Haydee Souffrant, Mfa Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Serve as lead for Kartemquin’s filmmaker development programs, including but not limited to: Diverse Voices in Docs (DVID) fellowship, KTQ Labs, and other programs that support filmmaker development.• Develop high-level strategy for filmmaker programs in conjunction with Leadership Team, ensuring alignment with organizational values and goals around equity, transparency, field and community building.• Track expenses for program budgets, make purchases for programs within budgetary constraints, propose expenditures for future program budgets and make recommendations for necessary, unplanned purchases.• Serve at the first point of contact for all KTQ filmmaker programs and maintain and streamline program alumni lists• Stay abreast of career achievement and creative accomplishments of and resources for KTQ filmmakers.• Support the Development team in preparing grant reports and proposals based on program metrics, qualitative/anecdotal testimonials, successes and challenges.Fellowship Management• Oversee program implementation from call for applications to review and selection of new DVID filmmaker cohorts.• Manage program curricula per month to support filmmaker professional and creative development.• Coordinate relationships with mentors and other experts, including Kartemquin staff, to support the goals of the program and needs of the filmmakers.

• Creative Consulting and Impact Producer• Contract-based Script and Story Advisor for Theater, Fiction and Documentary Film• Contract-based Film Programmer and Juror• Contract-based Arts Administrator for Theater and Performance Arts Collectives• Multimedia Performing Arts & Programmer• Contract facilitator for Organizing Spaces, Artist Collectives and Individuals

Greater Chicago Area

I ensure all Honey Pot Performance events, meeting and planning sessions are coordinated, scheduled and documented to achieve project objectives. I recently onboarded the team to project management software to better manage and coordinate team communication workflows, as well as handle inventory/supplies and printing needs for live public events and programming.Additionally, I facilitate communication and manage operational workflows and administrative tasks including all artist and vendor contracts, invoicing and payments; and developed the organization's first operations handbook as a new 501c3.

Serve as the Documentary Features programmer for 2024 Reeling Festival.

Served as a documentary features committee reviewer for Gotham Week: Spotlight on Documentaries, Project Market 2024.

I provide mediation and facilitation services, workshops, strategic planning retreats and teach-ins for arts organizations, NPOs, organizing committees and individuals. Using trauma-informed and restorative justice frameworks to create conversations that anchor organizations and artists towards change and resolution, I provide clients with resources to develop anti-racist practices, effective communication and conflict resolution services within their organizations and operations.

Serve as a Freelance Curriculum Designer specializing in training, workshops, and program implementations for arts organizations, and program expansions. I conduct research and collaborate with educators, subject experts, and other professionals to develop quality curricula and learning resources to establish feasible timeframes to achieve the goals and objectives outlined in the curriculum.Curricula Design Expertise:• Literature & Creative Writing (Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry/Plays)• Social, Emotional Learning (via CASEL Framework)• Conflict Management and Communication Skills

Supporting Producer for audio drama podcast Unwell: A Midwestern Gothic Mystery. Oversaw artist contracts, supporting deliverables and table readings for 4th and 5th seasons.

• Coordinate program activities including case tracking, program scheduling, data tracking, and analyze program reports via Salesforce.• Maintain and build professional relationships with regional schools, victim services, law enforcement, Juvenile Department, youth corrections, community partners, and other key stakeholders.• Support special projects that pertain to programmatic functions (eg. the annual Literary Arts Summit).• Provide direct program service and support as needed, including facilitating book groups on an as-needed basis and developing program curricula.• Develop and approve programming updates and roll-out of new curricula• Collaborate with Directors, External Organizations, and Senior Management to improve current programming and develop new opportunities for service delivery.

Greater Chicago Area

Duties Included:• Facilitating book discussions and poetry writing using director-approved curriculum for youth ages 14-22 and adult learners.• Expanding programming by researching and developing materials and curricula for book groups.• Deepen knowledge of contemporary literature, specifically Latinx, African American, Asian American, Arab American, and/or queer and trans authors.• Arranging poetry readings, field trips, and guest speakers for groups.• Coordinating publication of poetry anthologies for groups and funding opportunities.• Serving as Organization representative at fundraising and community programming events.• Database Administration via Salesforce • Supporting Additional Administrative Functions and Projects as NeededWith Communications Department • Generating articles and social media content to develop SEO track to organization page• Observing and monitoring the growth of readership in organization newsletters• Supporting Communications Manager with Marketing outline and content calendars• Brainstorming and editing digital content about organizations growth, new programming, how to write series, blog updates

