Amani Ellen Loutfy

I am an experienced and skilled manager of both people and projects, in a wide variety of industries including digital media companies, civic organizations, and the US Federal Government. I am a clear communicator, and am adept at creative problem solving and multi-tasking.

Work experience
Managing Consultant/Project Manager, Arch Technologies Sacramento, CA 4/2008-6/2008

• Managed timeline and tasks for company-wide data flow analysis project for state employees’ agency. (contract)
• Acted as liaison between company and Board of Directors and management staff for communications regarding initiative.
• Developed recommendations based on market research, for new technologies to aid client’s stated goal of improving information systems
• Created and executed final presentation of project findings for exhibit to Board of Directors and other management staff.

Interim Executive Director, Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce. Seattle, WA 9/2006-7/2007.
• Developed business plan and annual budget for neighborhood Chamber of Commerce.
• Attained business licenses and Federal non-profit (501(c)(6)) status; hired and oversaw staff, contractors, vendors, and volunteers; coordinated efforts with executive committee.
• Coordinated neighborhood-wide effort to clean and maintain physical appearance of major thoroughfare/shopping district.
• Served as liaison with city government, coordinated accompanying grant program.
• Developed fundraising/membership outreach schedule, including dues structures.
• Developed marketing campaign to re-launch neighborhood Chamber of Commerce to drive new membership and public visibility. Managed development of brand strategy, online presence, fundraising and outreach program.

Program Assistant, Urban Relations. Seattle, WA 4/2006-9/2006.
• Assisted with development of messaging, positioning, press outreach strategies for PR campaigns for both non-profit and for-profit organizations.
• Acted as media contact and spokesperson for various organizations and events; worked with print and broadcast journalists from local, regional, national news outlets.

Director of Public Relations and Founder, Static Factory Media. Seattle, WA 3/2003-5/2005.
• Founded community-based company focused on providing multimedia services to regional and local artists.
• Duties included marketing, developing corporate strategy, artist- and investor- relations.
• Developed outreach/marketing materials including press kits, websites, brand identities.
• Scheduled/booked >60 musical acts for arts festival attended by >100,000 people.
• Managed more than one dozen artist development projects ranging in scale from $2000 to $8000. Work involved needs assessment, project planning, schedule development.
• All projects completed on time and on budget.

On Job Trainer, Advanced Interactive Systems/Transportation Security Administration/Department of Homeland Security. Various locations 8/2002-1/2003.
• Developed and led training for airport security employees.
• Conducted high-level testing for federal TSA workers on classified equipment.

Director of Sales, iCopyright.com. Seattle, WA 9/1999-3/2001.
• Consistently exceeded quota selling business-to-business niche software services.
• Developed and led in-person sales and operations training for groups of five to fifty employees in private and federal organizations.
• Other duties included market/sales forecasting, budgeting, and head-count analysis

Sales Manager, Warranty and Financial Products, Inc. Seattle, WA 1997-1999
• Led local team of 20 sales representatives, exceeding sales goals and consistently performing in top ten percent nationwide.
• Conducted daily sales and organizational training for sales representatives.

Volunteer experience

Burners without Borders 2007-present
• Developing business and outreach plan for organization initiated during Katrina relief to address international disaster aid

Burning Man Festival 2004-present
• Managed participation of Seattle-based arts group in Burning Man, the nation’s largest art festival, for more than three years.
• Developed project timelines and logistics, coordinated of up to 250 people annually, and production of large-scale art installations.
• Charter board member of Ignition Northwest, the Pacific NW’s regional installation in the Burning Man network

Seattle Memorial Temple/Temple of Light 2006
• Led organization focused on large-scale art memorial installation to commemorate lives lost in shootings in Capitol Hill, Seattle in 2006.
• Facilitated meetings; facilitated communication among working groups; developed and oversaw budget; served as press contact and liaison with installation site owner.
• Acted as liaison between volunteer group and city officials to negotiate contracts and permissions for public land use

Hurricane Katrina Relief 2005
• Coordinated logistics for food/shelter provisions at the most effective Point of Distribution in federally declared disaster area in Biloxi, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina.

