Christiana Dehnen-utech

Ghostwriter & Instructional Designer

Wülfrath, Germany

Experience

Jun 2017 - Present
8 years 2 months

Ghostwriter & Instructional Designer

Freelance

  • Consulting on the development of digital educational offerings
  • Designing digital learning offerings based on client-specific teaching and learning materials
  • Train-the-Trainer: Training instructors in designing blended learning and e-learning content
Jul 2015 - May 2017
1 year 11 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

E-Learning Author

eLearning Manufaktur GmbH

  • Designing e-trainings based on client-specific teaching and learning materials
  • Leading workshops with clients to develop learning objectives and content
  • Researching materials and designing e-trainings in leadership development
  • Implementing e-trainings using various authoring tools
  • Designing blended learning solutions
  • Writing scripts for video productions
  • Quality assurance of learning products
  • Providing didactic consulting to clients
  • Project management
Sep 2014 - Dec 2015
1 year 4 months
Bochum, Germany

Administrative Staff / Project Associate

Ruhr University Bochum, DaF Language Department

  • Supporting the conceptual development of a distance learning concept
  • Providing content-related and methodological-didactic support
  • Creating learning units in Moodle editorially
Apr 2013 - Mar 2020
7 years

Trainer for German as a Foreign Language

Freelance

  • Designing and delivering language training for German as a foreign language (including Goethe-Institut Düsseldorf)
  • Conducting Train-the-Trainer workshops for new instructors at Goethe-Institut Düsseldorf
Jun 2012 - Mar 2013
10 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Director Operations

GermanBoardRoom GmbH

  • Setting up and maintaining the CRM system
  • Creating content for the website and informational materials
  • Preparing and sending press releases and newsletters
  • Organizing the 1st and 2nd German Supervisory Board Day: speaker management, invitation management, marketing
Aug 2011 - May 2012
10 months
Hamburg, Germany

Head of Language Department

Brand Academy Hamburg - Hochschule für Design und Kommunikation

  • Rebuilding the language department by developing the curriculum and creating the module handbook
  • Designing and developing teaching materials for specialized courses (soft skills, intercultural communication)
  • Leading and developing staff
  • Responsible for the department's profitability
Mar 2011 - Jul 2011
5 months
Boston, United States

Head of Language Department (Maternity Cover)

Goethe-Institut Boston, MA

  • Acquiring clients and marketing, advising and supporting clients in German and English
  • Responsible for the profitability of language courses
  • Developing a language course based on WebEx
  • Positioning the language program on social media
Jan 2010 - Jul 2011
7 months
Norton, United States

Visiting Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language

Wheaton College

Sep 2010 - Jan 2011
5 months
Boston, United States

Freelance Instructor for German as a Foreign Language

Goethe-Institut Boston, MA

Aug 2008 - May 2010
1 year 10 months
Mansfield, United States

Lecturer in German as a Foreign Language

University of Connecticut

  • Developing curriculum and teaching materials for the course 'German Readings in Music'

Languages

German
Native
English
Elementary

Education

University of Connecticut

Master of Arts · German Studies · Mansfield, United States

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Bachelor of Arts · German Studies and Linguistics · Düsseldorf, Germany

Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium Mettmann

Abitur · Mettmann, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Educational Media

University of Duisburg-Essen