Claire Dowd

Independently run events agency focusing on incentives, conferences, exhibitions, roadshows, award ceremonies, event production, experiential events and launches for a vast variety of corporate brands. Account management of clients such as JCB Group, Rackspace, MotoNovo Finance, Austin Fraser, Talentful and Fuji Film as well as Private HNW Clients.

• Accountable for budget control, payroll, profit and loss, and general accounting

• Developing effective policies, procedures, marketing and promotional material, and all contracting guidelines.

• Develop and manage all program details from vendor negotiations, proposals, timelines, contractual agreements, budgets, client communication, staffing, training, execution, post-event ROI tracking, and wrap-up reports.

• Successfully establish and integrate the functional strategies of the company utilizing business expertise to reach business goals.

• Analyse market and industry trends and future plans to determine the potential for growth and diversification while monitoring sales performance.

• Driving new business concepts and develop sales strategies to grow client portfolio.

• Hire, manage and mentor staff from full-time employees to contract workers.

• Produce relevant, meaningful and informative content communications to support sales initiatives and grow market presence.

• Work with corporate clients in a climate of collaboration to identify mutual goals and tailor experiences to meet them.

• Fostering excellent relationships with clients and industry professionals by building trust and rapport.

• Devise and implement sales strategy, mapping out key prospects and stakeholders across key target sectors.

• Driving new business concepts and develop sales strategies to grow client portfolio.

• Management of all new business and existing client briefs, from receipt through to event delivery.

• Work with the marketing team to produce relevant, meaningful and informative content communications to support sales initiatives and grow market presence.

• Exceeded sales target on annual basis as well as winning key new business accounts.

• Qualification and management of all new corporate sales opportunities.

• Accountable for budget control, payroll, profit and loss, and general accounting.

• Analyse market and industry trends and future plans to determine the potential for growth and diversification while monitoring sales performance.

• Work with corporate clients in a climate of collaboration to identify mutual goals and tailor experiences to meet them.

FREELANCE EVENT DIRECTOR | FEBRUARY 2017 – PRESENT

• Retail Store Launch, Retail, 100 pax

• Euros After Party, Retail, 200 pax

• Car Launch, Automotive, 200 pax

• International Conference, Retail, 500 pax

• Virtual Conference, Retail, 350 pax

• Virtual Cocktail Making, Automotive, 40 pax

• Virtual Town Hall, Technology, 50 pax

• Virtual incentive, Automotive, 60 pax

• Incentive, Technology, 5 days, Budapest, 50 pax

• Incentive, Finance, 4 days, Barcelona, 110 pax

• Company Conference, Recruitment, 2 days, UK, 120 pax

• Press Launch, Technology, 5 days, Tokyo, 15 pax

• Networking Event, Government, 1 day, London, 200 pax