Chris Sutton Email & Phone Number

Hood River, Oregon

As the head writer on the Europe Portfolio of One Acre Fund's business development team, I lead development of written materials to persuade potential investors to support our critical work, as well as to provide existing donors with comprehensive reports. Example projects include:• Lead proposal and report preparation for $50m European government grant• Lead writer and relationship manager for successful bid for the Hilton Humanitarian Prize• Specialist in funding proposals for our Rwanda food systems/whole-market work• Managed One Acre Fund's successful bid for the 2023 Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world’s largest annual humanitarian award presented to nonprofit organizations

Austin, Tx

Volunteer position with an INGO that intervenes on behalf of women and children in crisis settings. Manage website design, content strategy, and email marketing to achieve goals in fundraising, volunteer engagement, and partner collaboration.

Managed a five-person team of writers and editors to deliver world-class creative collateral for one of Forbes magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies". Functioned as Seagate's high-level editorial brand steward while fostering a creative, collaborative environment.

Led a team of writers and editors to craft critically successful, targeted, and brand-focused copy in support of product launches and campaigns. Established the editorial team at Seagate, increasing capacity and maximizing the quality of outputs while supporting business objectives.

Portland, Oregon Area

Designed and implemented a strategy to deliver technical documentation via a web-based CMS, generating 2,000 unique visits per day and reducing traffic to tech support website by 40%. Composed product manuals, quick start guides, white papers, and FAQs. Reduced calls to tech support by tailoring materials for a diverse range of audiences, from entry-level to enterprise IT decisionmakers.

Shefa-‘Amr, Israel

As a member of the Resource Development Department at the largest Arab human rights NGO in Israel, wrote project grants and coordinated program reporting for donors such as the Ford Foundation and the European Union.

Malanville, Benin, West Africa

Taught English to 160 students at a rural secondary school. Compiled and edited a 350-page curriculum manual for English teachers in West Africa, as well as four education manuals with social development themes.

Master’S Degree, Near And Middle Eastern Studies

Journalism (News-Editorial), French Language And Literature