LISA MILLER
Alpharetta,GA
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
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Operations
Harris Entertainment
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions
- Liaised with clients to determine exact event requirements
- Oversaw preparation and management of event budgets to deliver at or below projected costs
- Generated ideas to enhance and expand current event offerings
- Produced detailed proposals for events to document timelines, suppliers, and budgets.
Director of Events
The Main Attraction
- Coordinated schedules and timelines for events
- Managed event logistics and operations
- Brainstormed and implemented creative event concepts and themes
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
Event Organizer
Left Eye Production
- Managed event logistics and operations
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions
- Fostered collaborative efforts to schedule, host, and facilitate events and identify further opportunities to reach members of the community
- Participated in strategy development and planning to grow organizing program and advance campaigns.
Catering Manager
Bon Appetit
12.2023 - Current
- Met with clients to outline desired goals and prepared quotes for overall catering costs.
- Enhanced event satisfaction by planning and executing memorable catering experiences for clients.
- Developed comprehensive event proposals that clearly outlined deliverables, timelines, budget requirements based on client input.
- Achieved increased client retention rates by providing exceptional customer service throughout the event planning process.
- Designed catering packages to increase sales and customer experience.
- Assisted in developing marketing materials to showcase the company''s catering services to potential clients effectively.
- Promoted catering packages with most profitable outcomes without sacrificing client desires.
- Proactively addressed any issues or concerns from clients or staff members promptly and professionally resolved them.
- Handled catering scheduling, ordered food and planned events.
- Worked with chefs to plan menus according to client needs and budgets.
Event Coordinator
The Experience Production
05.2020 - Current
- Coordinated schedules and timelines for events
- Managed event logistics and operations
- Brainstormed and implemented creative event concepts and themes
- Managed administrative logistics of events planning, event booking, and event promotions.
Education
Bachelor Science And Public Relations -
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
Tallahassee, FL06.1995
Skills
- Business Growth
- Social Media Management
- Event Planning
- Vendor Sourcing
- Social Media Promotion
- Expense Tracking
- Logistics Management
- Special Events Planning
- Events Logistics Management
- Workflow Management
- Operations Oversight
- Catering Coordination
- Vendor and Contract Negotiations
- Food Service Knowledge
- Event Sales
Timeline
Catering Manager
Bon Appetit
12.2023 - Current
Event Coordinator
The Experience Production
05.2020 - Current
Director of Operations
Harris Entertainment
Director of Events
The Main Attraction
Event Organizer
Left Eye Production
Bachelor Science And Public Relations -
Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University
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