Lauren Lopez

Experience

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  Marvel Characters Appearance Program Company

  May 2006 - Apr 2009

  Special Events Coordinator

  Coordinated large-scale national appearance events for Marvel Super Heroes (licensed), including a national chain/store event/DVD tie-in promotion that involved 100 character appearances across the country in a single day. Posted ads and conducted phone interviews to hire actors to portray speaking characters for super hero appearances at schools, military bases, sporting events, stores and malls nationwide. Organized and maintained a storage system for hundreds of costumes.

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  Eduscape Learning

  May 2009 - Sept 2010

  Educational Coordinator

  Planned and executed 30+ educational technology seminars nationwide annually, including booking hotel meeting space, travel arrangements for trainers, shipping seminar equipment,negotiating contracts, marketing efforts, overseeing attendance including registration and confirmations. Researched vendors and venues, secured competitive rates for travel, accommodations and event facilities, successfully negotiated room rental fees and concessions.

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  Pearson

  Sept 2010 - now

  Conference Manager

  I manage 60+ conferences, meetings and events annually with budgets ranging from $5K to $500K. Conference and trade show logistics including ordering booth furnishings and services, electricity, internet access, booth layout and diagrams, ordering and shipping of books and supplies, and working with exhibit houses to create custom exhibit design.Manage and track higher education annual event budgets across 30 disciplines.Co-project manager of four-day national sales meeting attended by 1,200 people including board members & executives, expertise in breakout room set up and AV needs and general session large-scale AV production. For national sales meeting, responsibilities include content management, attendee tracking, product orders and shipments, registration, labor schedules, catering, off site events, hotel & travel arrangements, signage and final bill reconiciliation up to $5M. Show less