Leslie King

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Leslie King

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Experience

 

Mountain View Chamber of Commerce | March 2021 - October 2022 

MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER

  • Lead producer for Mountain View Art & Wine Festival (150,000+ attendees)

                    Operated a $500,000 event budget, exceeded revenue goals 

                    Managed key relationships with agency, design team, vendors and City 

  • Produced virtual events during Covid with an increased revenue of 49%, increased attendees by 60% and maintained 8.5/10 satisfaction survey score
  • Hosted the first ever Taste of Mountain View Food & Wine Walk

                    Sold out the event selling over 500 tickets 

                    Recruited 30+ participating wineries/restaurants and 50+ volunteers


Databricks | July 2019 - March 2021

SENIOR EVENTS SPECIALIST

  • Pivoted conference to a 65,000+ virtual event with 7 weeks notice
  • Managed the budget, plans & fulfillment for gamifying virtual conference 
  • Created complex staffing plans for our 450+ person internal team
  • Organized our Women in Data panel event sourcing a diverse speaker lineup
  • Rolled out new brand & swag to company, hosted trainings for new process
  • Spearheaded pilot program with Canva, helping to scale our design process


Rainforest QA | Dec 2018 - May 2019

EVENTS MANAGER

  • Managed $400,000 events budget 
  • Built yearlong strategy for conferences, customer events and VIP events
  • Planned and executed a 150+ Sales Kick-Off within 5 weeks of starting job
  • Ran most successful sponsored event with a total of 751 leads and 223 MQLs
  • Piloted a thought leadership meetup series 
  • Developed sales enablement documents & summaries for stakeholders
  • Utilized results-driven approach & data analyses for future events


PlanGrid | Mar 2017 - Nov 2018

GLOBAL FIELD MARKETING COORDINATOR | June 2018 - Nov 2018

SENIOR COORDINATOR, MARKETING EVENTS | Mar 2017 - June 2018

  • Executed planning and logistics for 400+ yearly trade shows & hosted events
  • Supported our Corporate Events Manager in our first annual user conference 
  • Oversaw events marketing collateral & swag inventory, sales and distribution
  • Collaborated with Sales, Demand Generation, Product Marketing, & Design
  • Handled third-party vendors and event management software
  • Built Marketo campaigns including invitations, landing pages and emails 


The Drew School | Oct 2013 - Jun 2016

MARKETING ASSOCIATE | Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

MARKETING ASSISTANT | Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Planned and produced events for Development & Admissions offices
  • Increased social media followers by ~200% across channels
  • Spearheaded implementation of new brand identity during rebranding
  • Designed print and web graphics and created promotion materials
  • Managed website, calendars and communications with community

EDUCATION

University of San Francisco | May 2014

B.A. ADVERTISING, CUM LAUDE

SOFTWARE SKILLS

  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Canva
  • Microsoft Office, Keynote, & Prezi
  • Google Suites 
  • Marketo, Pardot
  • AdWords / Paid Social
  • CRM / Salesforce
  • MailChimp & Constant Contact
  • Google Analytics
  • Social Media Manager
  • Zoom Webinar and ON24
  • MeetingPlay

FUN FACTS

  • Started a profitable e-commerce company at age 20 and ran for 3 years
  • Planned and budgeted for a six month adventure abroad
  • One of the lead planners for a 65 person Burning Man camp and Art Car
  • Board Member for Looking Up Arts non-profit

Contact me

  • leslie@leslieking.com 
  • linkedin.com/in/leslieharroch
  • Based in San Francisco, CA


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Reach out to me at leslie@leslieking.com