Experience

An overview of my career so far.

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Fluent in English & Spanish
Proficient across Latin American and European dialects. Experience producing, scripting, anchoring, and reporting in both languages.

Work Experience

KTBC Fox 7
Austin, TX
Mar 2025 – Present

Assignment Editor

  • Pitched station improvement ideas to newsroom leadership, resulting in new productions such as Austin Now and engagement strategies on TikTok and Instagram
  • Monitored local emergency feeds and leveraged relationships with public officials to spot high-impact story ideas and gain behind-the-scenes access
  • Managed photo, design, and social media team assignments to deploy field crews

Newscast Producer

  • Boosted multi-platform viewership by 101% based on Nielsen ratings and Google Trends data by pivoting content strategy to connect more authentically with local audiences via increased community and cultural narratives
  • Anchored Fox 7 Español segments for website and social media platforms and executed on-the-ground interviews for broadcast with high-profile cultural figures and local community organizations
  • Scaled content production by integrating AI tools into daily newsroom workflows to optimize script drafting, graphic generation, and video transcription
KBTX Media
Bryan, TX
Jan 2024 – Mar 2025

Newscast Producer

  • Produced the Brazos Valley's highest-viewership weekday 5 PM and 10 PM newscasts and leveraged a self-built database of 25+ community contacts to elevate local outreach narratives
  • Built live talk-back segments with Washington D.C. Bureau national political correspondents throughout the 2024 election cycle, and developed anchor interview questions to explore rapidly emerging headlines
  • Identified original news leads through the analysis of complex court and legal data, establishing story frameworks that field reporters developed into high-impact broadcast segments resonating with Central Texas demographics
  • Routinely archived station digital content including legal documents, photos, videos and graphics, press releases, and newscasts through content management systems (CMS) including BitCentral
Lynntech, Inc.
College Station, TX
Aug 2023 – Dec 2023

Program Management Specialist

  • Coordinated deliverables and stakeholder communications across multiple government-funded research programs
  • Generated, tracked, and updated comprehensive cost reports for high-stakes Department of Defense and National Institutes of Health research projects
Jane Long Intermediate
Bryan, TX
Aug 2022 – Aug 2023

English Language Arts Instructor

  • Planned, prepared, and delivered lesson plans focused on engaging and inclusive teaching methodologies for at-risk and/or Spanish-speaking students
  • Frequently established proactive and open lines of communication with English and/or Spanish-speaking students and parents regarding academic progress and individualized needs

Internships

Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network
Bryan, TX
Aug – Dec 2021

Conversational English Class Assistant

  • Assisted in English foreign language instruction courses
  • Conducted one-on-one and small-group discussions, lessons, and bilingual activities in English and Spanish
University of Alicante
Alicante, Spain
Feb – May 2021

English Teaching Assistant

  • Taught ESL courses for university students and adult employees
  • Designed bilingual course materials and led one-on-one tutoring sessions

Skills & Tools

Content & Production
Broadcast ProductionScript WritingFeature ReportingLive EventsEditorial PlanningSponsored Content
Strategy & Analytics
Audience GrowthNielsen RatingsGoogle TrendsContent CalendarsSEOBrand Voice
Tools & Platforms
Adobe Creative SuiteEdiusBitCentralMicrosoft OfficeCanvaTikTokInstagramYouTubeFacebookX
Languages & AI
English (native)Spanish (fluent)Microsoft CopilotGoogle Gemini

Education

Texas A&M University
B.A. in Spanish (3.90 GPA)
College Station, TX
May 2022
Gray Television
Advanced Producer Training
Waco, TX
Sep 2024
International TEFL Academy
UK Level 5 TEFL Certificate
Oct 2021

What Others Say

"Carly possesses strong show development skills, particularly when it relates to planned news coverage. She has a keen ability to see the 'big picture,' ensuring that our enterprise and special projects are well-structured and impactful. She consistently steps up during the newsroom's most demanding moments."

Anthony Prosceno
Executive Producer, KTBC Fox 7

"One of her greatest strengths was her willingness to learn. Transitioning from the classroom to the newsroom isn't easy, but she embraced every challenge with kindness, a positive attitude, and a genuine desire to become a better journalist. She made everyone around her better simply by being someone who was always willing to listen, learn, and help."

Rusty Surette
News Anchor & Executive Producer, KBTX Media

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