Overview
Work History
Education
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Sarah Allen

Brian Head

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Event and Sponsorship Coordinator

Salt Lake Climbers Alliance
08.2024 - Current
  • Coordinating the SLCA Annual flagship events: Climbing Festival, Fundraiser Party and Winter Soiree
  • Additional event planning with film festivals and membership/donors mixers
  • Coordinating with local outfitters, corporate sponsors, climbing gyms, food trucks, breweries, bands, artisans and volunteers

Community Development Coordinator

Craft Lake City
09.2023 - 08.2024
  • Secure sponsorships for year-round artisan programming and special events
  • Managing all aspects of Grants from writing narratives, to submitting reports
  • Drafting press releases, e-blasts and social media posts to promote sponsorships and partners

Artisan Zone Manager

Craft Lake City
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Working under the Artisan & Programs Manager to coordinate vendors with load in, loud out, and Festival needs for DIY Festival and Holiday Market

Contracted Marketing and Event Coordinator

Wyoming Climbers Alliance
03.2023 - 07.2023
  • Promotion of the 30th Annual International Climbers Festival
  • Coordinating daily social media content based on the four day festival schedule, fundraising goals, and sponsorship contracts

Programming and Partnership Coordinator

Snowbird Ski Resort
01.2022 - 06.2023
  • Project manager coordinating contracts, budgets, hotel reservations, and event promotion
  • Coordinating partner activations, product allotment, and social media content
  • Coordination of Snowbird's 10 week Oktoberfest and Vendor Village with 90 vendors
  • Event Crew with coordinating Plazapalooza Spring concert series and third-party events such as the Cirque Series, Cottonwood Canyons Clean Up and Speed Goat Races

Community Outreach Manager

Natural History Museum of Utah
02.2019 - 01.2022
  • Managing all aspects of the statewide Outreach Program throughout Salt Lake Valley and rural Utah
  • Curriculum development, coordinating program promotion, maintaining and developing statewide partnerships
  • Oversee budgets, hotel reservations, community contacts and calendar for over 100 events
  • Managing full-time Community Outreach Specialist, part-time Citizen Science Coordinator and 30 Outreach Volunteers

Contracted Event Coordinator

Salt Lake Climbers Alliance
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Coordinating the SLCA Annual Climbing Festival and fundraiser at Brighton Ski Resort
  • Working with 40 vendor booths, 35 climbing clinics with local outfitters, caterers, breweries, local bands and volunteers

Education

Master's - Education

Lesley University
Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science - Anthropology

University of Utah
SLC, UT
01.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Latin American Studies

University of Utah
SLC, UT
01.2013

Skills

  • Reliable self-starter
  • Advocate for sustainability
  • Personable and adaptive to any social situation
  • Natural optimist
  • Mentor and collaborative Leadership
  • Strong communication skills
  • Strategic planning
  • Time management
  • Skilled in Asana and Wrike Project Management
  • Skilled in Utilizing Slack for Team Collaboration
  • Experience using Google drives
  • Adaptable to variable weather conditions
  • Driver of trucks and trailers
  • Utah local and world traveler
  • Jewelry Artisan - @coppercoyote_studio

Timeline

Event and Sponsorship Coordinator

Salt Lake Climbers Alliance
08.2024 - Current

Community Development Coordinator

Craft Lake City
09.2023 - 08.2024

Artisan Zone Manager

Craft Lake City
08.2023 - 12.2023

Contracted Marketing and Event Coordinator

Wyoming Climbers Alliance
03.2023 - 07.2023

Programming and Partnership Coordinator

Snowbird Ski Resort
01.2022 - 06.2023

Contracted Event Coordinator

Salt Lake Climbers Alliance
06.2021 - 09.2021

Community Outreach Manager

Natural History Museum of Utah
02.2019 - 01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Anthropology

University of Utah

Bachelor of Arts - Latin American Studies

University of Utah

Master's - Education

Lesley University
Sarah Allen