Oversee operations of events, tournaments and shows races.
Perform policy/rule development and implementation.
Perform scheduling, results, eligibility, and communications.
Perform risk management and site management.
Perform event officiating and evaluation.
Enhance and manage participant experience.
Attend weekly meetings as necessary.
Assist with marketing campaigns, including poster distribution.
Funtime Cruise Inc., Minneapolis, MN 2000 - 2002
Public Relations Specialist
Prepared and edited Funtime publications for internal and external audiences, including employee newsletters and stockholders' reports.
Responded to requests for information from the media and designated another appropriate spokesperson or information source.
Established and maintained cooperative relationships with passenger, employee, and public interest groups.
Planned and directed development and communication of informational programs to maintain favorable public and stockholder perceptions of Funtime's accomplishments and agenda.
Conferred with production and support personnel to produce and coordinate production of advertisements and promotions.
Arranged public appearances, lectures, contests, and exhibits for clients to increase product and service awareness and to promote goodwill.
Studied the objectives, promotional policies and needs of organizations to develop public relations strategies that influenced public opinion and promoted ideas, products and services.
Conferred with other managers to identify trends and key group interests and concerns and provided advice on business decisions.
Consulted with advertising agencies and staff to arrange promotional campaigns.
Reltic Optic Inc., Minneapolis, MN 1998 - 2000
Public Relations Account Executive
Regularly scanned trade press, particularly newsweeklies, developed and maintained a broad vision of what was going on in the IT industry at large.
Developed and maintained a good understanding of client business environment, products/services, and key issues affecting their ability to do business (e.g. what the competitors are saying and doing) through regular reading of client marketing materials.
Readily identified what was news/what could have made news and communicated news angle via press release; pitch letter; over phone in a concise, punchy manner.
Ensured clear and regular lines of communication are kept with the Account Manager, proactively keeping him informed of work in progress, sharing/generating ideas, giving suggestions on what to do next.
Took joint ownership of progress reports, contact reports and evaluation reports with Account Manager.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Public Relations University of New York (1998)
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