Jeffrey Gold's Communication Design Resume

1. EDUCATION
Westminster College
Salt Lake City, Utah
Master of Professional Communications
Cambridge University
Cambridge, England
MPhil Programme
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bachelor of Science
Core Qualifications
• Expertise in verbal, textual, and visual communication
• Aptitude for reducing complex concepts into progressions of simpler ideas
• Flexibility to navigate among artistic, creative, technical, and scientific environments
• Ability to zoom in on the crux of an issue
• Flair to communicate with a wide spectrum of audiences, from laypersons to experts
• Extensive set of problem-solving skills based on a panoply of professional and intellectual pursuits
• Proven ability to ideate, design, and implement cost- and time-saving innovations
• Demonstrated success in coordinating multiple and disparate groups
• Passion for quality notwithstanding time and resource limitations
• High level of personal and professional integrity
• Enthusiasm to learn from and recognize others for their contributions and achievements
Associate Dean | Interactive Communication Design | Information Design
Independence University | 2011–present
• Responsible for curriculum development, course design and presentation, online
student learning tool creation, faculty scheduling, and faculty communication
Communication Designer | Copywriter
Corpus Polymedia | 1999–2011
• Created branding, identity design, graphic design, copy writing, photography, audio production, video
production, web development, public relations, marketing, advertising, business strategy, and ideation
• Established film festival campaigns and marketing strategies for independent feature films
• Developed taglines, synopses, bios, and other copy for use in press
kits, electronic press kits (EPKs), and websites
• Crafted press releases, media advisories, website usability studies,
and grant proposals for small companies
Award-winning Producer | Screenwriter | Playwright | Film Composer
Cambridge Films | 1995–2013
• Winner of seven Best of State gold medals in playwriting, screenwriting, and original music composition
• Winner – 2012 SLFS/USP screenwriting fellowship sponsored by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars)
• Winner of numerous awards for producing, screenwriting, playwriting, and filmscoring
• Invited participant – 19th Annual Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference
• Invited participant – 3rd Annual Sundance Institute/Johnny Mercer Foundation Masterclass
• Producer of feature film Nowhere Fast: The Forgotten Story of Approach Control (2013)
and associate producer of award-winning feature film Abby Singer (2003)
• Executive producer of award-winning documentary feature film Pigweed
Philosopher: The Untethered Zen of Kimball Johnson (2009)
• Amazon-published playwright and iTunes-published composer
Creative Manager
Harman International | 2008–2009
• Created ads, ad concepts, ad copy, graphic design, and/or art direction for five prestigious
international brands: dbx, Lexicon Pro, BSS Audio, DigiTech, and HardWire
Adjunct Professor
Salt Lake Community College | 2002–2009
• Created first screenwriting program and curriculum at college
• Taught Introduction to Film, Film & Culture, and Principles of Dramatic Writing (Screenwriting)
JEFFREY GOLD
PRESS RELEASES + MEDIA ADVISORIES + FEATURE WRITING + PUBLIC RELATIONS
COPY WRITING + TECHNICAL WRITING + MARKETING + ADVERTISING + SOCIAL MEDIA
NARRATIVE MARKETING + VISUAL STORYTELLING + DRAMATIC WRITING + SCREENWRITING
PHOTOGRAPHY + FILM PRODUCTION + AUDIO + VIDEO EDITING + SOUND DESIGN + MUSIC
MarCom/Brand
Designer
Look no further if you want someone who lives in the spectrum: someone who
engages both hemispheres of his brain; someone who shares a laugh readily, but
can also be deep; someone for whom imagination, creativity, and invention are
innate; someone who enjoys translating ephemeral ideas into tangible results.
j e f f r e y f g o l d @ g m a i l . c o m
213 | 787 | 6077
SOFTWARE
DESIGN
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
TEXT
Microsoft Word
Apple Pages
Final Draft/Screenwriter
Emacs/LaTeX
DATA
Microsoft Excel
Apple Numbers
PRESENTATION
Microsoft PowerPoint
Apple Keynote
WEB
HTML (raw coding)
CSS (raw coding)
Adobe Dreamweaver
PHOTO
Adobe Lightroom
Apple Aperture
VIDEO
Apple Final Cut Pro
Apple iMovie HD
Apple DVD Studio Pro
Apple iDVD
AUDIO
Digital Performer
Apple Soundtrack Pro
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows
UNIX & UNIX variants