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Damon
Gitelman, Ph.D.
(303) 588-4515
Denver,
Colorado / Calgary, Alberta
damon.gitelman@gmail.com
University Teaching and Advising
Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus
Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature and Humanities, 1994 – 1996
Curriculum design, course development; taught 15 to 40 students per course; graduate thesis supervision
Taught philosophy and English literature classes for undergraduate and graduate students at university with 8,000 students and faculty from 40 countries
Supervised first student in department's M.A. program in English Studies
University of Calgary and Mount Royal University, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Instructor / Assistant Instructor, Departments of Philosophy, 1985 – 1993
Designed and developed course curricula; supervised 40 to 50 students per course; supervised teaching assistants;
provided detailed content editing of graduate dissertations and thesesTaught introductory and intermediate-level classes in philosophy, logic, history of philosophy, philosopny of law, ethics
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Instructor / Assistant Instructor / Editor, Department of Philosophy, 1983 – 1985
Assisted in introductory philosophy and logic classes with up to 300 students per class; independent instructor for first-year students
Developed course materials and computer-aided logic tutorials; editor for The Philosopher’s Index, a reference guide to books and articles
National Evaluation Systems, Austin, Texas
Educational Consultant, 1993 – 1994
Scored collegiate writing samples for educational standards examination organizations; made specific recommendations
for remedial studyas needed for more than 1,500 studentsExtensive training with other hundreds of other educators in standards for scoring writing samples
Writing and Editing
Research and Communications Consultant, Pivot Industries, Littleton, Colo., Nov. 2013 – present
Develop sales and marketing strategy for global startup software company
Develop website including design and copywriting for internal and external audiences
Research marketing opportunities using competitive intelligence
Managed 22 students’ research projects at Colorado School of Mines for Pivot Industries Ltd.
Edit business communications for international readership
Technical Writer and Editor, Qwest Communications, Littleton, Colo., Nov. 2007 – Feb. 2008
Managed online delivery of end-user software documentation for Qwest’s computer-assisted design programs, used by hundred engineers and technical writers
Served as quality assurance expert for new software documentation — text, formatting, graphics, and stylistic consistency of more than 1,000 pages of user guidelines
Assisted in development of editorial guidelines for software documents
Taught editorial team to use Adobe Creative Suite Products (Photoshop, Acrobat Professional 7.0)
Document Production Specialist, Northern Energy Services Co., Aurora, Colo., Oct. 2006 – Aug. 2007
Edited 1,000-page Excel engineering documents and converted files to Adobe Portable Document Format
Maintained company and governmental standards in creation of book-length technical documents on energy use and conservation
Assured consistency with company and industry-specific styles for text and graphics
Writer and Editor, US West Dex, Aurora, Colo., Sept. 1998 – Sept. 2000
— Named 1999 US West Dex Editor of the Year —
Performed quality assurance and editing for layout, text, maps, graphics, and other Community Pages content for US West Dex yellow pages directories
Promoted first official publicity for 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in special 16-page insert for 4.2 million yellow page directories
Wrote and edited introductory Community Pages content for 75 cities,
Wrote direct mail advertising copy for 'Directory Source' catalog, a publication describing numerous electronic business database
Reporter and Editor, Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas, 1980 – 1983
Covered city and county government, law enforcement, and statewide rural concerns for readership of 250,000 — as State News reporter for 26 counties
Edited submissions for two daily editions; maintained news network of 65 correspondents; edited weekly religion news pages
Instructed news correspondents in best practices for gathering and reporting news on city and county government, local news events,
and development of press releases
Marketing and Public Relations
Brand Manager, Public Relations Writer, Web Developer, Worldwide Partners, Aurora, Colo, Sept. 2000 – Feb. 2005
Developed and implemented multimedia marketing and public relations plan, to enhance Worldwide Partners’ brand identity as world’s 10th largest advertising corporation
Wrote and edited 250 editions of Worldwide, a weekly advertising news site distributed internationally 4,100 associates at 80 advertising agencies;
Increased Worldwide’s readership 300 percent
Administered database of 1,200 international accounts
Wrote monthly article, “Worldwide Partners: The Entrepreneurial Way” — published in Asia’s largest advertising magazine
Wrote and produced print and electronic onboarding reated brochures and press kits for advertising publications; produced online campaigns to recruit new agencies
Increased new agency acquisition by 15 percent
Software and Style Guides:
Software: Microsoft Office, QuarkXPress, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Framemaker, Acrobat Professional, Adobe Dreamweaver, WordPress, Filemaker Pro, Final Cut Pro,Constant Contact, and other web tools
Style Guides: The Chicago Manual of Style, The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Washington Post style guide, and other professional writing and editing guides; developed editorial style specifications for several companies
Education:
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
M.A., Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
B.A., Philosophy and English Literature, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas
For-credit course work in web design and digital graphics at Denver-area community colleges