About
With twenty years of experience with user research, web, video, and teaching, I can provide the direction, vision, and project management you are looking for on your upcoming digital media projects.
UX Researcher, Web Developer, & Instructor
Experience matters when you developing a new website. With so many technical options, knowing the possible solutions and your avaialbe resources is critical. User research drives good design to ensure your visitors feel happy and statisfied.
- Instructor: 20+ years
- Website: www.alex-martinez.us
- Phone: 720-257-9830
- City: Denver, USA
- Age: Old Enough
- Degree: Masters in Organizational Learning and Instructional Technology
- Email: alex.martinez@du.edu
- Freelance: 3 months out
Quick Facts
Happy Clients
Multimedia Projects
Years Teaching
Full Stack Web Apps
Skills
A wide range of technical and soft skills to be able to work with a variety of teams and individuals.
Resume
My career has been focused on supporting higher education, non-profits and small businesses.
Education
MA - Organizational Learning & Instructional Designer
2000
University of New Mexico
Concentration area: Multimedia, Instructional Design, Learning Theories, Organizational Knowledge Management.
BA - Human Nutrition
1993
New Mexico State University
Concentration area: Sports Nutrition
Teaching Experience
Web Content Management
2021-Current
University of Denver
A graduate-level course that includes instruction in web page creation, selection and evaluation of web content, and website management. This course also addresses human-computer interface design to allow web page designers to create effective web pages according to established principles of design. Technical skills taught in the course include HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, WordPress, Code Editors, Version Control, and web accessibility.
Web Information Architecture
2010-Current
University of Denver
A graduate-level course course offered by the Library and Information Science Program. The course covers various strategies and skills in which information architects structure, organize, label, navigate and search for information on large corporate or non-profit websites. The primary learning goal of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to build their expertise with information architecture. Students produce website wireframes, taxonomies, workflow diagrams, video presentations and an IA strategy plan.
Web Application Development
2004 - 2010
University of Denver
A graduate-level course course offered by the Digital Media Studies Program. Course covers the fundamentals of web application management, design, and development. Course objectives covered development of web design documents, database design, ColdFusion programming, MySQL, and project management. Created online learning management system and learning modules to support the learning objectives of the course.
Structure and Organization of Information Technology
2008-2010
Emporia State University
A graduate-level course offered by the Library and Information Science Program. Course covered the fundamentals of information architecture for large websites. Additional course topics included digital repositories, content management systems, web 2.0 applications, cloud computing and project management.
Professional Experience
Academic Technologist
2019 - Present
University of Denver
- Responsible for leading and supporting several campus-wide educational technology systems (Kaltura, ZOOM, Canvas, WeVideo).
- Responsible for creating knowledge base articles, and tutorial videos on various technologies targeted to faculty, staff and students.
- Design and deliver online workshops on various technologies.
- Provide guidance and workshops on video and web accessibility standards (HTML, closed-captions, transcripts).
Senior Web Developer
2006 - 2018
University of Denver
- Responsible for web application development, information architecture, database management, software development, and project management
- Provide educational technology integration support to faculty.
- Co-developed 4 campus-wide media management systems.
- Conducted UX research and created UX documents.
Instructional Designer
2002 - 2006
University of Denver
- Provided guidance and technical support to university faculty and staff with educational technology support and course development.
- Provided university instructors with instructional design and technical support on an array of course development areas.
- Designed and developed web applications to expand online educational tools.
Instructional Multimedia Specialist
1999 - 2001
University of New Mexico
- Responsible for the design, development and management of an online education course at the University of New Mexico - College of Education.
- Provided training to course instructors on instructional strategies and program evaluation plans to ensure course effectiveness in meeting learning objectives and learner satisfaction.
- Designed and developed a relational database using SQL Server 7 to manage and store information.
- Created information and logic flow charts for web applications.
Services
UX Researcher
Identify user and business goals for web apps. Conduct extensive background research on critical user tasks and challenges. Conduct interviews, user personas, and customer journey maps.
Web Developer
WordPress, Wix, Drupal, or custom web app development.
Digital Accessibility
WCAG 2.1, Closed Caption Remediation, Web Accessibility Testing
Videographer
Creative, instructional or marketing
Adjunct Professor
Love to teach, inspire and mentor
Mentor - Leader
Mentoring young adults and display positive authentic leadership.
Presentations
Digital Accessibility for Video
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Digital Accessibility for Web
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Digital Accessibility For Print
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Contact
If you have any questions, please reach out.
Location:
Denver Area
Email:
alexrmtz@yahoo.com
Call/Text:
720-257-9830