What draws me to NICE CROWD is not simply the opportunity to work with sponsors. It is the opportunity to help build the kind of gathering where culture, story, community, and brand partnership meet with intention.
For nearly three decades, your work has created space for Black storytellers, filmmakers, artists, executives, and audiences to encounter one another in ways that move careers and culture forward. I understand that the strength of an experience like ABFF is not only what the audience sees. It is also the precision behind every commitment, every approval, every partner touchpoint, and every moment a brand is invited into the story.
I bring more than eight years of experience leading entertainment operations, live-event delivery, executive support, creative production, and partner-facing work. I have produced a four-week, 14-city national tour across every U.S. time zone, helped deliver a 7,000-plus-attendee conference on a six-week timeline, managed publisher relationships across three book releases for a New York Times bestselling author, and overseen more than $1 million in divisional budgets.
But the experience that best explains how I would serve NICE CROWD happened in the final minutes before a sponsor appeal.
At a 7,000-person conference, the leaders scheduled to deliver an onstage sponsorship appeal had not fully reviewed the required materials. With only 15 minutes remaining, I analyzed the sponsorship documentation, isolated the essential message, connected it to the leaders' own lived experiences, and drafted a personalized story they could deliver with confidence. The audience saw prepared leaders and an authentic appeal. The sponsor saw its commitment honored. Behind the scenes, I made sure neither side felt the pressure of what had almost gone wrong.
NICE CROWD is looking for someone who can support the full sponsorship lifecycle—from research and proposals to communication, activation, fulfillment, and recap reporting. I have built systems for exactly that kind of work: sponsorship proposal experiences, agreement and invoice tracking, executive briefing materials, partner communications, VIP logistics, vendor coordination, onsite execution, and post-event follow-through.
I would be proud to bring that combination of writing, judgment, cultural awareness, and operational discipline to your team. I am especially energized by the opportunity to help brands participate in NICE CROWD's events in ways that feel thoughtful, credible, and genuinely connected to the audiences they serve.
