Sarah McKinley

Sarah McKinley has over 6 years of experience in operations, administrative, and production management roles. In 2021, they began working at Sketchy as an Operations Manager, Operations Administrator, and Administrative Assistant. In this role, Sarah supports micro-level day to day operations, manages contractor invoice tracking and communications, and learns third party tools to improve workflows.

Prior to that, Sarah worked at Seattle University as an Administrative Coordinator from 2019-2021. In this role, they utilized third party tools to track project progress, copyedited internal communications, and agilely developed and implemented remote workflows and protocols.

From 2015-2019, Sarah worked at Pocket Theater as a Venue Manager and Assistant Venue Manager. In their role as Venue Manager, Sarah managed production workflows for 320 live arts events and 3 festivals per year, problem solved blockers to efficiency and effective communication in production pipeline, and communicated with in-house and independent producers and artists. As an Assistant Venue Manager, Sarah taught in-house and independent first-time producers to utilize project management tools, conducted research and implemented third party tools to streamline creative production workflows, and owned production pipeline tracking.

In 2015, Sarah also worked as a Production Manager (Volunteer) at SketchFest Seattle. In this role, they owned all internal communications with 15-20 local and 8 out of town performing acts, communicated with all artists to learn their technical needs, and executed 12 live events occurring over 2 weekends.

Sarah McKinley graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre/Theater. Since then, they have obtained numerous certifications from LinkedIn and Google, including Graphic Design Foundations: Ideas, Concepts, and Form (2021), Excel Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365) (2021), Learning Jira Software (2021), Managing Your Personal Investments (2021), Word Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365) (2021), Outlook Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365) (2020), PowerPoint Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft 365) (2018) (2020), Creating Your Personal Brand (2020), Learning Personal Branding (2020), Social Media Marketing Foundations (2020), Skills for Inclusive Conversations (2019), and Google Analytics (2021).