Whitney Steen

Experienced nonprofit administrator, editor, writer, and graphic designer based in Chicago, IL. Let me help you get your organization's processes and publications in gear!

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Over 20 Years' Experience

In my time in nonprofit and academic administration I've coordinated volunteers, managed staff, run grant application reviews, designed, edited, and published newsletters, and created processes for managing grant and donor data.

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Practical Experience

Managing grant application and review processes
Preparing and negotiating grant contracts
Creating and managing project budgets
Coordinating volunteers, including assignments, working with committees, and handling elections
Coordinating volunteer expense reimbursement
Writing, editing and designing publication layout for newsletters, white papers, emails, application RFPs, and other policy documents
Working with and/or managing freelance and contract employees
Managing full and part-time staff
Editing for style (MLA, Chicago, etc.) or branding guidelines
Working with commercial printers

Technical Expertise

Microsoft Office Suite (including Sharepoint)
Google Workspace
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
Affinity Creative Suite
Canva
Proposal Central (grantmaking software)
Wordpress, Squarespace, Carrd (website creation)
WooFoo, Fillout/Zite (form creation)