-: My name is Katie Norman and I work at the Indianapolis
International Airport as the Community Event Specialist.
I am responsible for maintaining the temporary art program
at the airport, which is all the cases housing local art.
I do that in cooperation with the Arts Council
of Indianapolis.
Some of the other things you might see,
I also work on press conferences for large announcements.
I also do gate announcements.
We have gate parties
for some of our international and local flights.
If it's an event type day where I have a business meeting
that I am working on, then I will be working on event setup,
meeting and greeting those individuals.
If it is a press conference type of day,
then I'm meeting with the public affairs department
and going over speaking agenda and event setup.
If it's a day where we're installing new artwork,
then I'm down with the art cases with the Arts Council
and the artists talking to them
and also helping them install their work.
Luckily, I usually don't have to be there
at super odd hours,
but occasionally I've had to be there at 5 AM for events.
We have a flight going out that is an inaugural flight
and we wanna provide best customer service to those people,
getting there at 5 and setting up giveaway tables
for those folks.
Also, press conferences happen early in the morning.
We have weekend events.
One of our biggest weekend events is Holly Jolly Jetway,
which is a community event
that is focused on giving back to the surrounding community.
That's a weekend type of event, which means I will be there
running the event.
It's just really based on what events we're having
and what's going on in the terminal at the time.