Event Planner

1. LYNN JACOBS
823 W. Rose Hill Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122 - Business 314-822-2992
Lynn@Lynnjacobs.net
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/lynn-jacobs/a/5b1/209
Accomplished Executive Producer with more than 20 years experience in consistently exceeding event
production goals and objectives; offers big-picture vision, strategic leadership, and tenacity to drive account
acquisition, flawless event execution, and branding strategy for key industry leaders.
Executive Producer - Expertise in Event Management and Multimedia production including:
 Corporate Events and Trade
Shows
 Special Events
 Fund Raisers
 Event training for internal staff
 Budget Management
 Vendor Management
 Video Production
 Talent Casting and Management
 Original Music
 Stage Management and onsite
facilitation
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 Grew key account from a $100K show to a $1M annual event … by cultivating a solid seven
year relationship with high-profile client; continually building trust and credibility and ‘wowing’
client year after year.
 Drove profitable results for business unit annually …accurately forecasting and planning
budgets, judiciously managing finances, asserting profitable negotiations, and up selling
services.
 Demonstrated success working with high profile, Fortune 500 clients …consistently
exceeding event expectations for key clients including BARD, Caterpillar Inc., McKesson
Medical, Boeing, Country Financial, Washington Mutual, ADP, Dish Network, Ethicon, Roche
Diagnostic, Eli Lilly, Dr Pepper, Shell Oil, KFC, Chrysler, Buick, Pontiac, GMC and Pontiac.
 Received numerous awards for creativity and excellence in event execution
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
FLIP Services Inc., St. Louis, Missouri 2008 – Present
Referral/management services nationwide (www.flipservices.net).
Principal | Event Consultant
 Provide strategic consulting and event execution for client companies.
 Represent freelance personnel in all areas of expertise in the Production Business.
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BI Media & Events Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1999 – 2008
A full-service creative and production agency
Executive Producer
Produced five to 10 strategic sales, franchise, and incentive national large-scale meetings per year; overseeing
budgets ranging from $500K up to $3M.
LYNN JACOBS
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2.  Grew key account from a $100K show to a $1M annual event by cultivating a solid seven year
relationship with high-profile client; continually building trust and credibility and ‘wowing’ client year-
after-year.
 Managed all aspects of concept development, vendor selection & management, negotiations, staging,
talent sourcing, and onsite facilitation of events.
 Drove profitable results for unit year after year; accurately forecasting and planning budgets, judiciously
managing finances, asserting profitable negotiations, and up selling high-margin services.
 Met demanding challenges and event changes; effectively ramping up production to meet CEO’s
overhaul of national annual event changing $500K event into $1M+-production within three months.
 Executed several high-profile events including a dinner gala (1,000 attendees) for Boeing’s 787 rollout,
National Sales Congress Conference (1,600 attendees) for Country Financial, and National Sales
Meeting 2,000 attendees) for Bard’s.
 Served as crucial partner in business development and account acquisition strategy; providing pricing,
budget planning and forecasting, bid proposals, and interview consultations with prospective clients.
 Managed onsite staffing needs; supervising 100-200 contract/permanent staff per event.
 Trained, developed, and managed high performance team of up to 20 staff.
MANAGER, Creative Producers Group, St. Louis, Missouri 1999
 Managed eight Event Producers; Directing10 medium- to large-scale events annually.
VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION, FX Productions, Racine, Wisconsin 1998
 Recruited to build start up business; overseeing proposals, budgeting, and scheduling of new projects
VICE PRESIDENT OF PRODUCTION, EventSource, St. Louis, Missouri 1997
 Joined startup efforts for offshoot of Maritz Business Theater Division; directing all GE Capital and Dr.
Pepper national sales meetings. Produced event staging for 5+ events annually; overseeing story line,
dialogue, talent, and show production to further drive brand identity.
BUSINESS MEETING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, Maritz, Fenton, Missouri 1978 - 1997
 Executed flawless production of five to ten events (200 – 2000 attendees); overseeing budgets ranging
$100K up to $3M.
 Drove incentive, recognition, and training objectives for high-profile clients; highlights include:
― National Sales Meeting (5,000 attendees) for Shell Oil.
― National Sales Meeting for Compaq Computer held in Sefeld, Austria; turning an indoor tennis
court into a meeting venue with an enormous stage, setting up all audio-visual.
― National Sales Meeting for Dr Pepper; producing ‘book shows’ (Broadway-inspired shows) with
a cast of ten including triple threat actors, five scene changes, pyrotechnics, lasers, and other
various special effects.
― Chrysler’s 3M Announcement Show; directing cast of ten ice skaters at Cobo Arena in Detroit
including Dorothy Hamel and Scott Hamilton. Transformed an ice rink into an ice palace with a
10-foot skating slope; overseeing all creative including original music, car reveals with
pyrotechnics, and lasers. Directed massive 5-day staging set up and crew of 200+.
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EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELPMENT: BA in Media Communications, St. Louis University,
Post Graduate Studies in Communications, Webster University, St. Louis, MO
Continuing Ed Classes in non-profit event planning, photography, and Web building
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