- Ice Skating
- Soccer
- Gym Workouts
- Yoga
Shaila Mehta
Porter Ranch
Summary
Dedicated business professional with a history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Political Events Director
United States Congressional Campaign
08.2023 - 11.2024
- Planned and maintained the Candidate’s Calendar.
- Organized Donor events with the Speaker of the House and other members of Congress across the district.
- Staffed the candidate and conducted necessary follow-up.
- Managed the Field Staff and Voter Contact Staff.
- Managed the field offices throughout the district.
- Maintained Relationships and a Districtwide Network and ensured the campaign had a presence at All Major Events in the District.
- Recruited, trained, and activated volunteers all around the district.
- Organized, planned, and attended voter contact events districtwide.
- Prepared weekly voter contact updates.
Correspondent Director
Campus Reform, A Project of the Leadership Institute
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Managed 200+ Correspondents from all around the United States.
- Marketed & planned various events and conferences every month across the US.
- Handled donor relations.
- Recruited and prepared college students for media interviews on major news outlets such as Fox News and Newsmax.
- Various office support such as package promo materials, create and distribute newsletters, email marketing.
- Helped with social media marketing on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.
- Trained and lectured students at Youth Leadership Schools throughout the country.
Youth Director
United States Congressional Campaign
07.2022 - 11.2022
- Turned around a campaign that went through redistricting that was down substantially at the time I joined to a campaign that lost by approximately 1,000 votes.
- Recruited, supervised, and managed interns from New Mexico State University through tabling.
- These interns knocked on over 35,000 doors. Of the 35,000, approximately, 18,000 were swing voters of which we estimate approximately 12,000 we swung to our campaign.
- Organized major donor events for the Congresswoman and many other members of congress and state governors and delegated tasks to each of my interns.
- Managed a GOTV campaign through phone banking that generated over 5,000 calls that resulted in an increase in voter turnout.
- Created social media videos lasting anywhere from 15 to 90 seconds that were posted on the Congresswoman’s social media accounts. They consisted of: Early voting, Commitment to America, Grassroots, Final GOTV video.
Event Manager
NEWYOU LLC
12.2018 - 08.2022
- Manage promotional and brand partner events and galas.
- Various office support such as package promo materials, create and distribute newsletters, email marketing.
- Assist in annual budget planning and ensure marketing spend remains within budget.
- Hosts and manage distributor reward events.
- Assist Corporate Controller on QuickBooks: Reconciles bank statements and enter invoices.
- Creates marketing materials, assist in website development.
General Manager
Poway Ice Arena (Community Ice Rink)
10.2015 - 12.2018
- Assisted in designing, building, and eventual opening of the Poway Ice Arena, a community ice rink.
- Developed “learn to play program free” to get kids in all communities involved in ice skating and hockey, particularly in underserved communities. The “learn to play program free” is still being used by NHL rinks across North America.
- Coordinated and managed special events, including birthday parties, fundraisers, and skating competitions.
- Put together employee roles and pay schedules associated with each role.
- Created, managed, and ran Poway Ice Skating School. Defined the criteria for the various skating levels such as beginner, alpha, beta, etc.
- Responsible for recruiting skating instructors, establishing pay levels, managing timecards, and executing payroll.
- Processed bi-weekly payroll and maintained staff schedules.
- Responsible for supervising staff and coordinating schedules and breaks.
- Responsible for creating pricing packages for the ice rink which included pricing packages for the skating school, hockey program, adult program, and public skating.
- Managed annual hockey tournaments which included communication with team captains, ensuring payments are received, communication of game schedules, scheduling referees, scheduling score keepers, and organizing tournament entertainment and prizes.
- Performed targeted social media marketing on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter. Performed cost/benefit analysis on marketing spend.
- Put together employee roles and pay schedules associated with each role.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Florida
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Verbal and written communication
- Brand-building strategies
- Project coordination
- Fundraising events
- Strategies and goals
- Media planning
- Sales promotion
- Brand messaging
- E-commerce strategy
- Influencer partnerships
- Event setup and breakdown
- Schedule management
- Event marketing
- Logistics management
Accomplishments
Have held several political events for a political candidate which includes full responsibility for putting together rallies, gatherings, and other events. In addition to events, put together various strategies including social media, e-mail marketing, phone banking, door-to-door contact and various other techniques which resulted in 27% increase in voter registration, 22% increase in voter turnout and 20% increase in votes.
Built an Ice Skating Program at the Poway Ice Arena from scratch including programs Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Gama, Delta and created all the requirements for each level. Built the Skating program from scratch to over 500 participants.
Interests
Timeline
Political Events Director
United States Congressional Campaign
08.2023 - 11.2024
Correspondent Director
Campus Reform, A Project of the Leadership Institute
12.2022 - 07.2023
Youth Director
United States Congressional Campaign
07.2022 - 11.2022
Event Manager
NEWYOU LLC
12.2018 - 08.2022
General Manager
Poway Ice Arena (Community Ice Rink)
10.2015 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Science - Marketing
University of Florida
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