Karen Culkin

About Karen Culkin

Through my extensive experience in Corporate Event Marketing, I have a proven track record on producing successful cost effective events, which includes conferences, meetings, roadshows, sponsorships, social events and digital events. I maintain a consistent corporate message and brand throughout events and conferences to deliver an unforgettable customer experiences. I am a strategic business partner working a long side of Senior Management with a focus on event logistics, cost savings, budgetary controls, event technology, KPI reporting and analysis, creating and enforcing policies and procedures to ensure global consistency. I drive successful results against established business objectives, timelines and financial goals. I collaborate effectively with both key external clients and internal departments to deliver, from inception to completion, global exemplary customer experiences in order to accelerate brand awareness and grow pipeline. I\'m a proven leader who engages, motivates and retains high performing teams. As an accomplished, outcome-focused global executive within Event Marketing, I have a proven track record of expertise in: • Planning, management and execution of events and conferences • Development, lead and motivate a diverse population • Improvement of operational processes • Management of departmental budget • Brand projection through consistent messaging • Knowledge of event technology • Strategic business partner with senior management to achieve business objectives My unique talent is that I am able to execute global events and conferences that hit on all these points while strategically marketing, reinforcing and supporting the company brand. Email: k••••••••@gmail.com Mobile: 64••••••65 Specialties: Event marketing | Corporate events | Virtual events | Digital event | Hybrid events | Event planning | Branding | Marketing | Corporate event management | Compliance issues | Customer entertainment | Customer experiences | Corporate meetings | Global business events

Experience

1. Independent Event Contractor

   The Next Event

   Jan 2023 — Present · Naples, FL, US

   I’m a passionate event planner by trait. With my many years of experience I’ve had a full career – from event planning to running a global corporate event team at a major investment bank to project managing events at a major tech company. Through my experiences I have had the opportunity to develop employees, create strategic marketing plans, improve processes, negotiate major contracts, budgeting/forecasting, event management and execution, branding, onsite meeting management and analytic reporting.As an independent event contractor and Founder of The Next Event, I can help in all areas of event marketing, planning, execution and employee development. For my Next Event, I want to help corporate event teams in areas where they need assistances in order to keep the workflow moving forward when companies need to scale, need additional bandwidth or simply need a helping hand. So, I ask you, how can I help your event team?

Education

• Susquehanna University

  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Skills

• Executive Management
• Budgets
• Financial Reporting
• Brand Management
• Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Process Management
• Social Media
• Marketing
• Thought Leadership
• Financial Analysis
• Rfp
• Event Planning
• Branding Experience
• Event Management
• Marketing Communications
• Event Technology
• Business Strategy
• Cost Control
• Finance
• Strategic Partnerships
• Budgeting
• Corporate Events
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Manage Client Relationships
• Business Travel
• Global Marketing
• Management
• Hotel Contract Negotiation
• Compliance
• Financial Institutions
• Strategic Planning
• Sponsorship Management
• Meeting Planning
• Policy
• Roi Strategies
• Vendor Relationship Management