Ann Edwards

Background

About Ann Edwards

Freelance Event Coordinator/Travel Director with broad experience in all aspects of sales training events, press launches and corporate events/meetings. Primary focus has been on registration, but have extensive experience in leading hotel, transportation, VIP interactions and food/beverage for programs. As I was transitioning from the Registration Lead to other event positions, I wrote a training manual, trained and managed new employees based on programs and ideas I designed. As the Promotions Manager/Assistant for various companies and projects, I have vast experience in event/project management, radio and band promotions, experiential marketing, mobile media events, sampling, branding, trade show modeling, theater and film promotions, guerrilla marketing and wild-posting. While Marketing Manager for Signature Scapes, I specialized in landscaping and design with focus on campaign design from start to finish, branding, business development and adding more environmentally friendly business solutions. For campaign mailings, I chose theme, content, wrote copy, designed, printed and mailed to clients and prospective clients. I was responsible for creating a database and all data entry for information storage and mailers. Office Management, including all daily office duties, was also included in my position. While employed with Murray State University School Relations Office for close to five years, I was the Marketing Systems Assistant, Public Relations Intern and Tour Guide. I was responsible for data entry, answering prospective student correspondence, mailing university information, generating form letters for thousands of perspective students, general office duties, selling and designing advertisements, writing press releases, scheduling appointments with campus visitors and giving campus tours. Specialties: Public Relations campaign creator, branding, negotiation, market development, document production, direct mail, trade shows, event coordinator, office management, hospitality, registration, hotel, air, and ground travel arrangements, food and beverage lead, event management, product & event promotion, sales, staff management, organizational communication, brand ambassador, sampler, reporter, recruiter, tour guide, meeting planner, expertise in Microsoft Office programs, the Internet and more.