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I am a successful entrepreneur, event operations and project manager.

I have excellent communication, leadership, business development and negotiation skills.

I am able to manage complex stakeholder relationships, large numbers of employees and roles that require strategy development and change management.

RACHELLE WATSON

Event Operations & Project Manager

operations
partnerships COMMERCIAL STRATEGY

Career Snapshot

  • Tennis Australia, vendor management and operations, design of outlets, kitchen infrastructure, auditing and menu development for capacity audiences of 100,000+ people daily

  • Laneway Festival, growth from 5,000 + patrons to 50,000 patrons in Melbourne since the festival inception.

  • Create Catering, General Manager at Melbourne Royal for more than seven years. Including 7 Royal Melbourne Shows 

  • Beyond the Valley Festival (40,000 patrons camping) Development of full F & B plans, implementation of plans, employee management, stakeholder liaison (Council, VICPOL, SES, CFA, Ambulance VIC)

  • Grapevine Gathering Festival (30,000 patrons), full event and site management, Catering Operations, Stakeholder liaison (Council, NSW POL, SES, CFA, Ambulance NSW, NSW Health, OLG, Venue)

  • Melbourne Music Week - Event / Site Management and Stakeholder Liaison, Catering Management, Operations Management

  • For The Love - Event / Site Management. F& B and Stakeholder Liaison Due West Festival (30,000 patrons+), Event programming, Strategy and operations, Stakeholder liaison 

Skills

Event design & operations

Brand strategy

Commercial partnerships

Brand activation & experiential

F&B management

Staff management

Stakeholder management

Budget management