Skills

Personal and interpersonal
Leadership, people management
Program management, project management and event management/coordination.
Strong design eye and editorial proficiency
Interpersonal communication and presentation
Noted for organizational agility and follow-through

applications:
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook.
Customer Relationship Management applications
Web design: Drupal, Movable Type. Adobe creative suite

Amani Ellen Loutfy

Project management

• managed company-wide data flow analysis project for state employees’ agency. Managed timeline, resources and presentation of final project to board of directors.

• Coordinated neighborhood-wide effort to clean and maintain physical appearance of major thoroughfare/shopping district. Served as liaison with city government, coordinated accompanying grant program and oversaw volunteers for community event.
• Managed more than one dozen artist development projects ranging in scale from $2000 to $8000. Work involved needs assessment, project planning, and schedule development. All projects completed on time and on budget.
• Managed participation of local arts group in nation’s largest art festival for more than three years. Responsibilities included development of project timeline and logistics, coordination of up to 250 people annually, and production of large-scale art installations.
• Responsible for developing schedule and booking more than 60 musical acts for local annual arts and music festival, attended by over 100,000 people.
Public relations & Marketing
• Developed marketing campaign to re-launch neighborhood Chamber of Commerce to drive new membership and public visibility. Oversaw development of brand strategy, online presence, fundraising and outreach program.
• Led creation and implementation of PR campaigns for both non-profit and for-profit organizations. Campaigns involved development of messaging, positioning and press outreach strategies.
• Developed outreach and marketing materials including press kits, websites and brand identities.
• Acted as media contact and spokesperson for various organizations and events. Worked in this capacity with print and broadcast journalists from local, regional, national news outlets.

Fundraising/Sales
• Developed fundraising and membership outreach schedule for neighborhood Chamber of Commerce, including membership dues structure.
• Led local team of 20 sales representatives, exceeding sales goals and consistently performing in top ten percent nationwide.
• Consistently exceeded quota selling business-to-business niche software services.
• Developed and successfully led in-person sales and operations training for groups of five to fifty employees in private and federal organizations.
Community Development
• Developed business plan and annual budget for neighborhood Chamber of Commerce. Attained business licenses, Federal Non-Profit status, developed bylaws, hired and oversaw staff, vendors, coordinated efforts with executive committee.
• Founded community-based company focused on providing multimedia services to regional artists. Day-to-day responsibilities included marketing, developing corporate strategy, artist- and investor- relations.
• Assumed leadership of organically formed organization focused on large-scale art memorial installation. Facilitated meetings and provided prime communication channel between working groups, developed and oversaw budget, acted as liaison with installation site owner, served as press representative.
• Extended volunteer work coordinating logistics and provisioning shelter and food in federally declared disaster area in Mississippi after hurricane Katrina from September-November 2005.

Community work affiliations

Fremont Public Association
Burning Man, LLC
Ignition NW-
World Shelters
Burners Without Borders
Capitol Hill Arts Center
Fremont Arts Council
Cirque de Flambe
NARAL

Application skills
• Internet-savvy, high-level familiarity with using internet applications as effective tool for business collaboration and for communication with stakeholders. Mac-preferred, Windows- proficient. Fluent in Office suite, Outlook, CRM applications, Drupal, Movable Type, Project, Adobe creative suite

Work history

Arch Technologies- Managing Consultant/Project Manager 2008

Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce- 2006/2007- Interim Executive Director

Urban Relations- Public Relations special projects- 2006

KUOW- Media Tech- operations 2005

Static Factory Media- Director of Public Relations 2003-2005

AIS- 2002- On the Job Trainer for TSA/Homeland Security

iCopyright- 1999-2001- Director of Sales