Connor Drumm: Associate Operations Director in Dallas, TX

Skilled consumer marketing professional with tuned understanding of event management, experiential programs, sponsorships and innovative brand strategies. Seeking continued growth and involvement to execute successful marketing campaigns, enhance marketing solutions, and implement effective strategy to execute business objectives across a variety of verticals. Responsible for ensuring production standards are met across specific experiential projects. Extend best practices over client projects, develop and manage programs and maintain all day-to-day project activities, from planning to execution to reporting. Travel 60%.

Team contributor and leader to numerous brand accounts with marketing responsibilities inclusive of developing, organizing, managing and flawlessly executing marketing programs. Responsible for the planning and execution of numerous large scale events across North America and strongly contributing to PH new business pitches consistent with budget building, marketing strategy and RFP proposals. Travel 40%.

Spearhead logistics and operations for a national event series operating under a million dollar budget. Successfully produced over thirty events in a three year period which saw total attendance of 50K participants.Travel 30%. The North Face: The North Face Endurance Challenge: National Event Manager Strategic planning, new market development, promotion, staffing, management and execution of an (17,000 annual participants) international championship trail running series Manage event staff inclusive of 200+ volunteers, race director, course staff and local authorities Manage sponsor relationships: Activation/execution-develop and oversee relationships Lead national and local non-profit partnerships with four national partners and ten local non-profit organizations to assist with fundraising, on-site activation and visibility Establish and build successful partnerships with vendors, hotels, retail partners and key stakeholders to guarantee best pricing and negotiations