Rachel McQueen

Successfully volunteered to Co-Chair Annual School Gala for past two years with over 300 attendees. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Management of sub committees
• Sourcing auction items and experiences
• Liaise with Head of School, administrators and venue
• Budget management
• Assisted in sales of sponsorship and ticket sales
• Time management
• Leading weekly meetings, communications to team, preferred partners and venue.

• Established 501(c)3 non-profit where kids of ALL abilities can be included. Created inclusive after school program for kids K-5th grade.
• Curated organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
• Developed strong partnerships with like minded community businesses to collaborate
• Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.
• Curated high school mentor program
• Secured sufficient funds through fundraising efforts to cover business obligations by tracking expenses and budgeting accurately.

• Created first onboarding program for incoming new hires
• Organized and edited training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
• Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding and training for new employees.
• Managed new employee orientation training process for more than 10 employees each year.
• Coordinated technical training and personal development classes for staff members.
• Implemented new learning strategies depending upon employees' skill levels.
• Selected and assigned instructors to conduct specific training programs.
• Researched and obtained relevant course materials to achieve training objectives.
• Curated and conducted orientation sessions and organized on-the-job training for new hires.
• Communicated all learning and performance objectives, schedules, and training assessments to upper management.
• Trained new hires to perform cross-training exercises with experienced workers.

• Freelance produced approximately 20 personal and professional events per year ranging from weddings, themed parties, launch events and meeting planning, all by word of mouth.
• Created and managed budgets between $10k - $100k
• Built vendor relations in new city.
• Evaluated existing plans, processes and events planning services to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Coordinated travel, accommodations, transportation and parking arrangements for guests and vendors.

• Listened to clients needs and directed client projects with eye for quality and ROI on event.
• Maintained deep understanding of company services and products in order to offer most knowledgeable customer support.
• Applied business and marketing knowledge to develop briefs and pitches for customer projects.
• Oversaw team of ten professionals handling experiential events for high-end clients in financial industry.
• Liaised with sales, marketing, and management teams to develop solutions and accomplish shared objectives
• Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement

• Event producer in boutique agency in NYC; planning events, roadshows, product launches, corporate outings, corporate holiday parties and internal employee team building events.
• Venue sourcing, budget management/reconciliation, production timelines, vendor relations/management
• Data management
• Collaborated with in-house A/V & lighting designers
• Gift Sourcing
• Talent sourcing

• Liaised with clients such as MTV Networks for editing bookings
• Created first ever Sales & Marketing plan for post production facility.
• Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
• Maintained professional, organized, and safe environment for employees and patrons.

• Scheduled shoots and set up filming by communicating with talent and crew.
• Oversaw creative development and filming of different types of video content.
• Wrote program content and produced broadcast segments.
• Managed and coordinated post-production video editing, motion graphics design, compositing and quality assurance reviewing.
• Oversaw logistical aspects from pre-production to post-production.