Emillio Mesa

About Emillio Mesa

Dedicated, resourceful, and performance-driven professional with extensive experience planning, organizing, and hosting events for high-profile customers, companies, and brands. Proven expertise in writing professional articles, essays, profiles, speeches, and marketing content. I\'m up to date on current and emerging culinary, decor, and entertainment trends. Additionally, I know how to foster positive internal and external relationships by being attentive, friendly, helpful, courteous, and professional. Areas of Expertise: • Event Planning-Management • Hospitality Services • Customer Services • Team Leadership & Mentoring • Communication Strategies • Content Writing • Cross-Functional Collaboration • Program Development • Logistics • Budgets-Contracts • Vendor Relationships

Experience

1. Events Planner, Dinner Party Host & Cook

   Eatwith

   Oct 2015 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Eatwith was a Greylock-backed startup and the world’s largest community for culinary experiences provided by hosts in 130+ countries, connecting people through food and creating spaces for locals and travelers to share meals and culture. Eatwith is based in Paris with offices in San Francisco, Barcelona, London, and Tel Aviv. VizEat acquired Eatwith in September 2017 and I organized the dinner party to close the deal in SF. I was hired by Eatwith prior to their acquisition by VizEat. I\'m responsible for curated dinner parties/events for SF local and international guests (individuals, groups, and companies). Press: featured in Edible SF, Food & Wine, and Brit+Co. In 2019 and 2020, I won the Award of Excellence and Traveler\'s Choice from Trip Advisor for my dinner parties and hospitality.

Education

• Fashion Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's Degree, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

  1995 — 1999

• Cornell University

  Certificate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies