Joe Cox Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Mountain View, California, United States

• Completed a comprehensive User Experience Nanodegree program focused on human-centered design principles, usability testing, and design research methodologies.• Developed skills in creating user personas, conducting user interviews, and synthesizing research findings to inform design decisions.• Designed and prototyped user interfaces using Figma, ensuring accessibilty and usability for diverse user groups.• Conducted usability tests and gathered feedback to iterate on designs, improving user satisfaction and engagement.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Engineers live event television satellite transmission uplinks and downlinks with fixed and mobile antennas for sports broadcast clients, principally Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC Apex.• Encodes and decodes video and audio content; monitors signal processing and transmissions.• Controls and maintains satellite transmission and production equipment for live broadcasts.• Communicates well with team members and clients.• Maintains commercial drivers license (CDL) to transport satellite trucks for remote broadcasts.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Produced and hosted weekly Latin Alternative music podcast featuring artist interviews at BreakThru Radio. • Assigned as news reporter and photographer at The Union Leader statewide newspaper.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Maintained and repaired Internet broadcast and front of house (FOH) equipment and infrastructure at live entertainment venue inside Luxor Casino.• Coordinated and consulted with onsite IT team to prepare for live events and streaming broadcasts.• Provided client guidance for upcoming event planning and technical expectations.• Engineering support and video production switching for mobile unit at NASCAR race track locations.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Operated satellite news gathering (SNG) trucks for CNN Washington DC Bureau.• Engineered live remote reports and productions via fiber.• Performed maintenance and repair of fiber transmission and receiving equipment at remote studios, federal government buildings, and live standup report locations in Washington DC.• Delivered IT support at remote studios.• Maintained commercial drivers license (CDL) to transport satellite news production trucks.• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills and customer service.• Exemplified reliability, adaptability and willingness to learn; worked independently.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Operated mobile satellite transmission and production equipment for live broadcast events, mostly sports, some news.• Performed monitoring, quality control, maintenance, and repair of television broadcast and satellite transmission and receiving equipment.• Provided hardware and software support for video encoding equipment.• Assisted in the building and rebuilding of satellite production trucks including RF, electronics, cabling, fabrication, and electrical.• Collaborated in satellite truck fleet mechanical maintenance, service, inspections, and registrations.• Showed ability to travel on short notice and combine road and air travel to complete assignments.• Demonstrated adaptability to rapidly changing field situations and remote environments.• Communicated well and provided high level of customer service to broadcast clients.• Displayed teamwork skills in the shop and in the field.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Journalism

Activities and Societies: The Observer - Managing Editor

Latin American Studies

Activities and Societies: LASSO- Latin American Studies Student Organization

Telecommunication

Activities and Societies: Student Radio Station