Volunteer & Event Operations
Reliable volunteer and event-operations contributor experienced in setup, guest support, check-in, vendor coordination, food and beverage service, transportation, cleaning, security and crowd management.
Key Skills
- Event setup and teardown
- Guest and vendor support
- Check-in and information
- Food and beverage service
- Backstage and grounds support
- Transportation coordination
- Cleaning and reset
- Security awareness
- Crowd management
- Team communication
Selected Experience
Volunteer, Event and Hospitality Operations — BUMI Festival
2025–present, 2025
- 2025–present Supports setup and teardown, check-in, guest and vendor service, food and beverage service, backstage and grounds, cleaning, transportation, information, security and crowd management.
- Participated in 2025 festival work and 2026 planning and preparation.
Volunteer, BUMI Festival
2026–Present
- Volunteer support for a Toronto-area festival sustained through shared participation, cultural programming, and community work.
Relevant Experience
Toronto · 2020, 2023
- Assistant Manager — Pizza Pizza, Toronto c.
- 2020–early 2023 Supervised front-counter and kitchen shifts
- supported scheduling, staff training and service flow.
Volunteer, CNIB Night Steps at Earl Bales Park
c. May–Jun 2025
- CNIB fundraising charity walk at Earl Bales Park in North York.
- Volunteered as sighted guide support.
Event Security and Front-of-House; Special Events and Nightclub, Toronto
c. 2018–2020
- Two pre-pandemic years working private security at a downtown Toronto gay club and a rotating set of special events.
- Always the de-escalation role at the door, diplomatic conversation as the primary tool, physical intervention as the rare last resort.
- Ontario Security Guard License.
Volunteer, Flydende By (Floating City), Copenhagen
2015–2016
- Non-profit art collective building boats from recycled materials since 2008.
- Cooking, construction, and film production support.
Training & Languages
AODA Accessibility Standards training — June 2026 · Farsi — advanced · French — basic · Mandarin — basic