Farrukh Sultani

Sacramento, CA ***** 916-***-**** adi8ch@r.postjobfree.com

Fully Work Authorized No Visa Sponsorship Required PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Public Relations, Communications and Media professional with 6+ years of experience in visualizing projects progress and success stories, developing community-interested visual and audio stories using Adobe Audition, InDesign, Adobe Premier with Tetra Tech, International Development Law Organization, International Psychosocial Organization and The Killid, group of media companies. Key Skills

• Social media marketing and campaign management

• Data entry, collection, and analysis

• Audio and video production and edition

• Outreach, community engagement, an story telling

• Donors relationship building

• Language skills: English, Dari, Pashtu and Farsi

• Computer skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, Adobe Audition, In Design, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AmeriCorps- The Birth and Beyond

Family Resource Aide 09/2020- Ongoing

• Facilitate workshops

• Conducting outreach with families

• Support the organization’s community outreach efforts

• Provide case management services to empower families on meeting their goals and navigate public systems

• Engage with families in the target communities to help them with smooth development of their children Tetra Tech - The USAID ISLA Project, Kabul, Afghanistan 05/2015 – 03/2020 Tetra Tech is an international consulting and engineering firm with 20,000 employees across its 450 offices worldwide. Information Specialist

• Captured, documented, and analyzed project progress information and data on strenghthening local governance from the field

• Translated the project progress and successes data from Dari to English and summarized data

• Produced impact and success stories in English and Dari to report the project progress and persuade the donor for project extension

• Portrayed USAID-funded ISLA Project accurately and effectively to a wide range of targets, including the Afghan Government, Afghan people, USAID and its key stakeholders

• Received a graduation certificate from Rokyan Management Consultancy as result of the scholarship I was awarded by Tetra Tech, the USAID ISLA project. In addition to so many reports that I produced I was also part of the team for development of a series of success stories about the project Information Officer 05/2015 - 05/2019

• Responded to project information and communications needs within the Communications and Learning department

• Captured the stories about progress and successes made toward strenghthening of local governance employees and systems at the field sites, documented, and analyzed them for visulalization purposes for aspecific audiences

• Translated brief texts Conducted interviews with beneficiaries and translated the interview narrative with the purpose of producing human-interested stories.

• Drafted project interventions and progress reports and presented to Communications Manager for copy editing

• Drafted success stories and presented to Communications Manager for copy editing

• Assisted the team in organizaing and managing the marketing part of the external and internal events with 50 to 100 people’s presence such as Interns Graduation Ceremony, International Women’s Day, knowledge- sharing among employees, reunions and project success celebration parties using the project budget and facilities to ensure the USAID branding is followed properrly

• Contributed tremendously in designing and producing audio/video and visual products aimed at maintaining internal and external communications; this included project factsheet, photography, and short video clips on project accomplishments

• Contributed in invention of an internal e-newsletter about project progress Public Relation Expert 02/2015 - 05/2015

Checchi and Company Consulting, Inc. - SUPPORT II Project, Kabul, Afghanistan A wholly-owned subsidiary of Dexis Consulting Group as of February 1, 2020. With the addition of Checchi and Company Consulting, Dexis has more than 500 employees in the United States, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Afghanistan.

• Assisted in development of a proposal and concept note for a media campaign

• Assisted in developing a communication plan for the Support II project that aimed to boost the USAID-Funded projects internal and external communications, as well as to facilitate and monitor a media campaign in order to make awareness about the USAID work in Afghanistan through its funded projects Technical Supervisor 10/2014 - 12/2014

International Psychosocial Organization (IPSO), Kabul, Afghanistan A humanitarian not-for-profit organization based in Germany and Afghanistan that specializes in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) and in sociocultural dialogue to promote peace and social cohesion, with 200K beneficiaries

• Communicated the IPSO activities outcomes and impact thrugh short success and impact stories which were collected and presented as a collection stories to the companie’s donor

• Crafted feasible strategies and guides for better implementation of the project

• Travelled to project sites to capture stories

• Contributed in development of a story book with interviewing the beneficiaries, writing their mental health improvement cases and converting those into human-interested stories Public Information Advisor 05/2012 – 09/2014

International Development Law Organization (IDLO), Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

(INL), Kabul, Afghanistan with travel to field offices across the country The project was funded by the United States International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and was implemented by IDLO wich is an intergovernmental organization that promotes law and sustainable development. Developed and produced audio/visual contents that aimed to educate target communities

• Arranged interviews with media in order to ensure a clear massege is deliverred to public through national media

• Produced, packed and distributed the public outreach materials as part of an awareness campaign on harms of violence against women in a society

• Assisted the team with conducting specific occasions such as events on International day of elemination of violenvce against women with speakers form Human Rights associations, government authorities and 50 to 100 women and men participations

• Supported the government goals implementation with strenghthening the government employees through regular trainings and coaching sessions

• Contributed on training 20 Journalists on reporting about violence cases while considering the victim safety

• Contributed on training 20 government employees on how to develop their communication plans

• Assisted in development of a comprehensive communication strategy for the project

• Supported in implementation of the project communications plan

• A full package of audio visual public awareness material focused on eradication of violence against women developed for the organization

• Public awareness sessions held with different group of women at the capital and rural areas Producer and Media Analyst 05/2010 – 03/2012

Internews - Salam Watandar, Kabul, Afghanistan

For more than 35 years, in more than 100 countries, Internews has worked to build healthy media and information environments where they are most needed. Internews is registered as a 501(c)3 organization in California.

• Produced two series of a radio show on children’s rights

• Conducted media analysis and review sessions with children and parents

• Assisted in training 33 local journalists on content development, radio programming and media management

• Improved the families’ knowledge about children rights by up to 5% Reporter and Producer 01/2009 – 05/2010

Development and Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan (DHSA), Killid Group, Kabul, Afghanistan with regular travels to provinces

A humanitarian organization promoting education and preserving cultural heritage in addition to responding to people in urgent need through their media services and financial aids.

• Produced a variety of editorials and audience-specific radio contents and products

• Produced two news reports and features a day

• Crafted scripts and storyboards for audio clips and dramas

• Produced and presented a series of women-specific radio programming each week; a mix of investigative reports on women lives and advocacy for their improvement was presented EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism 2013

Ebn-e-sina University, Kabul, Afghanistan

A private university certified by Ministry of Higher Education in Afghanistan PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS

• Scholarship for Master’s degree in Anti-Corruption, Online and In-class sessions in Austria 08/2017

• Business Writing Scholarship Award, Tetra Tech, Kabul, 12/2016 Business Writing Course, Rokyan Management Consultancy, Kabul, Afghanistan, date/year

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