Sawsan Selim Email & Phone Number

United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Providing data-driven expertise in organizational transformation; institutional strengthening; leadership development; conflict resolution; and marketing/outreach training to universities, CSOs, businesses, and international and national government agencies, including USAID. Major accomplishments include:• Co-facilitated a development partners workshop to achieve a full judicial vetting process in Moldova that evaluated stakeholder needs and values; navigated constraints, limitations, and risks; agreed on key planning components and timelines; and resulted in an $11.9 million aid package proposal.• Executed two collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA) retreats for Moldovan judicial reform Commissions that reduced the project timeline by 30% via interviews and focus groups; training on leadership, trust-building, communication, and conflict resolution; and a final report documenting findings, outcomes, and recommendations.• Developed organizational capacity assessment (OCA) and advocacy capacity assessment (ACA) tools used to train 70 consultants in Uganda and Zimbabwe in capacity-building.• Transformed the strategic plans of 4 Ugandan CSOs by offering sustainable, creative means of meeting goals despite a major reduction in donor funds due to a challenging sociopolitical landscape.• Executed virtual communications and advocacy plan design processes that awarded 6 Ugandan CSOs USAID-funded grants and oversaw an 80% decrease in the planning process timeline for a time-sensitive funding opportunity.• Executed a DEI audit to advise governance restructuring that employed tailored qualitative and quantitative research methods, analyzed and presented findings via data visuals and actionable insights, authored a 50-page review of 19 governance structures, and yielded a 58% increase in diversity.• Engineered a Zoom Events build-out and executed logistics for an in-person/virtual conference on substance abuse prevention with 40 sessions that amassed 390 attendees.

• Serving as the project manager, in-house designer, and media and sponsorship team focusing on curating and implementing comprehensive, innovative brand strategies and toolkits, with specialization across industries (personal branding, fitness, e-commerce, real estate, political campaigns, and non-profit/education spaces).• Evaluating trends across five social media platforms (Facebook, Whatsapp, YouTube, IG, and TikTok) to tailor custom marketing solutions for clients to drive brand awareness.• Developing a streamlined, accessible approach to content creation via mentoring and training clients on self-sufficiency which resulted in overall increased social media presence.

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

• Employing experiential and simulation-based learning mechanisms to guide 8th grade students to interact with college-level concepts such as international politics and theory, international organizations, international development, and social issues.• Developing skills within students including, but not limited to, research, writing, self-advocacy, emotional intelligence, public speaking, negotiation, and diplomatic strategy.

Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

• Spearheading a resource-limited emergency recruitment project to fill 34 positions in seven weeks at two Title I charter schools navigating national challenges to the field of education, including mass exodus of teachers out of the profession. • Streamlining the evaluating, screening, and scheduling workflows for seamless communication and progression among all involved parties.• Optimizing job postings and leveraging social media to maximize buy-in.

• Educating and coaching undergraduate students in three upper-level political science class sections (Model United Nations, Model African Union, and Model Arab League) resulting in 36 awards in eight diplomatic simulation conferences, 22 of which were first place awards, in a single academic year. • Establishing partnerships with and traveling to train faculty advisors and students on establishing Model programs at national and international universities, including in Morocco and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Atlanta, Georgia

Constructed and executed a communications strategy for a boutique, four-person civil rights organization, including social media, press releases and conferences, audiovisual content and creative direction, community outreach and programs, and tracking all relevant KPIs. • Integrated marketing best practices to build the Instagram and Facebook pages, reaching approximately 1,000 and 4,000 followers organically without ads in a period of 3 months • Brainstormed and organized a “social media storm” for a civil rights case being represented by the organization that garnered about 12,000 likes, comments, shares, and retweets across platforms within three days.• Pioneered and directed “COVICTORY,” a data-driven, 30-organization collaborative project for Georgia-wide COVID-19 community interventions via virtual programming on social media and YouTube averaging 1,500 views per session across platforms.• Drafted, edited, and created a comprehensive 50-page marketing guide that addressed communication and marketing best practices and processes across five platforms and tools to be used during onboarding for new team members.

Atlanta, Georgia

• Headed a boutique international law firm’s marketing department through brand and social media strategy; website design, optimization, and maintenance; and in-house audiovisual and literary content creation.• Managed immigration, criminal, business, and family law cases.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Analyzing complaints of anti-Muslim discrimination and conducting interviews with victims. • Writing up discrimination reports for and communicating with lawyers.• Reaching out to politicians and officials for Islam 101 and Q&A presentations.• Organizing events.

Roswell, Georgia

• Organizing and executing campaign events and strategies.• Attending political forums and debates.• Translating campaign materials in Spanish and Arabic.

Gainesville, Georgia

Basic accounting, data entry, expense reports, interior organization and design, filing, and answering phone and security gate.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government, 4.2 (Summa Cum Laude)

Concentration in International & Comparative Politics Graduate Teaching Assistantship in International Organization Simulation

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government, 4.05 (Summa Cum Laude)

Honors College Dual Degree (BA + MA) Student Concentration in International Affairs Advanced Honors Distinction Zell Miller Scholar

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism, 4.05 (Summa Cum Laude)

Honors College Concentration in Media & Society Research Honors Distinction Zell Miller Scholar

High School Diploma, Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations, Muslim Student Association, Muslim Interscholastic Tournament (MIST) Regional and National.

Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society Beta Club Student Council Principal's Honor Roll 3rd Highest GPA of overall student body