Susan Harper

About Susan Harper

An accomplished event planner and experiential designer creating inspirational events, memorable activations and energized meetings. While skilled at managing every logistic detail for live and virtual events, what sets me apart is my ability to imagine differently and deliver events that move hearts and minds. For over 20 years, clients have looked to me to bring their visions to life with engaging content. My past work includes events for 10 to 3500 people in pharmaceutical, technology, franchise, and entertainment industries. Specialties: • Global & Domestic Event Planning • Fully Curated Event & Experiences • Creative Ideation • Bespoke Virtual Attendee Boxes • Virtual Team-Building • Live & Virtual Gifting Experiences • CSR Integration • Décor • Interactive Entertainment • Sponsorship Prospectuses & Activations • Trade Shows & EXPOs • Product Launches • Recognition & Incentives • Sales Meetings • Multi-Million-Dollar Budgeting • Innovative Menu Design • Site-Selection • Diagramming • Vendor Sourcing • Enthusiastic Collaborator • Leads With Kindness Clients: Pharmaceutical, Verizon, HBO, Showtime, STARZ, EPIX, McDonald’s, Hallmark, Motel 6 / G6. Global Experience: Shanghai, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Aruba, and South Africa.

Experience

1. Marketing Event Planner

   G&S Business Communications, a G&S Agency

   Oct 2021 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Contract Negotiation
• Trade Shows
• Budgets
• Project Planning
• Corporate Events
• Registration
• Project Management
• Event Management
• Incentives
• Meeting Planning
• Incentive Programs
• Event Planning
• Marketing