Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
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Jeda Higgs

Jeda Higgs

WVC,UT

Summary

Experienced Event Production and Outreach professional with a strong background in project development, implementation, and mentorship. Skilled in non-profit organizational operations and strategy, talent retention and coaching, as well as communications, logistics, and events management.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Lead/Vendor Operations Manager

Various Festivals (see below)
Salt Lake City, UT
03.2022 - Current
  • Managed operations and production of events: liaison between festival and vendors, load-in/out communication and strategy, budgets and reporting, team lead for onsite operations.
  • Salt Lake City Arts Council's Living Traditions Festival (2022-2024)
  • City Weekly's Utah Beer Festival (2022-2024)
  • Salt Lake City Arts Council's Living Traditions Presents Mondays in the Park and Twilight Concert Series (2024)
  • Mind the Gap Music Festival (2023)

Account Executive

TPG Trade Show + Event Marketing
Chicago, IL
03.2022 - 11.2023
  • Managed creative marketing, strategy, and execution plans for clients in ventures including healthcare, hospitality, veterinary, security, manufacturing, and fitness.
  • Business development role: created 100+ new vendor and client relationships through face-to-face meetings at professional trade shows around the country.
  • Closed approximately $250,000 of services within a year of employment.

Recruiter

Various Organizations (see below)
Salt Lake City, UT
08.2020 - 01.2022
  • Directed talent acquisition efforts: formulated successful strategies and appraised applicants, secured adherence of candidate ethos with that of the organization for a variety of job designations.
  • Developed relationships with executives and hiring managers to identify staffing needs, determined requirements to draft content for job descriptions.
  • Increased recruiting network by expanding pipelines and sourcing strategies (ZipRecruiter, Indeed, LinkedIn, Handshake, College outreach, etc.).
  • Focus areas/clients included accounting, biotech, and automotive industries.

Director of Operations

Harmony Hemp
Salt Lake City, UT
09.2019 - 08.2020
  • Facilitated company acquisition through administrative, operations, and executive support.
  • Managed office, warehouse, and customer service support team through customer-facing engagement and back-office implementation of efficient processes.
  • Planned daily operational strategies for a Consumer Packaged Goods startup, including delivery receipt and routing of product, coordinating intra- and interoffice communication between the warehouse, marketing, sales, and executives.
  • Developed financial reports and managed accounts via QuickBooks.

Community Outreach Coordinator

Craft Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
04.2019 - 08.2019
  • Provided community education regarding programs, artist opportunities, festival engagement, and events.
  • Maintained and developed partnerships with local organizations to support community involvement.
  • Liaised between management, departmental leads, community members, and business owners to achieve organizational goals, including Diversity and Inclusion, and Volunteer Recruitment initiatives.

Festival Associate Manager, Events

Sundance Institute
Park City, UT
10.2018 - 02.2019
  • Managed vendor operations and sponsor relationships for 11 diverse and accessible events for Sundance Institute. Events included corporate and DEIB organization-specific events, as well as a 3-day industry-meets-artists conference during Festival Programming.
  • Controlled budget requests for partnerships and logistics for sponsorship deliverables, as well as onsite and digital activations.
  • Organized staff, production, vendors, spaces for activation, volunteers, catering, photography, guest list, security, A/V, and tech for the entirety of Kimball Arts Center.

Chief Executive Officer

Boys & Girls Club of Dubois
Dubois, WY
05.2014 - 09.2018
  • Annually mentored 200+ students in year-round programs. Hired, trained, and coached staff, interns, and volunteers to create character-building programs with themes of life skills, leadership, and service.
  • Managed operations, strategic planning, and organizational budget ($250K).
  • Directed resource development and cultivated new revenue streams through grant-writing and partnerships with local, state, and national organizations.
  • Reorganized and implemented marketing plan, including email outreach, website redesign, social media, and print marketing.
  • Designed and implemented a variety of new arts programs, live music concerts, camps, activities, fine arts sessions, and events in collaboration with community partners.

Operations Manager, North America

St. Giles International College
San Francisco, CA
05.2008 - 03.2012
  • Successfully oversaw program scheduling and budget allocation for top-tier North American Youth Development Centers situated in diverse cities such as New York, San Francisco, Florida etc., along with renowned educational establishments like Yale University and Harvard College (~$800K per site).
  • Developed, organized, and led educational extracurricular programs for 1,200+ international youth program participants annually.
  • Trained and managed onsite staff of 15, interns, and 5 remote employees.

Education

Master of Science - Natural Science Education

University Of Wyoming

Master of Science - Professional Residency in Teaching Outdoor Education

Teton Science School

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences

California Lutheran University

Skills

  • Project management
  • Logistics and program planning
  • Onsite event management
  • HRIS: Paylocity, Greenhouse, ADP
  • MS Office, GSuite, Windows, iOS
  • PM tools: Asana, Slack, Prelude, Teamwork, Hubspot, Basecamp
  • Misc: Quickbooks, Canva, Docusign, Dropbox

Affiliations

  • Vice President & Board Member, Dubois Chamber of Commerce (2017-2018)
  • Event MC, Dubois Annual 4th of July Celebration (2018)
  • Special Events Chair, Dubois Eclipse Events, Dubois Chamber of Commerce / Town of Dubois (2016-2017)
  • Assistant Event Coordinator & MC, Run4Chance, Chance Phelps Foundation (2014-2017)
  • Event Co-Coordinator, Submerged in Art Annual Benefit, Road Home Homeless Shelter (2010-2014)
  • AmeriCorps Volunteer, Teton Science Schools (2013)
  • Event Specialist, KRCL 90.9 Community Radio (2010–2012)
  • Event Specialist, Urban Arts Festival Utah Arts Alliance (2012)
  • Camp Counselor, Advisor, Nurse, Inclusion Center for Community & Justice (2006-2012)

Timeline

Production Lead/Vendor Operations Manager

Various Festivals (see below)
03.2022 - Current

Account Executive

TPG Trade Show + Event Marketing
03.2022 - 11.2023

Recruiter

Various Organizations (see below)
08.2020 - 01.2022

Director of Operations

Harmony Hemp
09.2019 - 08.2020

Community Outreach Coordinator

Craft Lake City
04.2019 - 08.2019

Festival Associate Manager, Events

Sundance Institute
10.2018 - 02.2019

Chief Executive Officer

Boys & Girls Club of Dubois
05.2014 - 09.2018

Operations Manager, North America

St. Giles International College
05.2008 - 03.2012

Master of Science - Natural Science Education

University Of Wyoming

Master of Science - Professional Residency in Teaching Outdoor Education

Teton Science School

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences

California Lutheran University

References

References available upon request.

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