• Recent M.S. in Strategic Communications Graduate who drives globally based business growth by demonstrating experience in managing international public relations agencies, coordinating worldwide events, and identifying robust outreach strategies while aligning with a top compaxxxxxx s vision, value, and goals to generate robust employer profits.
• Visionary Professional who rises above core challenges to improve the bottom line and achieve winning outcomes, along with orchestrating workshops, conferences, and exhibitions in the U.S., UAE, and Middle East, to name a few.
• Excellent Communicator who develops synergistic relationships with executives, senior-level decision-makers, vendors, stakeholders, and clients, and who leads staff by example and with integrity to expand revenue and attain objectives.

Master of Science in Strategic Communications (3.8 GPA) Columbia University

Capstone Project USA Today s For The Win Created strategic platform, big idea, and engagement methods designed to increase website traffic to the homepage, as well as boost the number of followers on social media to drive core results.

Bachelor of Science in Biology (Outstanding Student Honors) Old Dominion University

Senior Executive Compliance & Policy

• Lead details-focused compliance and policy operations for Zayed Future Energy Prize, an annual prize representing UAE s late founding father and president, including proactively executing vision, strategies, and goals to achieve optimal results.
• Cost-effectively manage a $1-million annual marketing and outreach budget while developing targeted brand positioning, marketing, and communications via integrated outreach to increase awareness, participation, and identities.
• Apply strong leadership talents toward mentoring and managing a top-performing team of 5 temporary staff, including tracking plans, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies while directing continuous improvement processes.
• Collaborate among key stakeholders, including Abu Dhabi groups, industry, government, education, public service leaders while liaising among third-party vendors to continually guarantee quality of work and all on-time deliveries.
• Handle ATL / BTL advertising and draft top collateral content (e.g. websites, brochures, marketing / outreach materials).
• Build partnerships with global associations, third-party connectors, and renewable energy / sustainability companies.
• Expertly manage a website development compaxxxxxx, including developing sitemap, selecting dynamic and robust wireframe, creating content for Arabic translation, guiding testing, and publishing and promoting the innovative website.

  Successfully managed 75% of the prize s annual budget while developing new bylaws and legal agreements.

  Drafted Commitment to Action paper for Clinton Global Initiative to achieve prize and increased coverage.

  Reduced vendor expenses from $600,000 to $200,000, and created online submissions to save $127,000 annually.

  Created online submissions and judging portals, and managed awards ceremoxxxxxx (largest ever with 3,500 attendees).

  Increased submissions YOY from 150 in Year One to 1,111 in Year Seven for a 641% increase via extensive outreach initiatives, and cultivated professional relations with media, academic institutions, high-profile individuals, and NPOs.

  Managed 7 globally based public relations agencies with offices in Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Germaxxxxxx, France, and the UK, including developing robust outreach strategies.

  Orchestrated workshops, conferences, and exhibitions in the UAE, Middle East, and globally to leverage outreach opportunities, including procuring new partners, monitoring key submissions, and project-managing outreach events.

Event Marketing Coordinator Corporate Marketing & Communications (2003 2006)

• Strategically steered planning, implementation, and post-event evaluation of corporate sponsorships and customer event marketing programs, including coordinating regional and invitational golf tournaments, Super Bowl, NCAA March Madness, U.S. Open Golf / Tennis, and NFL games, as well as leading 5 interns and managing $5-million annual budgets.
• Spearheaded efficient event lifecycle management by collaborating with partner, Golf Digest, to identify regional golf courses and book tournaments, contact teams to identifying foursomes, and create events to raise brand identity.
• Proactively networked among guests at functions, including serving as sole point-of-contact for guests, building and sustaining strong beneficial relationships with diverse partners / clients, and tracking events on intranet and forums.
• Effectively created online registration website for up to 120 attendees to serve as primary access to site information.

  Set quantifiable goals for marketing efforts to achieve measurable results to drive ROI.

  Met and / or exceeded 90% customer satisfaction on all events (equal to a 93%+ average).

  Developed department s first-ever online registration system to reduce project-based work hours.

  Established new standards for corporate hospitality via first-rate services and program development.

  Managed 4-day, 100-attendee Super Bowl trip, including creating a registration website to drive success.

  Rapidly advanced from Event Marketing Intern (2002 2003) tasked with coordinating and executing high-volume customer event marketing programs, including handling logistics, guest speakers, and project timelines.