Nancy Montoya

• Primary University of Arizona contact for worldwide Spanish language media outlets. Fluent in written and spoken Spanish. Maintain strong ties with Southern Arizona Hispanic communities.
• Director, UA Digital Futures Bilingual Studio for long format studio video and podcasting production projects for University of Arizona departments and colleges.
• Produce news content in Spanish/English for local, national and international news outlets.
• Executive Producer for UA/PBS News Hour Student Reporting Lab.
• Cultivate project funding through presentations to investors and project stakeholders.
• Maintain close community ties with civic and elected leaders.
• Supervise and worked closely with writers, directors, managers, UA Interns and technical crews throughout production process.
• Create project budgets and managed production costs.

• Stayed up to date on current events, trends and political issues at local, regional, state, national and international levels.
• Content and show producer for for AZPM radio, TV, print and web
• Moderator for community events and political debates.
• Produced and edited daily news and entertainment reports.
• Proofread, corrected and headlined work of junior team members.
• Obtained additional training as a videographer, video/audio editor.
• Completed investigations of important community issues and put together well-received reports.
• Met deadlines with reliable, in-depth news coverage.
• Wrote engaging stories and copy for live or pre-recorded broadcasts to successfully cover important news topics.
• Guest Host for AZ360, Metro Week and Arizona Week.

Independent news production company based in San Diego and Tucson.

• Kept records for production, inventory, income and expenses.
• Developed business and marketing plans and prepared monthly financial reports.
• Mentored newly hired employees to take on responsibilities and tasks with understanding.
• Set pricing structures according to market analytics and emerging trends.
• Selected and developed up to a 20 -member production crew to produce, documentary projects or segment content for NBC, CNN and the BBC.
• Trained scientists and business professionals to do TV, radio and print interviews.
• Produced dozens of video projects for Southern Arizona and Southern California nonprofit organizations.
• Researched and purchased latest broadcast quality video and audio equipment to stay current with the industry.
• Mexico Bureau Chief for KOLD-TV, Channel 13, Tucson.