MARIA ELENA HERNANDEZ
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Education & Work Experience

For a complete look at my work experience, check my LinkedIn profile.
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Work Experience

Instructional Designer
Celigo (Redwood City, California/Remote)

Develop and redesign content for company's online university (modules, courses, learning paths); use multimedia tools (including Camtasia, Articulate Storyline, and Articulate Rise) to create engaging learning activities; identify instructional objectives and design corresponding content matching them; create supporting material/media, such as videos and accessible PDFs 

Instructional Designer II

Texas State Technical College (Harlingen, Texas/Remote)

Identify and utilize appropriate tools, techniques, best practices, reference materials, and innovative approaches that support the schools' efforts to engage in all phases of curriculum deconstruction, development, assessment, and measurement of the achievement of competencies, learning objectives, and training goals; assist in the development of multimedia content as needed

Instructional Designer I
Texas State Technical College (Harlingen, Texas/Remote)
Collaborate with subject matter experts and IDII to produce and edit instructional materials such as video, graphics, and interactive media elements; assist with posting content to learning management system
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Multimedia Journalist

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville, Texas)
Write articles and scripts about university news and events; record and edit videos; post content to social media accounts; track analytics for The Newsroom at UTRGV social media accounts 

Digital Media Director
KRGV-TV (Weslaco, Texas)
Oversee digital strategies and operations, including website, apps and social media platforms; track analytics for sales and news departments; train digital contributors; coordinate with third-party developers; create special web sections for news reports and station projects

Technical Writer
University of Texas - Brownsville (Brownsville, Texas)
Review, edit and update documentation for procedures and projects

Web Content Coordinator
KRGV-TV (Weslaco, Texas)
Write news reports for website; cut and post video; assistant with web ad trafficking; track web statistics

Television Production Technician
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District
(Harlingen, Texas)
 
Record, shoot, and edit news stories and programs; program weekly schedule; supervise student workers

General Assignments Reporter/Photographer
San Benito News (San Benito, Texas)
Write news articles, including feature stories; photograph events; assist in proofreading and publication layout

Instructional Television Director
KMBH-TV (Harlingen, Texas)

Organize and implement educational services; plan and participate in events with other organizations; supervise Ready to Learn program and Coordinator; maintain KMBH-TV and Classic 88FM web site
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Software Knowledge

Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Canvas LMS, Google Analytics, DoubleClick for Publishers, multiple content management systems, Hootsuite, SoftChalk, Articulate Storyline 360, Articulate Rise 360

Membership in Professional Organizations

  • ​Association of Texas Professional Educators
  • Texas Distance Learning Association
  • The Learning Guild

Skills

Social media management; writing; editing (writing and video); website creation; content creation; reporting; video production; project management; online research; web trafficking; inbound marketing; content marketing; search engine optimization; search engine marketing; blogging; basic HTML; community management

Education

Master's Degree - Educational Technology
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
ePortfolio website

Graduate Certificate - E-Learning
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Graduate Certificate - Online Instructional Designer
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Master’s Degree - Internet Marketing
Full Sail University

Bachelor’s Degree - Interdisciplinary Studies
University of Texas - Brownsville 
Upper-level courses in Computer Information Systems Technology, Technology Education Training, and Business Management
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Associate’s Degree - Radio-TV-Film Technology
San Antonio College

Because I'm a lifelong student, I've also taken courses in:
  • telecommunications
  • engineering

Certifications

  • Camtasia 2021 Certification Explorer
  • Camtasia 2021 Certification Voyager
  • Certificate: Udemy Web Design for Beginners: Real World Coding in HTML & CSS
  • LinkedIn Learning courses completed:
    • Learning Lectora Inspired 2017
    • Instructional Design Essentials: Models of ID
    • Articulate Storyline Essential Training
    • InDesign 2021 Quick Start
    • Illustrator 2021 Quick Start​
  • LinkedIn Skill Assessment Badges:
    • Adobe Premiere Pro
    • HTML
    • Microsoft PowerPoint
    • Microsoft Word
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Avid Media Composer
    • Search Engine Optimization

Skills I Think Most People Have But Just To Confirm I Do Know This

  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, some Access)
  • Google Workspace
  • Live streaming
  • Podcasting

Email

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