State University Graphic Design

Vicente Hernandez

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Summary

Dedicated Communications Specialist with extensive experience in media relations including

wide-range reporting, writing, and interviewing skills.

Highlights

Superb writer and editor

Print and electronic media experience

Deadline-driven

Accomplishments

Under tight deadlines, produced a quarterly printed and on-line employee publication,

circulation 5,400.

Developed and implemented internal communication strategy to improve employee

engagement.

Experience

State Compensation Insurance Fund October 1990 to October 2015

Information Officer

Vacaville, CA

Served as managing editor for two - internal and external - publications. Selected article topics,

assigned articles to staff writers, edited and revised all articles, worked with graphic artists to create an

internal employee publication, circulation 5,400. Wrote original content including management promotions, press releases, annual report, and a number of executive assignments. Served as consultant to internal programs to help with messaging, editing, employee engagement, and branding. Developed and managed a number of communication campaigns company wide.

El Tecolote Newspaper March 1995 to February 2000

Arts/Culture Editor

San Francisco, CA

Selected article topics for staff writers, edited copy, and worked with graphic design team, translators

to produce a bi-weekly bilingual publication, circulation 10,000. Established effective working

relationships with public relation organizations, media representatives, and community coordinators

in the entertainment, political, and education fields.

Aguirre International January 1990 to March 1993

Field Interviewer

San Mateo, CA

Conducted interviews with farmworkers, labor contractors, employers as part of a study by the Department of Labor to determine labor shortages in the agricultural industry. Research collected provided policymakers throughout the United States data for program development.

Education

University of California, Davis

Bachelor of Arts: History

Davis, CA

Advance coursework is U.S and California History, California State University, San Francisco.

Communications, English and Journalism coursework, Regan Communications; San Francisco

State University; Berkeley School of Journalism.

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