Work Experience

Sr. Instructional Designer
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​

Software Knowledge

Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, Skilljar, Litmos, Canvas LMS, Google Analytics, multiple content management systems, Hootsuite, SoftChalk, Articulate Storyline 360, Articulate Rise 360

Membership in Professional Organizations

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

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