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About me
About me
This is the web site of Xurxo Martínez, Spanish journalist and UW Alumni. I'm working at El Periódico de Cataluña.
When I grow up I want to prove that the most compelling and engaging communication strategies are those that implicate the audience, making them part of the process. And in order to create a great product is key to have all the players (Newsroom, Mkt, Technology, Product) working together.
I also want to create online pieces mixing text, video, audio, infographics, photos, and whatever media makes sense for the topic and the audience.
Favorite things. Dark chocolate, the sea, street art, cooking, listening to podcasts, wine, a movie theatre in the dark.
Write me a mail at xurxo@xurxomartinez.com
Things I've done
Things I've done
short summary of my professional life, Education, and other activities.
Right now I'm Deputy Editor, digital strategy, at El Periódico de Cataluña, part of Prensa Iberica Group. In this last block of my professional live I’ve also been Product Manager for both elperiodico.com and sport.es and Head of Digital Content for elperiodico.com.
PAST WORK
Work as Product Manager
Bitban Technologies - Involved in projects such as:
Mediaset (Telecinco, Cuatro, Divinity, Publiespaña, Atlas...)
El Español
La Prensa
Telemetro / RPC
14 y Medio
El Diario
La Razón
Ara
Te Interesa
Yahoo! Spain - redesign of the European News Site.
Terra Spain - definition of a new CMS for News and redesign of both News and Lottery properties.
ADN.es - Editorial member of the CMS redesign team.
Domestika - redesign of the social aggregator Fresqui.
Editorial Work
La Voz de Galicia - Junior editor. Regular copy work + special reports on how the Internet works.
Terra Spain - Senior editor. Evening and Weekend Coordinator. Also worked for the News, Science, Culture and Movie teams
ADN.es - Head of the hard news area (Politics, World, Finance), including the Front Page and 24 Hour teams.
Yahoo! Spain - Head of News, Finance, Sports, and Gossip.
Education
Digital Media - Master of Communications in Digital Media (now called Communication Leadership) by the University of Washington (Seattle).
Legacy Media - Master in Journalism and Media by La Voz de Galicia and University of A Coruña.
Law - Bachelor's Degree in Law, University of A Coruña.
Video work
Both during my time in Seattle and back in Madrid, I've started shooting video, mostly documentary.
