Marketing coordinator

Responsible for coordinating all activities of sales and marketing department in the Portuguese market;
- Develop marketing and training plan for the market;
- Prepare and oversee logistic aspects (venue, catering, audiovisuals,material, among others) of all activities courses, events and congresses;
- Manage speakers: invitations, contracts, travel arrangement, honorarium, audiovisual requirements;
- Keep track and deliver reports on all department activities and of sales team;
- Develop communication plan for all activities: emailing, social media, media outlets;
- In charge of monthly forecast as well as budget control and development;
- Follow-up and report the outcomes of all activities (participants, new customers, expenses) and proposes corrective measures if necessary;
- Design flyers and brochures for course and congresses programs for third party programs, following branding templates and requirements;
- Review translations (English to Portuguese) for all communication assets (brochures, website, others);
- Responsible for branding activation of a new brand in the Portuguese market;

- Developing budget and creative proposals for private and corporate clients; 
- Analyzing results, presenting monthly and weekly result reports, reporting to the Commercial Coordinator;
- Creating commercial assets for the department’s activities promotion;
- Developing communication and media plans as well as maintaining relations with media partners;
- Negotiating with different providers for department activities; 
- Updating contact’s database and market research;
- Organizing all operational aspects of the events (assuring all logistics aspects, such as catering, audiovisuals, decoration);
 - Responsible for organizing catering for Serralves em Festa - identifying suppliers, negotiation commercial terms, assuring the logistics of the event.

Conducting market research of the event industry by monitoring and analyzing event organizers;
Building relationships with events companies;
Working with EI Account Directors on understanding our clients’ requirements;
Developing operating briefs for clients;
Writing reports and event evaluations on events for clients;
Managing a team of freelance programmer writers on research projects; 
Building relationships with producers at events companies;

- Dealing with inquiries and complaints from customers; 
- Data entry into the log file program;
- Researching and resolving in a timely manner customer issues; 
- Contacting customers regarding the status of their situation;

- Project managing events from topic generation through research, development and evaluation;
- In-depth research with senior representatives from the market; 
- Developing program content, inviting and confirming speakers;
- Contacting companies from the relevant sector, and identifying potential sponsors; 
- Developing sponsorship, design, marketing and sales briefs;
- Updating the website and overseeing commercial tools, such as newsletters and brochures;

- Contacting suppliers and placing orders;
- Researching new products (catalog scanning, researching with suppliers); 
- Scouting and contacting potential clients;
- Following-up with each client’s situation;
- Organizing and attending national and international fairs.

- Organizing the VII Gala dos Prémios Mobis (Awards Event); 
- Contacting delegates and sponsors;
- Responsible for operational aspects: venue, audiovisual, catering;
- Developing media plan for event promotion;

Degree in European Studies focusing mainly in Economics, Law, History, English and German Cumulative GPA: 13/20

Completion of the third year, under Erasmus Program, Faculty of Arts of the University of Hannover, Germany (2001/2002)