Samantha Carpenter

I am a highly organised, keen and friendly individual. I have strong and varied background in events management as well as project and event coordination, including working across many aspects of sales and marketing.

I have over 10 years experience working in the Events industry - working across  different areas and venues including educational facilities, conference and wedding venues, hotels and external caterers. 

PROJECT COORDINATOR | YTKO 

MARCH 2022 - PRESENT

• Event Coordinator from March 2022, progressing to Project Coordinator in May 2023
• Day-to-day management and running of multiple projects.
• Managing events and training calendars across multiple projects. In charge of finding, booking, and promoting all events alongside arranging delivery and running of the events as well as attendees.
• Organising events and training activities including workshops, networking events, conferences, and large expos.
• Logistics of equipment hire and transportation including working with off-site event operations teams to ensure smooth delivery of events and training. 
• General administration including invoices, office management and project reporting.
• Front-of-house client relationship management. 
• Social media and marketing.

PERSONAL & ADMIN ASSISTANT | PRIVATE HIRE 

JULY 2021 – MARCH 2022

• Personal assistant to Head of IT Security.
• Administrative tasks.
• Minute-taking during meetings.
• Assisting in the recruitment of new team.
• Diary and inbox management.

EVENT COORDINATOR | HOTEL DU VIN 

NOVEMBER 2018 – AUGUST 2020

• Managing initial enquiries.
• Arranging and conducting viewings of the hotel.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients.
• Booking, coordinating and managing private events bookings such as conferences, drink receptions, and networking events. 
• Managing exclusive hotel bookings.
• Working on logistics of equipment hire, movement and set up of allocated private events. 
• Working closely with the Operations team to ensure smooth operations and event management for our clients.
• Extensive use of all in-house operational systems including Opera booking and management system.

EVENT MANAGER | BERRY BLUE CATERING 

MARCH 2018 – NOVEMBER 2018

• Organising and running of external marketing events, including wedding fayres and marketing photoshoots.
• Working with outside contractors where necessary as well as the management of our venues we work very closely with to ensure smooth operations for our clients.
• Running events and weddings.
• Management of key venues. 
• Arranging all logistics for all weddings and events, running all weddings, and managing the accounts for the venue.

I am currently undertaking a Skills Bootcamp in Leadership & Management.

Formal Education

BA (HONS) FASHION STUDIES | GRADUATED SEPT 2011

• University of Lincoln

FOUNDATION DIPLOMA ART & DESIGN | GRADUATED SEPT 2008

• Weston College

AS LEVEL PHOTOGRAPHY | GRADUATED SEPT 2007

• Weston College

GCSE | GRADUATED SEPT 2006

• 9 A-C Grades including Mathematics & English

Clevedon Community School