Resume

Dylan Raines

Nonprofit Communications & Website Management

St. Joseph, MO · dr@dylanraines.com · dylanraines.com · linkedin.com/in/dylanraines

Nonprofit founder and communications designer with 20 years of web development experience. Turns missions into clear messages, websites, and digital content that connect people with causes.

Core skills

  • Mission messaging
  • Content strategy
  • Website management
  • Custom CMS development
  • Donor communications
  • Newsletters
  • Social media
  • Community engagement
  • Visual storytelling
  • Nonprofit consulting

Professional experience

The Human Family

Jan 2024 to present

Founder & Executive Director

  • Founded a nonprofit cultivating a wiser, more compassionately connected world; lead its mission, communications, and digital presence.
  • Designed and built The Human Family web platform from the ground up, where member charities manage their own pages and supporters can fund specific partner projects.
  • Established a giving model in which 100% of public donations will fund partner projects in clean water, food, education, health, and the environment, with operations funded separately; now onboarding first charity partners.
  • Produce the organization’s publications and podcast series.

Raines Communications

Apr 2010 to present

Communications Designer

  • Deliver websites, design, and digital communications for national leadership organizations, nonprofits, small businesses, artists, university professors, and authors.
  • Built WordPress sites for 20 years; now develop custom websites and CMS platforms using AI-assisted development on Cloudflare Workers and Pages.
  • Designed the website for a national bipartisan leadership organization that convenes elected officials and public leaders around friendship, reconciliation, and unity.

Fine Designs Inc

Oct 2022 to Aug 2025

Regional Manager, Southern California

  • Led event sales teams across Southern California that generated more than $800,000 in revenue.
  • Managed operations and logistics for regional events, coordinating team travel, inventory, and equipment.

Nonprofit service

Planetwalk

Aug 2015 to present

Digital Media Manager, Volunteer

  • Manage the website and social media channels for the environmental nonprofit based on the work of Dr. John Francis.

ConnectAID

May 2021 to Oct 2024

Digital & Technology Consultant, Volunteer

  • Rebuilt and maintained the organization’s website.
  • Provided technical support for virtual conferencing at an international conference featuring high-level global political leaders as speakers.
  • Collaborated on and provided strategic consultation for team social media campaigns to maximize reach.

Selected work

Podcasts

Producer

Education

The University of Kansas

May 2025

Bachelor of General Studies

  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, Communications. GPA 3.8. Dean’s Honor Roll 2024 to 2025.

Glendale Community College

2022

Associate Degrees

  • Philosophy AA-T and Social Science AA. GPA 3.8. Academic Honors at Graduation.

Tools and publishing

  • Cloudflare Workers & Pages
  • WordPress
  • Canva
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Email marketing
  • CRM systems

Author of A World of Possibilities, a children’s book about curiosity, wonder, and appreciation.