Matan J. Cohen

​Responsibilities

• ​​Oversaw and managed an $85,000 budget; providing money management experience

• Negotiated 4 large scale speaking program contracts and built relationships with several booking agencies

• The 4 programs in total filled 1,900 seats for students, facult, and the public generating $3,300 in revenue

• Sealed 10 co-sponsorships with academic organizations for a total of $17,500 in funding for 2 programs

• Lead 28 committee meetings focused on program planning and developing effective marketing strategies

• Developed 48 forms of on and off campus advertisement, promotions, and events raising the program awareness

• My recruitment and leadership efforts increased the size of m committee by 50% to 30 persons 

Skills Developed

• ​Networking: speaking to agents over the phone or via email on a day to day basis to prospect performers and negotiate contracts

• Money Management: manage a line item budget system including funds for marketing, speaker fees, a university card, printing services, and other fund sources

• Organizational: retain all files from committee, executive, and advisor meetings. Make sure all files are easily accessible

• Creative Marketing Design: create eye appealing flyers and posters using the following programs: Microsoft office, publisher, powerpoint, and adobe photoshop

• Sponsorships: design programs that allow me to approach academic departments and student organizations for collaboration to enhance the programs visibility and potential for success

• Time Management: their are a multitude of deadlines to meet with this position and I have learned the different ways to strategize my time to meet these deadlines and expectations 

• Teamwork: I stress an importance on gathering advice and feedback from my advisors, executive board, committee, and the student body. I enjoy working with others and find working as a team helps bring the more ideas and possibilities to the table