Jody Evans
Manchester,Lancashire
Summary
Motivated event planning professional skilled in smooth, orderly hospitality coordination. Leads by example to develop driven, high-performing function teams. Delivers to exact client briefs through methodical design and organisation.
Overview
1
1
year of post-secondary education
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Wedding Planner
Magical moments
Salford, Lancashire
04.2017 - 06.2025
- Organised schedules and timelines, ensuring every aspect of the wedding day ran smoothly and on time.
- Developed comprehensive risk management plans for each event, preparing for any potential issues that could arise.
- Coordinated decorations and accessories for parties, weddings and media events.
- Planned and organised invites and participant registration.
- Provided lifecycle support throughout event planning, delivery and completion.
- Organised catering, venues and AV requirements for conferences.
- Conducted site inspections to guarantee venues met all requirements for the perfect wedding day.
- Cultivated strong relationships with clients through excellent service, resulting in repeat business and referrals.
- Drew up event contracts to secure high-value deals.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing cost-effective deals for clients without compromising quality.
- Collaborated with couples to select themes, colours, and decorations that reflected their personality and love story.
- Designed unique wedding concepts, transforming clients' visions into reality with creativity and attention to detail.
- Leveraged strong negotiation skills to resolve conflicts between parties, ensuring all decisions aligned with the client's vision.
- Maintained meticulous records of all planning activities, from initial consultations to final execution, for seamless event management.
- Handled unforeseen challenges with professionalism, quickly developing solutions to keep events on track.
Theory training
Weekly crash courses
Salford, Lancashire
03.2006 - 06.2025
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Managed complaints with calm, clear communication and problem-solving.
- Maintained clean, safe working environments to eliminate accident risks.
- Achieved service time and quality targets.
- Engaged with customers to better understand needs and deliver excellent service.
- Identified issues, analysed information and provided solutions to problems.
- Built and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
- Handled customer concerns and escalated major issues to supervisor.
- Resolved customer queries and problems using effective communication and providing step-by-step solutions.
- Picked up additional tasks to aid team success.
- Enhanced working relationships by participating in team-building activities.
- Actively listened to customers to fully understand requests and address concerns.
- Demonstrated consistent hard work and dedication to achieve results and improve operations.
- Trained and mentored employees to maximise team performance.
- Met schedule using excellent planning and coordination skills.
- Maximised customer engagement and satisfaction by delivering excellent customer service.
- Prepared range of written communications, documents and reports.
- Developed team communications and information for meetings.
- Promoted safe working environment by implementing regulatory standards, policies and guidelines.
- Developed excellent working knowledge of industry trends and improvements in processes.
Education
NVQ Level 3 - Hairdressing
Start Training
Swinton, Lancashire 03.2000 - 03.2000
NVQ Level 1 - Hairdressing
Start Training
Swinton, Lancashire 03.1999 - 03.2000
NVQ Level 2 - Hairdressing
Start Training
Swinton, Lancashire 03.1999 - 03.1999
GCSEs - Maths, English, science, history
Built hill high school
Salford, Lancashire 07.1996 - 07.1996
Timeline
Wedding Planner
Magical moments
04.2017 - 06.2025
Theory training
Weekly crash courses
03.2006 - 06.2025
NVQ Level 3 - Hairdressing
Start Training
03.2000 - 03.2000
NVQ Level 1 - Hairdressing
Start Training
03.1999 - 03.2000
NVQ Level 2 - Hairdressing
Start Training
03.1999 - 03.1999
GCSEs - Maths, English, science, history
Built hill high school
07.1996 - 07.1996