Greater Chicago Area

Sixty Inches From Center is a non-profit online arts publication and archiving initiative that supports and promotes art and writing that thrives primarily outside of mainstream historical narratives.Duties include:• Writing original content about arts programming, community engagements, reviews and current events• Proof submitted articles for review• Interview Greater Chicago Area-based artists, performers, curators and arts leaders for upcoming Sixty Inches from Center projects• Adhere to piece deadlines approved by main editor• Support Editorial Team with driving content towards readership

Greater Chicago Area

The Department of Exhibitions, Performance Student Spaces is the galleries, student centers and art boutique of Columbia College Chicago. An extension of the studios and classrooms, the department fosters vibrant environments for students to interact, exchange ideas and view and showcase bodies of work within the larger urban community. The spaces provide students from every discipline myriad opportunities to gain essential, hands-on experience, stimulating artistic expression and professional development through collaboration.Duties include:• Curating exhibits with a focus on diversity/multiculturalism and interdisciplinary arts• Co-write exhibition catalogs and create programming for curated exhibits• Co-producing exhibitions or aspects of select exhibitions• Acting as Columbia representative in press interviews as related to exhibitions• Networking with arts professionals to bring in external curatorial talent• Conducting gallery tours for Columbia and external groups• Mentoring students by speaking about DEPS, how to get involved with us and the practice of curating (class visits, at orientations and individually)• Supporting visiting artists in all aspects• Acting as the departmental liaison for inter-departmental projects• Oversaw travel logistics for visiting artists for gallery programming• Maintaining professional development through attending arts, museum and education-related conferences, reading and researching relevant materials• Oversee the management of the Permanent Collection• Support and oversee logistics management for programming, administrative and special events needs

3111 N Western Ave, Chicago Il

Served as the Apprentice Producer to Links Hall's Curatorial Resident Summer 2016 Kantara Souffrant and Links Hall Co-Producers for the artist festival 'I Shout to Keep My Devils At Bay: The Sacred in/and/of the Profane. • Executed a Marketing / Publicity/ Social Media plan that is collaboratively generated by the team• Created community connections that would be beneficial to the project and in support of engaging with specifically African American / Black / Caribbean and LGBTQ inclusive organizations as this directly relates to the interest and focus of this project. • Supported the creation of production timelines• Communicated with the artists about marketing and technical needs • Supported logistics the install of the month long visual art exhibition at Corner Gallery• Oversaw and supported festival logistics for artists and performances• Oversaw after festival events and programming at both Links Hall and Corner Gallery

Greater Chicago Area

Served as the inaugural Creative Services Administrative Assistant for Second City Works. Second City works provided content and trainings for organizations and companies for marketing, sales and growth.Responsibilities include:• Coordinating New Talent on-boarding• Talent Payroll and Production Invoice reconciliation• Meeting Planning• Operations Managing• Office Production Management• Coordinate Talent Town Hall events and agenda programming

Oberlin, Oh

• Act as liaison between the Executive Directors and the technical team.• Help ensure the highest production quality within budgetary and schedule limits.• Ensure that cast, crew, designers and technical staff have the resources they need todo their jobs successfully and in a timely manner.• Manage production schedules to maximize efficiency and minimize staff costs.• Oversee the work and completion of all physical production elements and ensures atimely delivery of elements at the highest possible standards.• Help to manage and recruit production personnel necessary for the execution of eachproduced work.• Track production expenses and ensures they align with budget.• Approve Production Department invoices for payment and submits to the FinanceDepartment in a timely manner.• Provide production information and proof material for marketing projects promotingcurrent production, such as show program and other items as needed.• Attend weekly staff and production meetings.

New York, United States

Served as a Part-time Personal Assistant to Co-founder of Killer Films Producer Pamela Koffler.

New York, New York, United States

Served as a Set and Still Photographer for independent film company based in NYC. Also served as Assistant Videographer in lieu of main when working on other projects.

New York, New York, United States

INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world sponsored by TED talk prize winner & photographer JR.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Served as the Social Media, Marketing and Communications Intern for StoryCorps, one of the nations' largest non-profit oral history project shares, records and archives the everyday people's stories and histories. I developed marketing and community partnerships, and co-lead our social media and newsletter for our 2011 National Day of Listening Initative.

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Creative Writing, 3.8 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Creative Writing Interdisciplinary Arts Media Arts Performance Practice Community AwarenessDeveloped a body.

African American Studies And English, Fine And Studio Arts Management

Activities and Societies: Dance Diaspora Student Finance Committee Students of Caribbean Ancestry PeacekeepersStudied African American.