Katie Taylor
Summary
Highly organized and detail-oriented professional passionate about executing exceptional events that achieve established goals. Experience with planning, budgeting and coordinating wide variety of both small-scale and large-scale events. Strong communicator and negotiator able to foster relationships with key stakeholders and vendors.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Office Administrator
Delta Coatings
11.2022 - Current
- Interacted with customers by phone, email, or in-person to provide information.
- Answered multi-line phone system, routing calls, delivering messages to staff and greeting visitors.
- Maintained electronic and paper filing systems for easy retrieval of information.
- Coordinated communications, financial processing, registration, recordkeeping, and other administrative functions.
Social Event Coordinator
Weight Watchers International
06.2018 - 11.2022
- Coordinated schedules and timelines for events.
- Brainstormed and implemented creative event concepts and themes.
- Managed event logistics and operations.
- Performed event coordination for larger parties and gatherings.
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
- Communicated with catering, lighting and sound companies to obtain price quotes.
- Created and maintained event expenditures, budgets and timelines in job-related software.
Bartender/Server
Tom Douglas/ Seatown
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
- Followed alcohol awareness procedures for preventing excessive guest intoxication.
- Trained new bartenders on drink preparation, product promotion, garnish preparation, and sanitation protocol.
- Adhered to state laws regarding alcoholic beverage services and customer regulations.
Intern
FAMSF/ De Young Fine Arts Museum
05.2016 - 09.2016
- Organized brainstorming sessions between cross-functional teams to develop strategy and creative ideas for future events.
- Oversaw event registration process by collecting and tracking attendee information.
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
- Supported senior leadership by developing status reports on activities related to planning, scheduling, cancellation, inquiries, resourcing, risk mitigation, and proposal development for various events.
- Researched and identified new vendors and suppliers to obtain competitive pricing.
- Developed creative themes for events and created related activities to engage attendees.
Bartender/Floor Manager
Boardwalk Grill
05.2016 - 09.2016
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
- Handled simultaneous customer, team, and business needs while avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.
- Trained new bartenders on drink preparation, product promotion, garnish preparation, and sanitation protocol.
- Obtained cash bank and stocked service bar to prepare for operation.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Art History
California State University - Long Beach
Long Beach, CA12.2016
Skills
- Vendor and Contract Negotiations
- Social Media Promotion
- Catering Coordination
- Operations Oversight
- Events Logistics Management
- Executive Support
- Staff Management
- Customer Service
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Schedule Management
Timeline
Office Administrator
Delta Coatings
11.2022 - Current
Social Event Coordinator
Weight Watchers International
06.2018 - 11.2022
Bartender/Server
Tom Douglas/ Seatown
04.2017 - 04.2018
Intern
FAMSF/ De Young Fine Arts Museum
05.2016 - 09.2016
Bartender/Floor Manager
Boardwalk Grill
05.2016 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Art History
California State University - Long Beach
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