Diana Awino

Diana Awino Nyanjong' Professional Events & Logistics Coordinator. Profile Summary An accomplished, reliable, results-oriented, and team-driven Professional Events & Logistics Coordinator with 15+ years of demonstrated expertise and experience providing top-notch events creation, planning, coordination and management, executive administrative assistance and managing HR functions, including managing talent acquisition cycle. Knowledgeable i n managing event implementation teams and delegating tasks to accomplish set goals and handling office correspondences. Team-driven and personable professional with excellent track record of making travel arrangements and managing itineraries, preparing work orders, stock and procurement operations, and overseeing employee recruitment, training, and onboarding. Adroit and versatile professional accomplished in vendor relationship building, event budgeting, and supporting corporate level officers and senior management personnel with demonstrated expertise in operational leadership. Holds Bachelor of Sociology & Public Administration and Diploma in IT. Work History Contacts Phone: - E-mail:- Skills Microsoft Office Suite Event creation Customer service and relations Administrative support and management Event coordination and management Publicity and advertisement Strategic planning Logistics Facility coordination Quality control Records management Budget management Vendor negotiation, personnel management Client relationship management Leadership and management Date entry Analytical, qualitative and quantitative skills Organizing and planning Detail-oriented Interpersonal communication 2012-07 - Executive Assistant and Event Organizer (Admin & Logistics Current Coordinator) | 6AM Entertainment Limited • Planning and executing high-end concert and corporate events, ensuring compliance with timelines and schedules and meeting clients’ needs and expectations. • Ensuring all business licences, and permits are renewed in timely manner to ensure compliance with government regulations. • Processing visa, work permits and special passes, and coordinating hotel, flight and local transport booking for international acts. • Overseeing budget management for events, ensuring effective resource allocation and adherence to set budgets. • Participating in strategy development and planning to grow organization's client base, advance campaigns for planned events, and drive event success. • Negotiating best rates with suppliers and overseeing contracted team of event suppliers without compromising on quality of service delivery and supplies. • Managing CEO's schedule, budget, travel schedule, and regular meetings to ensure overall organizational success. 2011-08 - Export Coordinator/Administrator | Kenya Fresh Ltd 2012-07 • Provided continuous communication to customers about their samples, orders and other logistic issues to drive customer satisfaction and improve customer relations. • Replied to customers' written and verbal correspondences, handled and escalated complaints, issues, and inquiries to drive customer satisfaction and experience. • Confirmed receipt of new samples requests and orders while providing customers with continuous updates about their samples status on weekly basis. • Updated customers with information about documents for their shipments as well as status of their shipped containers. • Computerized office activities, maintained customer communications, and tracked records through delivery. 2008-07 - Record Label Manager/Publicist/Event Organizer | Gatwitch 2011-08 Limited . Creative and innovative Teamwork and crossfunctional collaboration • Languages • Kiswahili English • • • • • • • Represented high profile clients, including Emmanuel Jal, Wafande, Professor Elizabeth Ngugi, Kenya Voluntary Women's Rehabilitation Centre (K-VOWRC), Gypsies (Denmark), and Juliani, ensuring effective event planning and management. Secured long-lead and short-lead media for artists and other corporate clients to drive organizational success while advancing artists' interests. Created publicity strategies and implemented successful media campaigns for clients to promote clients' events and company's visibility. Managed, developed, and implemented organization or client's marketing and publicity campaigns, including organizing and coordinating interviews for clients. Sent out essential documents like contracts, showed offers, press kits, itineraries, riders, and equipment needs. Planned and executed online publicity campaigns through company website and other online channels in line with set publicity objectives. Coordinated label's affairs in Kenya, including liaising with artist's manager, record producers, studios, legal advisers and copyright agencies to advance label and artists' interests. Managed, maintained proper database of music distribution points and coordinated artists' album distribution. Handled people-management activities, including hiring, training, and onboarding new employees to meet label's operational needs and targets. Other Professional Experiences • • • • 2006-06 - 2008-07 | Publicist /Administrative Assistant /Assistant Event Organizer | Feisty Fever Concepts Ltd 2006-01 - 2006-06 | Data Entry Clerk | Symphony 2005-09 - 2005-12 | Data Clerk / Analyst | TICH in Africa – Kisumu- | Administrative Assistant | TICH in Africa – Nairobi Education 2010 Bachelor of Sociology & Public Administration | University of Nairobi 2005 Diploma in IT | Kenya College of Accountancy Referees • To be availed upon request.