Rachel Harris

I am a passionate hardworking professional who has spent the last 9 years in the Sports and Entertainment and resort industries. I am looking to use my immense event planning and management skills to shift my career into event management full time. 

Director of Social Media and Director of On-Campus Recruiting

|Utah state university Football | January 2021-December 2022

• Planned, coordinated, and executed on-campus visits, official visits game day, and other football related events
• Booked flights, accommodations, and all related travel for recruits and their families including but not limited to rental vehicles, hotel rooms, meeting rooms, meal venues, 
• Main contact for recruits and their families, department heads, university personnel, and vendors
• Created on-campus visit itineraries
• Accompanied families and staff during their visits
• Provided tours of the facilities, campus, and city
• Planned meals for on-campus visits
• Booked caterers and vendors for on-campus visits, official visits, game day, and other football related events
• Assisted business office in all financials related to recruiting
• Managed recruiting internship program
• Created and maintained recruiting mailing projects and social media plan
• Developed all social content from ideation, execution, editing, and posting 
• Worked alongside marketing, Aggies Sports Properties (sponsorship), to create content that fulfilled contractual agreements
• Developed social media and content calendar for daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly posting
• Managed graphics and video department
• Created content for all social media platforms including twitter, Instagram, and facebook
• Monitored and posted on all social media accounts 
• Developed the current USU football brand and recruiting concepts such as national signing day content

Football Recruiting/Administrative Assistant

|University of Louisville Athletics | August 2018-June 2020

• Planned, coordinated, and executed on-campus visits
• Assisted in being a main contact for recruits and their families, department heads, university personnel, and vendors
• Created on-campus visit itineraries
• Accompanied families and staff during their visits
• Provided tours of the facilities, campus, and city
• Planned meals for on-campus visits
• Booked caterers for on-campus visits, official visits, game day, and other football related events
• Booked flights and accommodations for official visits and coaching staff; including but not limited to rental vehicles, hotel rooms, meeting rooms, and arranging car services
• Coordinated and was the liaison between all necessary departments and vendors including but not limited to strength and nutrition staff, training staff, academic services, on campus facilities, stadium operations, photographers
• Assisted with the setup of all on-campus visits and events
• Assisted the financial manager in reconciliations as it related to on-campus events and recruiting
• Assisted with financial tasks such as distributing per diem, player host money, reimbursements for recruits and their families as allowed, operating the credit card machine, managing cash for events
• Assist with all mailings and social media related to recruiting
• Assist with Database entry and reports in various programs such as TeamWorks, XOs, HUDL, JumpForward
• Requests transcripts and necessary documents of recruits 
• Duties as assigned by the Director of Recruiting
• Coordinate any community service events with the Director of Player Development
• Complete all necessary compliance and University paperwork for community service
• Perform related duties as assigned by the Director of Football Operations and/or the Head Football Coach

LANDSPORT MANAGER

|Club Med Resorts | MARCH 2018-AUGUST 2018 & MAY 2017-SEPTEMBER 2017

• Managed fitness instructors, landsport instructors, and lifeguards
• Created and maintained weekly schedule
• Coordinated guest instructor stays
• Liaison for the department
• Taught fitness classes and facilitated the landsport activities 

OFFICE MANAGER & COMPANY LIAISON 

| GEX LLC. | DECEMBER 2014-MAY 2017

• Managed the office and all employees
• Primary contact for the company 
• Oversaw photo operations and managed photo operations employees
• Coordinated, assisted, and communicated with all internal departments and external contractors, vendors, marketing team, and media companies
• Managed and ran payroll
• Managed and handled all HR related issues and tasks
• Created and maintained data sheets of sales, attendance, and budgetary information
• Managed and tracked the financials of the company
• Managed the day-today operations of the company
• Completed any and all tasks owner assigned
• Company Bookkeeper
• Booked and coordinated all travel and accommodations for employees and investors

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS CHEERLEADER 

|TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS | MARCH 2015-MARCH 2016

• Attended various appearances as a representative of the Buccaneers organization (Charity, team events, community, corporate events)
• Performed at all home games
• Performed at appearances
• Participated in events 2-4 times a week

Bachelor of Arts - Communicarion