Samantha McGee

Conferences and Professional Meetings: Manage turn-key events for state and federal agencies, non-profit organizations, and corporate clients. Develop planning and marketing timelines and event budgets; ensure adherence throughout the planning process. Negotiate all vendor contracts, including venue and hotel room block agreements. Design branding and communication, oversee sponsorships, and evaluate the success of marketing goals. Build out and maintain online registration system for events, including event websites. Coordinate event staff (pre-event and onsite) Analyze event success and prepare post event reports. Consumer Trade Show Events: Plan and oversee the trade show from from pre-event logistics and planning to post event wrap-up. Coordinate security, recruited vendors, designed the floor-plan, coordinated marketing, on-site management of 100+ vendors and performed interviews with TV and radio stations. Analyze the show’s success through marketing and budgets reports. Maintain multiple social media platforms; including: Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. Organize and maintain work timelines through Wrike and Google. Virtual Events: Design, produce and maintain virtual trade shows. Create logo blocks for each client event website. Optimize virtual event platforms to meet specific client needs (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc.) Field troubleshooting inquiries and provide participants with a course of action.

In charge of planning, building, and creating events. Events such as Austin City Limits, business luncheons, wedding rehearsals and receptions. Acquired hospitality skills, creativity, attention to detail and relationship building practices.