Doug Van Pelt

Experience

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  Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee

  Jun 1984 - Aug 1984

  Security

  Monitored access for all bicycling events.

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  HM Magazine

  Jun 1985 - Mar 2013

  Editor

  Responsible for creative writing, all editing, proofing, layout, design and circulation of this bi-monthly, internationally circulated magazine.Managed creative content from beginning (planning, creating and articulating ideas, editing, proofreading, approval from clients on outside design work, like advertising design and placement) to pre-press and proofing stages, to final production (both print and web).Oversaw growth of magazine, including direct marketing to retail stores and communicating with wholesale distributor.Operated small business, including hiring personnel and managing staff of two to five employees and a regular rotation of interns (including the launch of the Intern Diaries blog), keeping office network efficiently running.Coordinated with a pool of 24+ freelance writers, coordinating interviews, graphics and photography.Acted as the Public Information Officer, Marketing Director, Business Manager and Editor in Chief.Coordinated publicity and marketing campaigns to promote the HM Magazine brand worldwide.Interviewed on radio, television and film numerous times. Called upon for speaking engagements.Spearheaded and maintained all emerging media and social networking communication, including regular, ongoing work with hmmagazine.com website, Facebook and Twitter accounts.Enhanced and updated Website daily with news and blogs, with special content added weekly and monthly.Weekly enewsletter sent to 8,500+ opt-in e-subscribers.Text messaging service launched.Audio engineered or oversaw 28 Podcast episodes.HM branded (Firefox) web browser reinforced branding, along with custom buttons for news, podcast and videos, along with Twitter feed.Moderated message forum and current Google group.Managed over 45 CD sampler projects, as well as video magazines and retail albums.Proficient with Adobe Creative Suite (especially InDesign, PhotoShop, Acrobat and Illustrator), MicroSoft Office (Word, Excel) and WordPress, MovableType. Show less

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  Pure Energy homeschool co-op

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Teacher

  Taught one semester class on Entrepreneurship.

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  Texas Department of Agriculture

  Mar 2013 - now

  Marketing Communication Specialist

  Writing, researching, proofreading and editing, plus graphic design and managing social media. Proofreading and editing all communications from the marketing department to the outside world and inner-office communication, acting as the primary liaison between the marketing department and the rest of the agency. Creating with limited supervision and independent judgment, overseeing the distribution of two monthly Internet publications (Go Local. GO TEXAN. e-zine and the GO TEXAN Round-Up infoletter). Printing of posters, display walls, informational, educational and marketing material for outside events like the State Fair of Texas, the GO TEXAN Restaurant Round-Up and several state livestock shows and rodeos. Create and edit online content, website development for gotexan.org, retireintexas.org, gotexanwine.org, the Texas shrimp website and TDA agency intranet. Editing and uploading of videos for the GOTEXANTV channel on YouTube. Photography and videography for online interviews. Oversee the distribution of graphic design and print-ready artwork from design stage to final production. Write and edit press releases according to media standards, working closely with the TDA agency Communications Department. Interacting and coordinating with other state agencies for shared social media calendars and events. Show less

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  Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

  Mar 2018 - now

  Communications Specialist