Community Builder + Event Coordinator

Community Builder + Event Coordinator

A collaborative, detail-oriented problem-solver with a background in design and experience with project management, event coordination, and content management.

Professional Experience

Sales Associate + Event Lead,
Book + Bottle

May 2023–July 2024, St. Pete, FL

  • Assist with planning 5-6 events each month from brainstorm to execution, coordinate with guests/vendors, create the day-of flow, and manage the event.

  • Alternate hosting the monthly fiction book club by facilitating the discussion with community members.

  • Curate collections of books to highlight different awareness days, weeks, and months to display in the store.

  • Connect with customers to learn about their favorite books and recommend similar options across various genres.

  • Cultivate relationships with customers by working behind the bar to serve coffee, tea, beer, wine, and snacks.

Design Director + Project Manager, EF.IT Design

May 2018–December 2022, St. Pete, FL

  • Manage projects, maintain business operations, handle invoices, and communicate with clients and vendors.

  • Create scopes of work, project and production timelines, estimates, and strategies for hand-off of deliverables.

  • Design support for branding, web design, layout, social media, and merchandise design projects.

  • Manage the social media feed and maintain the website.

Community + Design Manager (Contract), ShopQueer.co

March 2023–September 2023, Remote (company based in LA)

  • Manage and coordinate the physical buildout of the Rainbow Book Bus, the mobile book library (vendor communications, timelines, bus wrap design).

  • Redesign the social media feed in addition to creating and curating content for social media.

  • Create a new tracking system for new releases and a social media calendar, as well as maintain and manage them.

  • Create and manage the weekly email marketing campaigns through Klaviyo including the design, content, and scheduling.

Board Member,
Cultured Books Literacy Foundation

July 2021–Present, St. Pete, FL

  • Assist with developing the strategy and structure for the inaugural St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival.

  • Create branding for the annual St. Pete Reads! Literacy Festival.

  • Develop digital and print collateral for the festival including promotion before the event and merchandise for sale.

  • Communicate with vendors and potential partners about fundraising and sponsorship opportunities.

Software + Apps

    • Asana

    • Notion

    • monday.com

    • ClickUp

    • Eventbrite

    • Humanitix

    • Mighty Networks

    • Patreon

    • Slack

    • Adobe Illustrator

    • Adobe InDesign

    • Adobe Photoshop

    • Canva

    • Squarespace

    • Wix

    • WordPress

    • Shopify

    • Mailchimp

    • Klaviyo

    • Constant Contact

    • Google Suite

      • Docs, Sheets, Gmail, Calendar, Slides, Drive

    • Microsoft Office

      • Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams

Education

  • Savannah College of Art & Design, 2017, Savannah, GA

  • the angel group, 2022, Online

  • The Center for Health Equity, 2021, Virtual