Ryan B. Martinez Email & Phone Number

El Paso, Texas, United States

• Leads a team of both staff and freelance digital producers in providing prompt, comprehensive production assistance to editorial teams, ranging from full article builds to image editing, video uploads, link affiliating, SEO updates, CMS troubleshooting, and database entry.• Serves as a cross-team point of contact on the production workflow and pipeline, Airtable database, and two in-house CMS; coordinated related changes with editorial leadership.• Creates and implements detail-oriented workflows for deliveries to the production team, assists with testing and roll-out of new CMS features, and issues image guidelines in coordination with relevant department leads.• Manages documentation for the entire organization by building a SharePoint folder system to house more than 70 resources, including docs, spreadsheets, and slideshows. Drafts and maintains new documentation, highlighted by a 49-page master doc on the USA Today Network's proprietary CMS and related one-sheets.• Supports and mentors direct reports to grow and develop as digital producers, offering guidance on best practices, time management, and effective communication while encouraging independent work.• Maintains stability through multiple company-wide shifts, coordinating with a peer production manager to load balance among direct reports and shift focus to adapt to changes in publishing strategy.

Austin, Texas

Wrote and obtained photos for articles in various magazines released by Texas Monthly Custom Publishing, a division of Texas Monthly. Projects included:• Researching, writing and garnering photos for 36 travel articles over five months beginning in December 2015 as part of a revamp of TravelTexas.com, the official website of Texas Tourism.• Researching and writing a recurring column about roadside oddities and attractions in Ride Texas, a glossy quarterly for motorcycle enthusiasts, from 2015 to 2016.• Contributing a feature article to the 2017 issue of Texas Bound for Golf, an annual glossy magazine.• Writing chapter introductions and blurbs for the 2014-16 editions of the Texas Tourism & Meeting Guide, a glossy commissioned by Texas Tourism. Updated listings in some of these editions.

Austin, Texas

• Supervise the Community Content department, a team of writer-editors who process and edit 2,200-5,000 news items per week for as many as 130 daily and weekly newspapers.• Create schedules, make assignments, and track productivity and quality assurance.• Update and share team reference materials such as style notes, content guides and editing checklists.• Provide backup coverage on both copy editing and content production when staff is short.• Consistently maintain a department error rate of less than 1 per 1,000 pieces of content.• Coach up to 3 team leaders to monitor and direct content flow, enforce deadlines and provide team feedback.• Refined employee training; recruited and onboarded 16 team members and promoted 4 team leaders.• Served for a year (2019-2020) on the Network Style Committee, an advisory body that addresses language use in writing for an increasingly diverse audience.• Began in the department as a content producer in July 2014; then promoted to copy editor/content producer in October 2014, team leader in July 2015 and manager in March 2017.

El Paso, Texas

• Helmed a lifestyle and entertainment weekly publication serving 30,000 readers. Coverage included artist profiles, topical news articles, movie and music reviews, calendar listings, opinion columns and photo packages.• Guided 12 freelancers, a graphic designer and photographer to produce 7-10 articles and 2-3 photo pages weekly.• Supervised web publishing and social to ensure a consistent online presence and editorial voice.• Maintained issue budgets; enforced deadlines; and hired, trained and developed freelancers and interns.• Wrote an average of two articles per week, including one reported story and one music column• Reported and wrote 2-3 stories per week, ranging from business profiles to industry trend pieces and lifestyle stories, from June 2005 to July 2006 as a reporter for the newspaper's sister publication, El Paso Inc.

Austin, Texas

• Conceived and wrote fictional stories in AP Style that lampooned current events, social trends and pop culture for the official humor publication of the University of Texas at Austin• Contributed at least one feature story, one news brief and several blurbs under a strict monthly deadline• Read and edited at least 30 pieces during each monthly production cycle, providing annotated feedback on work at each phase of development• Proofread copy for grammar, spelling and style errors• Joined as a staff writer in January 2003 and promoted to associate editor in October 2003

Austin, Texas

• Offered one-on-one assistance in 45-minute sessions to undergraduate students hoping to improve their writing skills• Read, interpreted and provided informed suggestions on an average of six student essays per week• Underwent comprehensive 18-week training on interpersonal peer communication, basic grammar, rhetorical strategies and writing styles