Marni Sheehan

• Lead planner for company sales kickoff - 5 days, 450 people
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of all meeting aspects.
• Manage budgets effectively, ensuring cost control and optimal resource allocation for each event; Reduce event costs by skillfully negotiating contracts with vendors and suppliers.
• Enhance attendee satisfaction by meticulously organizing and managing meeting logistics.
• Manage and supervise criteria involved in planning and implementing a project including site searches and inspections, creative proposal development, contract negotiations, recruitment, communication development and distribution, audience generation, identifying, selecting and managing support vendors such as the travel agency, audio-visual company, destination management company, ground transportation company, onsite staffing, and other external service suppliers, in charge of all meeting space management, food/beverage planning, audio-visual coordination, off-site event proposals, selection and management of on-site staffing and training, preparation of program operations manual
• Accountable for managing tasks of and mentoring project manager and coordinator as it applies to the project(s) assigned including overseeing day-to-day work, quality control, assist in troubleshooting, ensure policies are being followed.

Contract Work and Mom Sabbatical

• Tangerine Meeting and Events
• MedPoint Digital
• Monograms on Webster
• All Things Party

• Collaborated with Vice Presidents/Account Executives in defining, securing, and retaining accounts through strategy development, tactical execution, client interaction, problem solving and account management
• Lead the Project Managers to optimize the performance, motivation and growth of all team members
• Worked simultaneously on multiple $1M+ accounts
• Responsible for customer retention, satisfaction, profitability, revenue growth targets, and contract compliance for multiple multi-million-dollar medical education programs
• Managed program teams (2-10 colleagues for each team) in addition to directly managing 5+ team members.

• Managed and partnered with firm's largest clients for face-to-face meetings and hybrids, both domestic and international
• Managed project team members (from 1-9 colleagues), scheduled and assigned all department responsibilities and oversaw team progress and project completion
• Effectively planned and forecasted client needs and consistently monitored the meeting planning process to recognize emerging trends and effectively planned to avoid future problems
• Managed full scope of project, varying with website, CD Production, Binders, and educational and promotional materials
• Negotiated and managed all contracts and effectively maintained working budget to control the bottom line, facilitated meeting wrap-up and reconciliation, compiled detailed billing, records and documentation
• Secured venues, managed all 3rd party vendors (travel agents, Destination Management Companies, florists, entertainers, audio visual companies), developed menus, created décor and coordinated entertainment for Welcome Receptions/Dinners, Awards Ceremonies and Themed Meetings
• Facilitated and managed all program logistics with the hotel, including meeting specs, banquet event orders, room blocks, meeting room set-up, room drops, and audio visual
• Maintained contact to aid and assist attendees from 10 to 650 in air and train travel ticket booking, hotel reservations and ground transportation.