Sara Idrees, Conference Manger

Sara Idrees

Conference Manger

IDC

Location
Spain
Education
Bachelor's degree, ITC
Experience
11 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 4 Months

Conference Manger at IDC
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2015 to December 2018

Responsibilities
 Hold overall responsibility for success of IDC conferences
 Quality & Quantity of Attendees across Roadshow & Custom engagements
o Manage & Invite C level delegates for IDC and custom events
o Manage, Invite and monitor attendee acquisition for Roadshows
 Manage all administration and logistics for IDC events (including site research and selection, negotiating and contracting with hotels and suppliers, on-site management)
 Manage individual event budget ensuring prescribed margin is achieved
 Manage preparation of all written materials for the event
 Manage all conference databases (end user)
 Manage conference budgets, achieve profit target for IDC conferences
 Liaison with local sponsors before and after each event
 Team Management: Guide & mentor team, daily activity sheet, registration updates individually, training team
 Team of 2 and more than 10 during the event
 Travel to events as required and co-ordinates all aspects of on-site operation.
 Propose new areas of conference delivery and custom events projects within the region of responsibility

Event Coordinator. at Dconsept
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2011 to July 2012

Worked at events management projects as
- SAGYA project in planning
1- Presentation for all the upcoming ideas in the project.
2- Sponsors packages
3- Reporting with all the events requirement and updates
- Ministry of Education (MOE) worked in the IEFE event- FEB 13th - 17th as:
1- Coordinating all speakers' required starting with their visas procedures, flight reservations reception, and hotel reservation, till event payment.
2- Crowd management.
3- Registration management.
4- Sponsors and Exhibitors management.
5- Workshops management.
6- Outsourcing management.
7- Reporting.
- King Abdullah Petroleum Studies And Research Center (KAPSARC) Event - NOV 20th - 22nd 2011:
1- Logistics plan.
2- VIP's requirement management.
3- Registration management.
4- Outsourcing management.
5- Turning around Riyadh.
6- Reporting.

Helpdesk supervisor +Key Accounts Manager + Operation Supervisor at E-Enterprises + Marcom + Imar
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2004 to February 2011

-PR and Event Maneger 6th April 2011 till Now.
Imar urban consultants
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

-Service Desk Supervisor 10th October 2010- Till Now.
E-Enterprises CSD Department
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Working at E2 as a Helpdesk supervisor.
Point of contact between customers and Eng. / Tech.
Assigning the issue to the responsible Eng. / Tech. and follow-up until the end of the problem
Evaluate the of Eng. / Tech monthly.

-Key Accounts Manager 11th of AUGUST 2009 - 15th of FEBRUARY 2010
Marcom Sells department
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Worked at Marcom as Key account Manager for
1- Cisco Co.
2- NASEBA Co : - one of the biggest company at Douai for event management
3- IQPC Middle East: - event management company at Douai

-Operation Supervisor MARCH 2009 - 10th of AUGUST 2009
Marcom Call Center department
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Marcom Company is one of the biggest companies in the field of marketing event and many other Domains.

-Microsoft Database Supervisor FEBRUARY 2008 - 10th of AUGUST 2009
Marcom for marketing and Database department
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Adding new company's in K.S.A and re-profiling them I got a certificate from MS in this Domain.

-Event coordinator FEBRUARY 2009 - APRIL 2009
Marcom Event department
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
Marcom Company is one of the biggest companies in the field of marketing event and many other Domains.

Education

Bachelor's degree, ITC
  • at AOU
  • April 2007

E D U C A T I O N & Q U A L I F I C A T I O N Bachelor of Science in Information Technology and Computing 2003/2004- 2007/2008 Arab Open University Riyadh. Projects graduated: CLMS ____ Customer Location Management System. PMP (Project Management Professionals) Courses Attendance Certificate. Microsoft Co. Certificate during their Database Project 2008-2009 as a Microsoft Database Supervisor. Marcom Co. Certificate for achieving and maintaining a high standard of excellence in supporting Projects.

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Project Planning
Marketing
Operation
Outsourcing

Languages

Amharic
Intermediate
English
Expert
Arabic
Expert