About The Event

The Paper Fashion Show, The One Club Denver’s largest fundraiser, shines light on Colorado talent and features haute couture fashions made entirely from paper that are showcased on the grand runway and judged by an esteemed panel of top Colorado-area designers and celebrities. This all-volunteer organized and run event, helps support not only their mission to elevate Colorado art and design to the national level but also the non-profit Downtown Aurora Visual Arts, a local community organization that provides after-school arts programs for urban youth.

I have been heavily involved in The Paper Fashion Show since 2009, managing various aspects of the show. At the most recent show in April 2019, over 950 guests and 100 volunteers attended The Hangar at Stanley Marketplace as 49 paper fashions took the stage. Our marketing team increased our engaged users 142% from the year before; had 43,000 total post reach and over 59,000 total post impressions. We also increased our participation and net revenue from 2018. 

My Role

Below are the tasks I handled exclusively or played a key role in:

• Worked with a remote team of approximately 20 core volunteers and helped manage a team of over 75 day of volunteers
• Managed team’s timelines and due dates
• Developed and managed the budget for the show
• Handled all finances for the show including deposits, sponsorship invoicing, ticketing, entry fees, and vendor payments
• Venue Management
  • Venue sourcing, layout, rental items and equipment, managed printed show graphics, set up and tear down
• Managed vendors including bar, audio/visual and staging, helped manage emcee and DJ
• Sponsor Management
  • Recruited several sponsors
  • Managed 33 individual sponsors including benefits, contracts, and day of logistics
  • Designed and managed the preshow sponsor vendor area
• Supported Backstage team with managing design teams and day of logistics
• Website Management
  • Maintained websites and updated as needed (paperfashionshow.com and chapter website)
• Marketing Support
  • design
  • social media
  • e-newsletters
• Helped manage Pop Ups (displays of past Paper Fashion Show fashions at local businesses)
  • Set up/Tear down, printed graphics, marketing
• Managed award design, fabrication and delivery to show
• Managed run of show for front of house operations
  • Coordination of volunteers, sponsors, vendors, set up of venue and sponsor area, event decor
• Managed Event Close Out
  • Event breakdown with team
  • Post show coverage including all video and photography
  • Marketing analytics
  • Updating task management system and manual as needed

Additional photos from event. Photography by Jason DeWitt Photography, Ella Dascalos, Blu Hartkop, Giselle Loves Photography, and EJ Carr

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