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Elie L.

Event Project Manager | Event Manager

€450/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Elie

+ 7 years of experience in designing and managing B2B & B2C events in international contexts.

My name is Elie Lhomme, I live in Paris, and I am an event project manager.

From corporate conferences to festivals, from trade shows to institutional dinners: I work for brands, agencies, and institutions that want well-structured, perfectly executed, and converting events.

References: Microsoft, VML, Bon-Vivant, German Embassy, Goethe-Institut, Consulate General of France in New York, French Institute of Istanbul (IFEA), Capgemini.

🎯 Event Design & Production

  • Planning B2B & B2C events from A to Z: conferences, seminars, webinars, festivals, concerts, screenings, film series, trade shows, dinners, galas
  • Development of programs and speaking formats (keynote, panel discussion, interview)
  • Speaker sourcing and vendor management
  • Logistics, budget management, and post-event follow-up

⚡️ Event Project Management

  • Direction and coordination of cross-functional projects
  • Full management: production, planning, vendors
  • Team management and on-site operational supervision
  • Multi-stakeholder management in international environments

📊 Event Marketing & Performance

  • Definition of lead generation and capture objectives
  • Event KPI tracking
  • Post-event reporting
  • Coordination with marketing and sales teams

🤝 Strategic Partnerships

  • Target identification, negotiation, and activation
  • Long-term partner relationship management (institutional & corporate)

Event management naturally became my path, from small intimate projects to international deployments, from B2B corporate to public festivals, I have built a versatility that I fully embrace.

Bilingual French/English.
Available quickly, remotely or in Paris.

See you soon!
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Angoulême (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Microsoft
    Event Specialist | Microsoft (via VML Canada)
    SOFTWARE PUBLISHING
    July 2024 - July 2025 (1 year)
    Montréal, Canada
    • Coordination of 120+ B2B events:Microsoft Security Days (New York, Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal), Microsoft Discovery Hour, Microsoft AI Tour, InCyber Forum 2024, Quebec Health Informatics Colloquium, PSN AI Roadshow etc.
    • On-site events(workshops, flagships, trade shows, conferences, discovery days): Logistics planning, timeline management, floor plan design, sourcing (venues, caterers, set design, hotels, airlines), sending communication materials (banners, exhibition stands), coordination of Sales/Product teams and external vendors, stand setup, signage, roadshow.
    • Online events(webinars, information sessions): Landing page creation, content download management, marketing email dispatch (CRM), chat moderation.
    • Multi-partner relationship management(C-level, sales/marketing teams, external vendors): Meeting organization, speaker training, audiovisual testing, deliverable tracking.
    • Event Marketing:KPI tracking and ROI reporting post-event to optimize future actions, with a focus on Demand Generation, continuous process improvement, and standardization.
    B2B SaaS Event Management CRM Multi-stakeholder Coordination Reporting
  • Goethe-Institut e.V.
    Cultural Programs & Partnerships Manager | Goethe-Institut (German Embassy)
    CULTURE
    April 2021 - October 2023 (2 years and 6 months)
    Tunis, Tunisia
    Design, production, and coordination of an annual cultural program: 15+ international projects per year, €100K budget, in collaboration with Tunisian and European institutional, associative, and artistic stakeholders.

    Event Project Manager:

    • Music & Live:4-day Sommer Jazz residency in Hammamet with 3 Tunisian artists and a German saxophonist, including a 3-concert tour (Goethe-Institut Garden, Habibi Club, Centre Culturel Liberté). Opening night of the Carthage Musical Days in partnership with German artist Kurt Laurenz Theinert.
    • Cinema & Workshops:Regular programming of the FilmKlub (themed screening series). Film workshop on self-organization and self-production, in partnership with filmArche (Berlin), for independent Tunisian filmmakers, over 5 days at the Goethe-Institut Tunis.
    • Visual Arts & Exhibitions:Manager for the 2021 and 2022 editions of the Tasawar curatorial program, including a hybrid international conference (SWANA region, speakers: Morehshin Allahyari, Adham Hafez, Reem Aljeally, Jessica El Mal) and a 4-day nighttime exhibition in the Medina of Tunis (Bir Lahjar). Photo exhibition "Corde Inconnu."
    • Fashion & Sustainable Design:Co-design and production of the "Moodha Okhra" project with the association Pontalent, a program raising awareness about sustainable fashion and upcycling, combining workshops, training, and a collective exhibition of Tunisian designers.

    Manager of Institutional Partnerships & Funding:

    • Securing and activating partnerships with Tunisian ministries, embassies, European cooperation agencies, NGOs, and artistic organizations.
    • Responding to international calls for projects (EU, foreign delegations). Grant management as a funding body, budget monitoring, and reporting to headquarters.
    Partnership Development Budget Management Event Management Project Management Reporting
  • Elie L.
    Freelance Event Project Manager | France & International
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    January 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)
    Paris, France
    **Design, coordination, and production of corporate, cultural, and institutional events**: seminars, internal and external events, inaugurations, vernissages, trade shows, VIP dinners, conventions.



    **Strategic scoping and consulting**: defining objectives, developing the event concept, responding to tenders, associated communication plans considered from the ideation stage.



    **Full production management**: timeline, budget management, vendor sourcing and negotiation, logistics coordination, on-site supervision, post-event follow-up and analysis.


    Multi-stakeholder coordination:internal teams, technical vendors, institutional and corporate partners.

    Clients:Capgemini (France), Bon-Vivant (Canada), Goethe-Institut (Tunisia), French Institute for Anatolian Studies (Turkey)
    Event Planning Strategic Partnership Development Project Direction Event Design

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Education

  • Master en Droit Public
    Université de Bordeaux
    2018
    Master en Droit Public - mention Sciences Politiques
  • Master's in Geopolitics
    Sciences Po Grenoble
    2019
    Master en Géopolitique - Mutations et Intégrations au Moyen-Orient et en Méditerrannée

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