{"id":7485,"date":"2020-12-07T16:20:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2020-12-08T16:33:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T16:33:35","slug":"employee-spotlight-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/employee-spotlight-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Spotlight December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7575\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7575\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7575 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/april-pic-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"picture of April Hurley\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/april-pic-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/april-pic.jpg 457w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">April Hurley<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We round out 2020 by shining the employee spotlight on our VP, Strategic Sales April Hurley.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating over 25 years with the company, April says she can hardly remember a time before The Expo Group. Her previous experience did have an event tie-in, though, as she managed couture showrooms at the Dallas Apparel Mart.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in a military family, April caught the travel bug early and continues to enjoy exploring new lands and meeting new people around the world.\u00a0 A graduate of Texas Tech University, this Red Raider says 2020 has helped redirect her interests and she&#8217;s been developing her cooking skills. That should be useful as she discovers new ways to prepare the rewards of her favorite pastime: fishing. &#8220;There is nothing more relaxing than standing on the bank or in a boat and casting out a line, hoping for a bite. Catching fish is the bonus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Like all of us, April is eager to get back to face-to-face events and building those unique team bonds that form while working onsite. This self-proclaimed perfectionist especially loves creating engaging 3D spaces that &#8220;fit together like pieces of a puzzle to ultimately become an amazing visual representation of the customer.&#8221; April&#8217;s expertise and knowledge are recognized throughout the live events industry; she currently serves on the boards of both EDPA and EACA.<\/p>\n<p>Her advice for clientele? Honesty helps advance your cause.\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;After 25 years I can say that success comes when you have mutual trust between customers and vendors. \u00a0Be transparent with your goals, help each other achieve them, and everyone wins.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our VP, Strategic Sales April Hurley steps into the spotlight this month.\u00a0 Discover why fishing is\u00a0her favorite pastime, what she thinks about travel\u00a0and how client transparency speeds business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[40,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7485"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7576,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7485\/revisions\/7576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c1mdevsite.com\/theexpogroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}