Meghan E. Guidry meghaneguidry@gmail.com

Career Focus • To obtain a coordinating position that will enable me to use my strong communication, creativity, past

experiences, educational background in marketing and finance, and ability to work well with people to increase awareness, promote growth in the organization, and create amazing opportunities for Dallas are youth.

Education University of Texas at Arlington – Arlington, TXLovegevity’s Wedding and Events Professional Certification Dec 2014Corporate Event Planning Professional Certification April 2015

Prairie View A&M University– Prairie View, TX Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing May 2014 Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance May 2014

Professional Experience Wedding Coordinator April 2015 to PresentFlair Events – Arlington, TX

• Responsible for facilitating and managing events by coordinating design details, calculating budgets, booking talent, creating and monitoring timelines and deadlines, arranging event logistics while flawlessly executing the event the client has visioned.

Guest Services Team Member May 2011 to PresentTarget – Arlington, TX

• Ensured that each customer received "Fast, Fun, & Friendly" service by providing an ideal guest-friendly environment, which included greeting and acknowledging every guest, maintaining outstanding standards, solid product knowledge and all other aspects of guest service.

• Precisely operated a Point-of-Sale system to itemize and complete an average of 1100 customer purchases and returns a week.

• Excelled in exceeding REDcard application goals aiding in an overall increase of Target Arlington store 1339 credit conversions through friendly, action-provoking conversation.

Public Relations Committee Chairperson May 2012 to May 2014Phi Beta Lambda Professional Organization– Prairie View A&M University

• Completed weekly committee reports and assessments to gage the public relations committee efforts progression throughout the year

• Organized and constructed several written and graphic design publications that increased awareness of our organization and informed the university, College of Business, PBL Alumni, and others the news and events we had to share

• Effectively and efficiently planned goals, organized tasks, lead and motivated group members, and monitored activities to ensure quality performance in the Public Relations committee which resulted in increased attendance at Phi Beta Lambda events, use of innovative marketing tools, and an overall positive brand of the organization

• Helped to achieve organizational goals of “Service, Education, and Progress” via contribution of program, fundraising, community service, and social ideas.

Areas of Effectiveness Communication

• Successful in organizing and presenting ideas for the purpose of reporting and/or conveying information verbally and via written communications.

Organizing/ Management• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, lead, direct, and solve problems efficiently and effectively

Creativity• Detailed oriented & results-driven.

Summary of Skills• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher • Intermediate HTML • Final Cut Pro 7