus visits, official visits, game day, and other football related events
- Booked flights and accommodations for official visits and coaching staff; including but not limited to rental vehicles, hotel rooms, meeting rooms, and arranging car services
- Coordinated and was the liaison between all necessary departments and vendors including but not limited to strength and nutrition staff, training staff, academic services, on campus facilities, stadium operations, photographers
- Assisted with the setup of all on-campus visits and events
- Assisted the financial manager in reconciliations as it related to on-campus events and recruiting
- Assisted with financial tasks such as distributing per diem, player host money, reimbursements for recruits and their families as allowed, operating the credit card machine, managing cash for events
- Assist with all mailings and social media related to recruiting
- Assist with Database entry and reports in various programs such as TeamWorks, XOs, HUDL, JumpForward
- Requests transcripts and necessary documents of recruits
- Duties as assigned by the Director of Recruiting
- Coordinate any community service events with the Director of Player Development
- Complete all necessary compliance and University paperwork for community service
- Perform related duties as assigned by the Director of Football Operations and/or the Head Football Coach
LANDSPORT MANAGER
|Club Med Resorts | MARCH 2018-AUGUST 2018 & MAY 2017-SEPTEMBER 2017
- Managed fitness instructors, landsport instructors, and lifeguards
- Created and maintained weekly schedule
- Coordinated guest instructor stays
- Liaison for the department
- Taught fitness classes and facilitated the landsport activities
OFFICE MANAGER & COMPANY LIAISON
| GEX LLC. | DECEMBER 2014-MAY 2017
- Managed the office and all employees
- Primary contact for the company
- Oversaw photo operations and managed photo operations employees
- Coordinated, assisted, and communicated with all internal departments and external contractors, vendors, marketing team, and media companies
- Managed and ran payroll
- Managed and handled all HR related issues and tasks
- Created and maintained data sheets of sales, attendance, and budgetary information
- Managed and tracked the financials of the company
- Managed the day-today operations of the company
- Completed any and all tasks owner assigned
- Company Bookkeeper
- Booked and coordinated all travel and accommodations for employees and investors
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS CHEERLEADER
|TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS | MARCH 2015-MARCH 2016
- Attended various appearances as a representative of the Buccaneers organization (Charity, team events, community, corporate events)
- Performed at all home games
- Performed at appearances
- Participated in events 2-4 times a week
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communicarion

