Joanna Martin,

Experience

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  Daily Mail

  Mar 1998 - Dec 2000

  Newdesk Assistant
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  Ark Group Australia Pty Ltd

  Dec 1999 - Feb 2003

  Event Manager

  Company Details: Leading B2B events organizer and publisher with offices in London, Australia, Singapore and Chicago. Three progressive positions attained during employment period;Conference Manager - events held in United Kingdom, Europe and United StatesPlanned 40 plus events per year. Sourced and managed venues; supplier; delegate liaison; speaker liaison; travel; on site management; and technical coordination. As the number of events tripled the number of conference managers remained the same. Established key supplier contacts and accounts in new worldwide destinations from Johannesburg to Bahrain thereby ensuring improved coordination with each return.Exhibitions Manager - events held in EuropeManaged all logistics of all European exhibitions ranging from; designing exhibition floorplans in conjunction with sales and sponsorship team; appointing and managing local standbuilding and AV suppliers; liaising with exhibitors from their initial confirmation through to exhibition breakdown; and produced exhibition brochure in conjunction with in-house editorial team. Marketing Manager Devised and implemented direct mail marketing campaigns for conferences, exhibitions and publications; Negotiated contra deals for data lists with competitor publications and events contributing to increased hit rates on sales with a reduced marketing budget. Show less

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  Live Group

  Feb 2003 - Oct 2009

  Event Director

  A dual role as project manager for high profile events for both government and private industry, along with directing a 20-strong events team to execute the events. As part of the senior management team, reported event financials, cross-team communication, innovative ideas, and client feedback directly to the Board of Directors Selected Directly Managed Projects• Police Bravery Awards. A media sponsored ceremony to celebrate acts of bravery performed by police officers; a highly secure reception at 10 Downing Street and the organization of the awards evening .Guests included His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales along with celebrities and senior government ministers. • Natural England Staff Conference. Seamlessly linked video conference and web-enabled interactive technology to create a national staff event in seven regional locations. Attended by 2000 staff across the UK, the end result achieved the conference objective of reducing the carbon footprint of attendees by 50%. • UK Presidency of the European Union. Organized international gala dinners in celebration of UK’s presidency of the European Union, with 500 Heads of European Public Employment Sector visiting Birmingham. • Department of environment, agriculture and rural affairs (Defra) supplier conference. Produced Defra’s first paperless event which was heavily scrutinized for its environmental impact. • Department of Education and Skills Roadshow. Planned 52 individual events to communicate a new government policy. All events were delivered within three weeks by organizing multiple back-to-back on site technical and event crews, meeting with all authorities to offer guidance on delivering their message. Achievements• Team Management:• Company Expansion. Selected to launch first Livegroup Plc regional office (Sheffield, 200 miles north of London). Solely recruited, trained and managed a local team. Show less

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  ExxonMobil

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2011

  Event Planner

  Corporate event planner providing management and expertise to ExxonMobil Corporation clients for their worldwide events. Role includes securing suitable venues, development and negotiation of contracts, preparing and monitoring budgets, assisting clients in all aspects of event management as required while adhering to ExxonMobil legal and safety guidelines. A broad variety of events ranging from an outdoor carnival themed picnic for 1600 employees; conferences ranging from 10-100 attendees, sponsorship receptions, team building activities such as wine tours, boat cruises, museum tours. Show less

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  National Retail Federation

  Jan 2012 - Oct 2014

  Manager, Meetings and Special Events

  Managed operations and logistics of an events portfolio of more than 15 events per year, from citywide conventions, summits, conferences and congressional fly-ins, bringing together audiences sizes ranging from 150 to 30,000.

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  The WICT Network

  Oct 2014 - Sept 2018

  Senior Director of Events

  Project managed renowned annual leadership conference for over 1000 attendees in conjunction with production of a high profile award ceremony and luncheon. My position was also responsible for directly managing logistics for over 20 high-touch training seminars per year from venue selection, securing and negotiation of vendors, budget control through to onsite management.

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  Compton Verney

  Jan 2022 - Aug 2022

  Events manager
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  Warwickshire County Council

  Aug 2022 - now

  Business Support Officer