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Real Simple's Get Organized New York

Courtesy Veronica Whitehead % Co.

Managed Operations for this nonprofit fundraising event in New York City as a part of Veronica Whitehead & Co.
Get Organized New York collected clothes throughout the five boroughs and then sold it in the “biggest Tag Sale ever.”
The sale was held in a 20,000 square foot tent in Central Park, which was designed as a department store, and raised $650,000 for the New York City Fund for Public Schools.
Managed production needs for all sponsors including signage, booth displays and set ups, donations, and item shipments. Managed production communications with all sponsors and attended weekly sponsorship meetings.
Administrated all human resource duties for the contractual staff of 40 in all aspects of the project including warehousing, clothing collection, volunteer management, and project administration. Created an organizational chart for event.
Set up production offices prior to the event and on-site at the event.
Developed project schedules.
Created credentialing system.
Implemented training sessions and materials for all staff.
Managed sponsor activation production needs and developed activation production schedules.
Managed all event signage, from design to production.
Oversaw ticketing and line management for attendees, security, information technology, and the point of sales area.