Project / Events Manager
AKH / Supreme Commitee
Total des années d'expérience :15 years, 10 Mois
Gisela has 15 years of experience in Events and 5 years of experience in Marketing and Events in Mall Management in Qatar at Doha Festival City, Tawar Mall, and Ezdan Mall.
Over the past 10 years, Gisela has worked as Project Manager and Events Manager for a variety of Multinationals (International Events Committees, Event Agencies, Retail and Broadcast companies) across multiple industry sectors in Qatar, Portugal and for short periods in other countries as Perú, Poland and Chile.
At Doha Festival City she had the opportunity to deliver 89 Mall Events and activation, 11 Marketing Campaigns, and support 245 retailers events. She developed key partnerships with local and international brands such as Disney, Cartoon Network, Event Box, Qatar Tourism Authority, BeIN Sports, and Qatar Airways. She was the project lead on big events as Jennifer Lopez Concert, many live shows (Paw Patrol, Ice Age, Tommy & Jerry, Ben 10), Confetti Dome, and Candyland.
In 2019, she moved to Peru for 3 months to work as a TV Producer with MediaPro / Media Luso to manage a team of around 80 broadcast professionals during Pan & Para Pan American Games Lima 2019, being responsible for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, as well as the Surf modality. Recently, she participated in other international events as a Broadcast Venue Manager at the European Games 2023 in Poland, handling Canoe Sprint and Boxing Sports transmissions. She just returned from Chile, where she did the Pan and Para Pan American Games, being responsible as Broadcast Venue Manager for the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Pan and Para Pan Olympic Games and Tennis.
Her last long contract was to integrate the team to deliver the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Gisela worked as Catering Cluster Manager for Corniche and Qatar Rail. She worked closely with leadership to plan Central Doha Operations for more than 2 years. She managed all catering operations during the test events at the stadiums (FIFA Arab Cup and Qualifiers), and during FIFA World Cup 2022, she managed Corniche activation logistics and catering operations
- Pan American & Para Pan American Games Lima 2019 (PERU)
Opening & Closing Ceremony Pan & Para Pan American Games
Surf Punta Rocas
- Delivered 52 Mall events / activations, 2 Marketing Campaigns and 87
Retailer Events in 2017 and 37 Major Events/Activations, 8 Marketing
Campaigns and 158 Retailer Events in 2018
- Planned and developed annual events strategy, calendar and budget
allocation
- Developed key partnerships with local and international brands:
Disney, CN, Event Box, Invent, QTA, Bein Sports, Qatar Airways
- Liaising with agencies, contractors, and suppliers to achieve KPI's
- Project lead:
Jennifer Lopez Concert, Meet & Greet, Q & A
*Live Shows: Paw Patrol, Tommy & Jerry, Ice Age, Hotel Transylvania, Ben 10
* Qatar Tourism Authority Events (Shop Qatar, Qatar Summer Festival)
*Retailers Excellence Awards, Candyland, Confetti Dome, Sports Day& Qatar National Day, Ramadan Events, Media and Influencers Taste Tours
- Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Proposal
- Ezdan Mall 3rd Anniversary and Go Green Campaign Proposal
- Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare - HMC
- Qatar National Library METLIB 2016
- Created the marketing plan, developed and implemented a new
marketing strategy
- Planned, organized, and executed Press Conferences
- Planned and executed successful Media Plans
- Represent Tawar Mall at the Recon Mena conference in Dubai
- Developed communications/advertising tools: Website, Facebook
page, corporate video and new retailer brochure
- Ramadan Events (Ezdan Chef, Henna Day, Garangao, Story Teller)
- Prophet Mohamed Exhibition “ Be Peace of Him”, lectures and school trips
- Back to School Event; Manal Alam Live Cooking Show; Apparel Fashion Show
- Opening Stores, Launchings and Unveilings
QMDI, Qatar Foundation:
- IGLP (Institute for Global Law and Policy) 2014
- Annual Research and Development 2013
- High Level Strategic Meeting to accelerate efforts to reach out of school children 2013
- IGLP (Institute for Global Law and Policy) 2013
- RA II Regional Seminar & RA II
- ARF (Joint Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum and Arab Expatriate Scientists Network Symposium 2012)
- UPU Congress (25th Universal Postal Union) 2012
EQUATOR Talent Agency:
- WISH (World Innovation Summit for Health) as a Team Leader
- World Social Security Forum 2013
- Many Gala Dinner for VIPs Qatar Airways
- GCC 2nd Conference - Sport and Environment as a Team Leader
- Red Bull 2013
- WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) as a Team Leader
- EMC Congress as a Team Leader
- Opening of new building Oredoo
TRINITY Talent Qatar:
- Sports Day (SDI Marketing)
- Pharmaceutical Congress
- Gulf Tourment 2014
- QATAR 2022 (Team Building - 1º event for staff)
- Aspire4Sport 2013
- Gulf Tournament
- Arabal (Arab International Aluminium Conference)
BEHIP Qatar’s Hippest Talent & Event Management Agency:
- Gala Dinner Ras Gas
- MBA Event (April and November 2013)
- Store opening Qela
- Volkswagen promotion
- Emir Cup
- Dinner and delivering awards Comercial Bank as a team leader;
- Jewelry Exhibition as a model;
MALL OF QATAR:
- CityEscape (publicize the project for the new Shopping Mall)
IPTC
- International Petroleum Technology Conference
APC - Comercial and Industry Portuguese Association:
- Project Qatar & Stone Tech 2013 (help the Portuguese entrepreneurs)
2010|2012. Television Production, Planning and Coordination in
Medialuso (group company Media PRO) - Lisbon, Portugal.
• Reality Shows and entertainment programs.
• FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011.
• Productions in 3D (Music and Sports).
• Sport Transmissions (football, basketball, judo, handball, futsal, hockey, others)
2008│2010 Events Coordinator /Coordinator of promoters (Planning, Management and Organization of Events) in Lagos Touch (Group Company João Lagos Sports) - Lisbon, Portugal
• Estoril Open - WTA & ATP Tennis tournament.
• Audi Med Cup TP52 - The world's leading regatta circuit.
• Volta a Portugal - The Biggest cycling race in Portugal.
• Centenário da Républica - National Commission for the celebration of the centennial of the republic in Portugal.
2008. Summer internship at TV Record, as a Marketing assistant,
organizing events, business and media) - Lisbon, Portugal.
Summer internship as a part time Public Relations assistant
Helping to organize events and wedding exhibitions (on weekends).
- Strand Events Management & Public Relations