Amy McGaughey

• Use interpersonal skills and knowledge of industry to provide guests with exceptional service
• Using my extensive hospitality knowledge to help company regain service standards and sales after covid
• Train the new front of house staff members
• Trained 4 new bartenders on drink preparation, product promotion, garnish preparation and sanitation protocol.

• One of the first team members to open and setup this brand new restaurant concept
• Used my extensive knowledge of the hospitality industry to increase sales, foot traffic and social media status
• Facilitated, coordinated, marketed and planned weekly events with multiple vendors, DJs, graphic designers to increase weekly sales
• Coordinated schedules and timelines for events.
• Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking and event promotions.

**furloughed due to covid**

• Planned and worked 3-5 events on a weekly basis while planning future events minimum 3 months in advance
• Consistently planning and creating 15-20 events at a time, while also working and hosting 3-5 events a week
• Planned, coordinated and hosted all events from vendor relations, contracts, transportation, catering, and guest relations independently with anywhere from 40-200 guests
• Developed and maintained partnerships with multiple vendors including; transportation services, multiple theme parks, concert venues, restaurants, entertainment companies, large arenas, celebrities and more
• Handled all contracts and payments to partners and vendors
• Provided a hospitable experience for guests on VIP experiences all throughout Orlando
• Worked hand in hand with sales department to provide the best experiences for guests and increased sales revenue by more than 3 million dollars per quarter
• Won Event Coordinator of Quarter within first 6 months of working from my events increasing sales over 3million dollars
• Ran daily, weekly and monthly reports to track all costs and sales after completed events to maintain budget.
• Worked with Celebrities, DJs, Musicians, Comedians, Theme Parks, 5 star restaurants, The Ritz Spa, and many more.
• Used my creative ability to plan the most efficient and satisfying events for guests
• Ability to problem solve and multitask extremely efficiently
• Coordinated efficient set-up and clean-up for each event for quick facilities turnarounds.
• Organized and implemented off-site VIP events with as many as 100 guests and just myself.

• Responsible for sourcing, interviewing, screening, and selecting candidates for a wide variety of clients for Government Services, Construction, Commercial skill trades and laborers, Architecture/Engineering professionals, Professional Services, Healthcare and Aviation personnel
• Full utilization of Applicant tracking systems, Job boards, and job finding search engines such as Monster, LinkedIn, CareerBuilder, and Indeed
• Responsible for scheduling interviews and gathering qualitative feedback from the hiring managers post-interview
• Identified target skill sets, key market segments, and assess client’s staffing requirements via cold calling and meetings
• Responsible for Business Development, continually prospecting new business leads and attending various job and career fairs to continually expand networks and pipelines

• Used interpersonal skills to gain many regular guests
• Opened the brand-new restaurant and set up bar functions for 25 seat bar
• Train all new bartending staff and new store openings to corporate standards

• Held new employee workshops and training programs quarterly
• Worked catering events
• Managed 22-member team on dinner shifts, preformed cash drops on a nightly basis
• Worked and planned many off-premise catering events
• Employee of the month 2008, 2012