Ianna Angelo

About Ianna Angelo

Culture worker with thirteen years of experience producing events and programming in creative settings on both the East and the West Coast. Skilled in managing a range of in-person and online event formats, scales, and budgets. Expertise in event and program design, production, and talent and relationship management, alongside communications strategies ranging from partnership building, to event marketing plans and brand activations, to impactful and measurable audience engagement. An eye for detail. I aim to bring together people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives to create meaningful experiences for community and connection. Views my own.

Experience

1. Senior Events Manager

   Mellon Foundation

   Jan 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.As a Senior Events Manager in the Communications Department, I am tasked with managing logistics, outreach, and audience development and engagement strategies for internal/external and online/in-person events. From grantee and public convenings, to social receptions and dinners, to staff engagements and retreats, Mellon\'s roster of in-person/online events range from under 50 to over registrants. My responsibilities include-Securing and coordinating with a range of speakers, talent, and partners on events and programs from the planning process to day-of (supporting leadership on the speaker ideation and proposal process, sending/tracking invitations, processing honoraria and paperwork, facilitating rehearsals, providing on-site support, etc.)-Leading all elements of logistics and communications project management on assigned events, while fostering cross-departmental collaboration with colleagues in addition to external partners (e.g. timelines/run of show, venue/vendor coordination, contracts negotiation and payments processing, forecasting/tracking/reconciling budgets, décor and menu planning, travel coordination, event target audience development and outreach, marketing plans and brand activation, staff and speaker briefings and reporting, setting agendas and leading regular planning meetings/check-ins, etc.)-Supervising and mentoring one Events Coordinator and other staff who are assigned to work on my tasked eventsSince joining Mellon in January 2022, I have supported strategy and vision for helping Mellon to achieve 100% growth in our online event audience, with annual registrations increasing from 12k in 2022, to over 24k in 2024. Please see some examples of my assigned events below.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  BA

  2008 — 2012

• The University of Manchester

  Exchange Student with concentration in Anthropology

  2010 — 2010

• Betty's Hope Archaeological Field School

  Certificate

  2011 — 2011