Alix Compton Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa

- Working closely with the Associate Dean for Advancement and the Senior Leadership Team, define strategic project deliverables and manage implementation and evaluation.- Directly oversee Advancement's operating budget.- Play a significant role in forecasting staffing needs and providing oversight for all HR processes and procedures.- Develop and implement communication plans for internal policies and process changes.- Serve as administrative lead for Advancement in relationship to the Foster School, and in work with University Advancement and partners across campus.

Seattle, Wa

- Provided strategic, operational, and tactical support to the Associate Dean, partnering with Divisional Deans, Directors, and the wider College team.- Maintained relationships with the Dean’s office, the central University Advancement executive offices, and other key stakeholders and partners across campus to ensure good working relationships and smooth operations.- Provided leadership, direction, and support to the College Advisory Board: participated in the recruiting and orienting of new members; oversaw production of three annual board meetings; and facilitated deeper engagement with the College.- Established, communicated, and identified opportunities to improve administrative processes and create efficiencies.

Seattle, Wa

Once the new Director of Marketing and Communications was hired, worked to onboard and make her transition a smooth one. Continued managing various communications projects as needed, while moving to fill a temporary gap in Advancement team staffing. Projects ranged from administrative (scheduling meetings, updating data, creating PowerPoint presentations, editing documents) to strategic (creating and deploying a suite of tools to plan out and manage the fundraising year).

Seattle, Wa

Working closely with multiple departments at this grade 6-12 independent school, ensured that all communications projects moved forward until a new director was hired and fully onboarded. Required quickly building trusting relationships; assessing need across a broad set of stakeholders with competing priorities; creating production schedules for 40 projects in a 3-month timeframe; and identifying and managing design, print, and production vendors. Additionally, tasked with assessing existing strengths and weaknesses of the Communications department, and recommending short-and long-term functional changes.

Renton, Wa

Led a team of seven fund development and communications professionals, integrating external consulting resources as work required. Oversaw organization website structure and content, as well as other team technology including database, online fundraising platform, and cloud collaboration tool. Responsible for budget development and strategic planning at the department level, and key participant in similar activities as a member of the organization’s Leadership Team. Externally, interacted with key stakeholders including 17-member board, community leaders, and corporate contributors.

Renton, Wa

A fundraising event management client since 2009, I joined KCSARC in a staff position in January 2013. As Manager – Development Operations I provided structural oversight for all elements of fund development, and participated as a member of the agency’s senior Leadership Team.

Seattle, Wa

As an event management professional, I worked with a wide range of corporate clients and non-profit organizations to achieve individual event goals whether those are focused on marketing, staff recognition, increasing awareness in the community, or fundraising. Whether the scope of the project included directing everything from concept through execution, or joining the team to manage a single discrete element, I provided the expertise needed to produce a very successful event. Representative client projects include a fundraising and awareness-building breakfast for 350 for Bellwether (fka Housing Resources Group); fundraising luncheon for 600 for Landesa (fka Rural Development Institute); four day, 800-person customer conference for Tableau Software; nine marketing events in two months for Washington Dental Service; fundraising dinner and live auction for the Puget Sound Blood Center; six fundraising and cultivation events in 15 months for the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, including their signature fundraising breakfast for 900 attendees.

Seattle, Wa

Generated $400K from three major fundraising galas per season, an increase of 8% in peak performance year. Identified and secured the participation of key community volunteers integral to the success of each gala. Supervised eight benefit events throughout the year, servicing a donor population that contributed approximately $4M to annual revenue for the organization. Oversaw two-person events team, including hiring and budget forecasting.

Seattle, Wa

Oversaw the production of 50 events annually and directly managed the two most significant: Industry Achievement Awards (1,000 attendees) and Investment Forum (200 attendees). Managed budget, workflow and performance evaluation for a variety of vendors including graphic design, print, fulfillment, audio/visual, catering and venue. Identified organizational partners for collaborative relationships, to widen the appeal of a particular program as well as to support the broader goals of WTIA. Supervised Programs group, including product planning, hiring, staff allocation and motivation, budget forecasting and goal development.

Seattle, Wa

Managed the event portion of major Microsoft marketing initiatives including the promotion of Exchange 2000 ASP Hosting and the launch of Windows 2000. Worked with internal business development staff to supervise the client process from signed agreement through successful event completion and wrap-up. Allocated spending for budgets ranging in size from $40K to $3M per project.

Washington, Dc

Managed all aspects of event coordination for nationwide meetings and gala events including site selection, creation of promotional material, attendee registration, catering, selection of audio/visual vendors and trade show administration. Shared responsibility for allocating a $5M budget among 10 annual conferences and 12 regional workshops, with attendee numbers from 75 to 2,000 per event. Maintained the registration database and tracked the status of the annual conferences and regional workshops.

Washington, Dc

Researched and drafted background papers on African and Asian regional policy issues. Secured meeting rooms, finalized catering orders, coordinated printed material and managed post-event correspondence.

Washington, Dc

In my six-month fellowship with the Foreign Affairs & Defense Division, assisted senior analysts in drafting briefing reports on Asian Security and Trade, Foreign Aid, Defense Policy and Arms Control and Disarmament. Met with legislative staff to determine research requirements for members of Congress.