Co- Founder & Artistic Director Resume Example

• Initial customer consultation calls, created customized entertainment packages and pitched event entertainment offerings by building individualized proposals, preparing final contracts and invoices, manage all aspects of proposal execution leading up to customer event date.
• Increased business revenue through proactive management of Corporate & Non-Profit client relationships and sales strategies.
• Created sales PDF's, Advertisements, and powerpoint visuals for proposals and to increase company bookings
• Kept up with latest trends in the entertainment industry and recommended enhancements to enhance company entertainment offerings & packages.
• Created content for all advertising materials for print advertisements, online, and website.
• Created and finalized quotes to complete deals between company, vendors and customers.
• Promoted Enticing Entertainment by attending various industry events with past and potential clients and vending partners.
• Established relationships with event vending partners to increase revenue with potential clients.
• Managed vendors, performers, and audio-visual services.
• Coordinated vendors, timelines and budgets for events.
• Supervised event logistics for large-scale corporate events.
• Coordinated and facilitated special events, including corporate, non-profit, festivals/ fairs, weddings and private events.
• Assisted in conceptualization, execution, and promotion of two Enticing Entertainment company showcases in 2015 and 2018- These 2 large events were attended by our past and potential clients to showcase our new offerings as well as establish creative partnerships with vendors in our industry.
• Wrote content and assembled entertainment industry award applications for 5 years to promote our entertainment offerings, gain company rapport with current/potential clients and partners in the event industry, and boost Enticing Entertainment sales in Midwest. Awards we won from the International Live Event Association as a result of this include:

-Best Social Event- 2015

-Best Event Filmmaking- 2015

-Best Entertainment Production- 2015

-Best Corporate Event- 2016

-Best Entertainment Production- 2016

-Best Filmmaking- 2016

-Best Corporate Event- 2017

-Best Social Event- 2017

-Best Social Event- 2018

-Best Entertainment Production- 2018

-Best Entertainment Production- 2019

• Learned and implemented strategies for upselling products and services and suggesting complementary products to maximize value of each transaction.
• Attended marketing-related networking events & trade shows to build company presence in community and foster relationships with prospective customers in the event/ entertainment industry.
• Hosted marketing and advertising events, including educational entertainment conferences, specialty entertainment classes, and staffing booths at entertainment trade shows.
• Made copies, filed sales receipts and orders, sent faxes, wrote sales contracts and executed other general office organization duties.
• Drafted reports to illustrate event research findings.
• Negotiated contract terms to maintain favorable working conditions and compensation for our clients and performers.
• Managed and booked out 100+ artists and performance subcontractors.
• Negotiated between talent and our event clients for contractual arrangements.
• Kept paper and digital records of bookings, reservations and client needs.
• Identified leads on new clients by collaborating with talent and contacting about potential representation.
• Delivered exceptional service to every customer through active engagement, effective listening and well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Boosted bookings using detailed knowledge of performance venue, client needs/ event goals, and services/offerings of our entertainers when booking entertainment for our customers.
• Processed incoming email inquires/ calls and applied up-selling techniques to inform customers of premium entertainment services.

Performed as an independent circus & visual artist for variety of corporate, non-profit, large scale music and art festivals, night clubs educational organizations, and public/ private events all over the country.

• Performance Skills Include (but are not limited to):

-Fire Dancing & Fire Eating

-Stilt Walking

-Clowning, Miming and Improvisational Characters

-Magician

-Dancer/ Choreographer

-Professional & Nationally acclaimed storyteller

-Special effects makeup artist & Face/ Body painter

-Set Design/ Construction & Mural Artist

• Children's Entertainment: Costumed Character, Educational Storytelling, and Daycare variety shows with (But not limited to):

-All New Horizons Daycare locations in Minnesota (2007-2011

-YMCA Summer Power Programs (2007-2011)

-Minnesota Zoo & Como Zoo Programs (2008-2011)

-Minneapolis Kids (2008-2011)

-Minneapolis Park Board (2007-2011)

-The Ordway- International Children's Festival (2007-2009)

-MInneapolis Children's Museum

• Circus Coach at Circus Juventas- Fire Performance Instructor/ Choreographer (2007- 2018)
• Special Effects Makeup Artist & Face/ Body Painter- (2007-2020)- I have lead and been hired for countless kids events/ festivals, corporate events, photoshoots, and runway shows all over the country