Samantha Lynn Bishop 6928 Old Sauk Ct, Madison, WI 53717 | 518-429-7875

samanthalbishop18@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/samanthabishop

EDUCATION

University of Arizona, Eller College of Management Tucson, AZ Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Graduated May 2016

Major: Business Management

WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Event Planner, The Wisconsin Union June 2016-Present Worked with clients, such as students, departments, and members of the Wisconsin Union, to plan and execute

over 500 events ranging from banquets, fairs, and weddings, to weekly student meetings and socials, in multiple facilities including Union South, the Memorial Union, Red Gym, and campus classrooms, by using EMS, R25, Meeting Matrix, and IPlan softwares

Helped to implement new catering menus into our EMS software for the first time in the organization’s recent history

Worked with Catering department to develop custom menus for more than 15 special events

Collaborated with Dining Services, Marketing, and Production teams as the lead event planner to fully execute an 8-week long Campus Farmer’s Market, with 8 local vendors and multiple campus organizations represented, for the university and Madison community

Learned the organizations policies and procedures for events, organizations, and finances for these events while working with coworkers to update and adapt these policies in preparation of the Memorial Union’s upcoming re-opening in the next year and a half

Served on a hiring committee for a new Wisconsin Union Directorate committee’s advisor position

Acted as event planner for the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Cuisine, Global Connections, Alternative Breaks, and Hoofers committees and sub-committees, helping to plan weekly meetings, committee social events, and large university-wide events, amounting to more than 20 events per week

Participated in networking trip to 3 Chicago universities to help learn what peers at other universities are implementing at their student unions, as well as to share what policies and procedures we used throughout our ongoing construction process at the Wisconsin Union

Arizona Athletics Tucson, AZ Intern, Community Relations, Special Events, & Jim Click Hall of Champions Museum (HOC) August 2015-May 2016

Managed and processed RSVPs for special events such as donor receptions, tailgates, Homecoming events, Alumni Letterwinner reunions and various additional departmental events totaling in thousands of registrations

Collected and processed payment for events through collaboration with the McKale Ticket Office

Worked with campus groups and the general public to rent out the HOC and helped coordinate event rentals from initial request through event completion. Including establishing and maintaining relationships with event contacts, event vendors, creating contracts and databasing invoices for over 100 events while learning to work in a constantly changing environment

Coordinated schedules and managed 13 fellow interns to successfully staff events and complete event setups and tear downs

Worked the HOC museum front desk and answered the main public phone line fielding general questions and requests

Walt Disney World Orlando, FL Disney College Program Participant August 2013-January 2014

Gained knowledge about guest service and how the company is run on a day-to-day basis

Learned and surveyed how the company managed the different branches including resorts and parks, media, entertainment, consumer products and interactive media through Corporate Analysis business class taken

Worked at special events, such as guest Halloween and Christmas parties, learning how to interact with guests and event managers

Park Hill Lane Apartments Menands, NY Head Lifeguard May 2010 – August 2015

Led, recruited, trained, scheduled, and managed team of 8 lifeguards and 2 pools

Built a maintenance schedule for both pool facilities allowing daily activities to run smoothly

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPERIENCES & SKILLS

Eller College Student Consulting Projects Tucson, AZ Team Manager January 2015-December 2015

UA Career Services Project- Spring 2015 Created a marketing strategy targeted towards incoming and current freshman students, increasing yearly

revenue by 35%

Promoted the services offered at Career Services to students while refining and improving public speaking skills

Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona- Fall 2015 Developed a new marketing and HR plan for guiding the organization through major technological, marketing,

and organizational changes that were being put into place, allowing the organization’s culture to remain intact throughout the new changes

Presented to organization’s leaders a complete manual detailing the steps of the new strategies that we suggested be put in place, as well as presented these strategies and research done in multiple presentations throughout the semester, allowing the recommendations to be easily explained and initiated in the organization

Became acquainted with using Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Photoshop for design purposes

Eller College Cloud Computing Project Tucson, AZ Team Member August 2015- December 2015

Refined skills in Microsoft Excel

Learned about cloud computing and how to utilize the system for databasing information using Microsoft Access

Worked with Microsoft Azure to create a personalized website for the team project