Kate Vizza Degrasse

About Kate Vizza Degrasse

Events // Marketing // Communications // Corporate Social ResponsibilityProactive professional with nearly fifteen years of experience in events, marketing, communications, and corporate social responsibility at high-profile companies. Offers a history of leading successful events, driving strategic global initiatives, developing strong communications, crafting CSR programs, and building social communities. Areas of expertise include events, corporate communications, employee communications, employee engagement, volunteerism, HR communications, executive communications, event marketing, social media, copywriting, corporate social responsibility, video editing, production, people management, cross-functional collaboration, agency/vendor management, and budget management.Other Skills: • Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Keynote, Social Media, Photoshop, and Adobe Premier Pro• Working knowledge of Confluence, Jive, Sharepoint, Salesforce.com, Yammer, Slack, Spark, Asana, Trello, Workfront, and WordPress• Fluent in Spanish• Professional experience at a range of companies including large corporations, start-ups, non-profits, foundations, and small businesses

Experience

1. Vice President, Strategic Events

   RockIt Events

   May 2024 — Present · Scotts Valley, CA, US

   Lead corporate events, staffing, and business development efforts.• Manage end-to-end global event logistics for clients: Aruba, Workday, UiPath, etc.• Research, contract and manage event technology, vendors, and teams of specialists. • Brainstorm, execute, and track KPIs to produce successful events on time and on budget.• Program manage events leveraging tools including Asana, Trello, Cvent, WEG, RainFocus, etc.• Drive RockIt Events\' business development efforts.• Lead staffing and recruiting for RockIt Events.

Education

• University of Southern California

  International Relations, Business Administration, Spanish Language

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Social Networking
• Social Media Marketing
• Microsoft Excel
• Salesforce.com
• Copywriting
• Fundraising
• Blogging
• Proofreading
• Spanish
• Start-Ups
• Corporate Communications
• Marketing
• Project Management
• Online Marketing
• Video Editing
• Social Media
• Research
• Email Marketing
• Nonprofits
• Fact-Checking
• Customer Service
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Microsoft Office
• Sales