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Experienced Event manager with a strong background in Music, International Logistics, and account management. Plus added skills of film and tv production, Event Marketing and promotion, and Tour management.
CV below..
JOSEPH WILLIAM CROSSLEY
Mob 00 33(0) 6.15.30.75.71
e-mail boomer226@yahoo.com
born 04/07/80 in Wales, UK.
EDUCATION
1999-2002 Bachelor of Science with Honour (2:1) Coastal Marine Biology.
Awarded for Highest Achiever in Dissertation Project.
1993-1998 Rydal Penrhos School, Colwyn Bay North Wales.
3 A levels – 12 GCSE’S
Music Scholarship for the Cello
Languages: English (mother tongue), French (Fluent), Spanish (beginner).
Driving license (clean - 10 yrs.).
P.A.D.I Divers License – ( 10 years).
PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY
Freelance > Event Manager > Event Communications :
- JG events / AmFar After Party at Cannes Film Festival, France Jan 08 to May 08. Director of Sponsorship.
Celebrity event being the last part of a fundraiser for the Aids Charity AmFar Hosted by Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein.
- Snowbombing Music Festival, Austria / March 08 to April 08, Rally Manager + Sponsor liaison.
- Rock The River Wake Board Festival, Wales / Jan 08 to August 08 / PR + Event Manager.
Formed links with the Sports council for Wales to provide an action sports event with a strong public participation aspect.
- 2015 Universal Expo Paris, Milan Bid / March 08 / Brand Communications, PR, and Press.
Responsible for a set of 4 events based in prestigious locations and galleries around Paris for the introduction and promotion of the 2015 Universal Expo bid of the City of Milan. Focusing on international Ambassadors, the event’s were a display of the set theme for the proposed Universal Expo, “Food and Design”. Milan was successfull in its bid to host the 2015 Universal Expo from the successfull introduction of its ideas through the month long events program.
Locations included :- Salle Gavoeau, Louvre Gallery, Grand Arch - La Defense, I’Opera.
Gumball 3000 Group > Events Manager and Event Marketing
(July –January 2008)
Responsible for full rally and events logistics for 2008 Gumball Rally including : liaising with China Governmental, PSB, and local authority officials. Formed street closure design proposals, large scale event traffic mitigation proposals (450,000 people +) for Shanghai (Nanjing High-Street, Beijing (Great Hall of People and central Beijing), Shengzhou, San Francisco, Los Angeles (Hollywood Boulevard), San Diego (Central), and Las Vegas.
- Governement Liason for the Peoples Republic of China.
- Air Freight planning and management for 120 Cars internationally.
- International recess and event contacts sourcing.
- Managing a team of 4 event producers, and the crew scheduling for 100 people internationally.
- Contract negotiation and closure.
World Sessions Events > Events Manager
(July 2005 - July 2007)
Managed over 15 european music and action sports tours around Europe managing event, press and PR links in each country working with a wide variety of press and radio as well as TV interviews, and Airplay.
- Event production, marketing and promotion internationally.
- Event booking and programming, and international logistics including permits, visas, and accommodation. Booking, Tour Management, and Publicity.
- Branding, and TV media planning
- Media and press relations : Channel 4, BBC Radio 1, Radio NRJ, MTV Europe.
- Partnership and sponsorship acquisition.
Gaining accounts with : Pioneer, Red Bull, Fenchurch, UDG, Snownews.com, Natives.com, Quicksilver Europe, Volcom Stone, Nikita, Eastpak, Nokia (N-gage).
- Data capture development.
- Business development and market research.
Developed new concepts for events. This has included Winter Sessions Self-Expression Tour (1, 2 and 3), Summer Sessions (2006, 2007), and Snowball (2007) plus extensive links with Freestyle events including the TTR World Tour, ASP World Surfing Tour, and other smaller event with Volcom, Vans, Nissan, and Globe Shoes.
Teton Gravity Research > Film Marketing assistant + Europe Event Manager
(Dec 2003 – May 2005)
Event marketing, production and promotion for TGR an international film production company based in the USA as part of their European office.
My role was focused on the Nokia TGR tour. A 48-event pan European tour promoting the film ‘Soul Purpose’. This included the distribution and arrangement of promotional material and personnel.
- Event and tour management throughout the 48 event tour.
- Advertising Sales, and press, in-venue event production, event management, and event programming.
- Data capture and analysis.
Organized the formatting for all data captured throughout the tour. Produced demographic analysis, and « key question » reports for Nokia N Gage and other affiliates to the tour.
Period of traveling in New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia.
Orakel UK Ltd > Marketing and Sales Executive Internship.
(2002 - January 2003).
Roles included generating new multinational business contacts and affiliations in the event production and event security market.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
- Graphic Designer. Computer literate in Adobe Illustrator CS1, 2, 3, In Design, Photoshop, Logic, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sage.
- Public Speaking.
- Management experience, Sales Experience (pitching to new clients and sales closure).
- Award winning Landscape Designer, Interior and Exterior plant design, as part of a family of Landscape Architect's.
INTERESTS
-Music Production - Surfing - Sailing – Sports Cars - Snowboarding - Wake-boarding -Traveling - Arts – Politics - Photography - Landscape Design.
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