Rob Blanchette

Experience

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  Mr. Youth

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2008

  Road staff/manager

  1. January 2008; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA GMAC Bowl; Team Member/Brand Ambassador2.August - November 2007; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Ben 10-Release Your Inner Alien Tour; Co-Manager3.June - August 2007; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Tamagotchi-Summer Gigs Tour; Co-Manager/Character Actor4.November 2007; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Google Flip Video Promotion; Manager/Brand Ambassador5.February - June ’05, ’06, ’07 and August - 6.November ’05, ’06; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Tech-Know-OverloadTour; Co-director/Manager7.March - June 2004-2005; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Tech-Know-Overload Tour; Gibson Product Specialist/Team Member8.July - August 2004; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA NBC-Universal Summer Olympics Promotion; Production Staff/Brand Ambassador9.June - July 2004; Mr. Youth; Boston, MA Dunkin’ Donuts Turbo Ice Sampling; Street Team Member/Character Actor Show less

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  Promotion Solutions

  Feb 2009 - Nov 2010

  Tour Co-manager

  Kohl's American Cup/US Youth SoccerResponsible for driving an Expedition with a 20 ft trailer throughout the country and setting up an interactive kids skill area at local soccer tournaments. Had to be interactive with many different age ranges and organize small sided games for kids to play. Responsible for all planning, routing, photography, and contact with local event organizers.

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  Mobile Media Enterprises (MMELive)

  Sept 2009 - Oct 2009

  Local staff

  Was the local staff for a mobile phone application in several different markets

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  Escalate - the Experiential + Word of Mouth Marketing Agency

  Apr 2011 - Nov 2012

  Manager/road staff

  Sabra 2011 "Taste the Adventure" tour Responsible for managing five staff for over four months while in the city creating opportunistic sampling events. Have succeeded in completing almost 750,000 customer interactions. Responsible for safe handling and distribution of food product with a wide range of temperatures, weather, and environment.

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  Spectrum Catering, Concessions and Special Events

  Sept 2012 - Aug 2013

  Production manager/food and beverage manager

  Setting up, event and concessions management, specifically for the Tough Mudder nationwide events. Production of large foot prints including 10,000 plus square foot of tents. Management of food and beverage operation. Safely operating up 12K industrial fork lift with 100 plus hours of experience.

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  Socket Events

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Production Specialist

  Production specialist for various aspects of the USA triathlon national championships. This included truss set up, signage, bike rack set up, and audio equipment. Also, i was the main fork lift driver ensuring that all materials needed were moved safely and efficiently.

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  Spectrum concessions and catering

  Jan 2014 - now

  Food and beverage manager

  Managing concession stands and food/bar operations for PGA tour events. This includes strictly managing inventory for concession food and bar type service, money/cash flow, credit card sales, and consumer interaction.

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  Socket events/ USA Cycling

  Jun 2014 - now

  Stage manager/ production specialist

  Holding a safe DOT rating while maintaining and transporting a 20ft box truck along with a 20ft stage trailer. Responsible for safe delivery to venue, and than set up of all materials. These include all signage, stage, finish line truss, and all audio equipment. During the event I am on site to ensure there are no mishaps with any equipment. Than at the end the responsibility carries through to break down, storage, and proper distribution to the next event.