Jeffrey Charles

Current

• Manager Premium Hospitality Sales at Vision|Co.

Past

• Business Development at Reward Worldwide | Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events
• Creative Director / Sales at XMC Sports & Entertainment
• Brand Ambassador at Free For All Marketing

2 more...

Education

• University of Waterloo
• Queen's University

Recommended

4 people have recommended Jeffrey

Connections

196 connections

Industry

Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Jeffrey Charles’s Summary

Jeffrey is a highly motivated, organized, and charismatic individual who enjoys embracing business challenges and participating in competitive and stimulating environments. He is very interested in the creative and business development processes and strives to provide a positive, professional influence on those around him.

He has have a natural ability for communicating and coordinating with a variety of people and holds proven leadership and creative problem solving skills.

Jeffrey has developed these qualities through a history of assisting customers, managing projects and people, and orchestrating multi-platform events and marketing strategies.

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Jeffrey Charles follows a vision of big ideas. He is passionate about original creative thinking and business development. More so, he is dedicated to connecting the dots; making sure that projects are completed to the highest degrees of success.

Jeffrey’s unique education stems from Canada’s only undergraduate independent studies program, found at the University of Waterloo. Researching: event planning, word-of-mouth buzz marketing, project management, Jeffrey comprised a thesis that illustrated a relationship between project management with the creative process in the business of designing live public events. The thesis titled “The Funkification Project™” allowed Jeffrey to introduce his concepts to the marketplace in a business that has seen close to a dozen live and unique artistic showcasing events designed, promoted, and produced. The events have featured some of Canada’s best up and coming artistic talent in music, film, and visual arts.

As a young leader Jeffrey is a results driven, creative thinking project manager and sales driver who has grand ideas that deliver results for even the smallest of projects.

Jeffrey Charles’s Specialties:

Sales
Business Development
Negotiation

Creativity
Meetings & Conferences
Event Planning
Destination Management
Travel Solutions
Hotel Purchasing
Air Ticket Purchasing
Sports & Entertainment
Marketing Strategy Development
Internal Communications
Creative Design
Graphic Design
Web Design
Web 2.0

Jeffrey Charles’s Experience

• Manager Premium Hospitality Sales

  Vision|Co.

  (Hospitality industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Jeffrey Charles’s Education

• University of Waterloo

  BIS , Project Management, Event Planning, Business , 2001 — 2005

  1 of approx. 350 total graduates of past from the Independent Studies program at the University of Waterloo. There are no-more than 5 Independent Studies programs available in North America.

  Activities and Societies:

  WaterCan

• Queen's University

  Computer Science 2000 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  WaterCan

Additional Information

Jeffrey Charles’s Interests:

Golf, Snowboarding & Skiing, Wakeboarding, Hockey, Painting, Music, Art, Fashion, Film, Design, Advertising, Media, Cooking, Wine, Travel,