Maricha Martinez Sosa, PhD

Doctoral research: Cultural Communication in the Dominican Republic, impediments for the dissemination and its relation to poverty. Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10251/156036

Post Graduate Studies certified by the Ministry of Education of the Dominican Republic that habilitates professionals from several fields to serve as university professors. 

Professor of the courses: "Creativity and Critical Thinking" · "Innovative Mindset" and "Unlocking the Thought Process".
Involved in the whole educational process, from the development of the syllabus to the teaching of classes, the creation and correction of practices/exams and the publication of grades.

Founder and manager of Umami & Culturamia. 

Umami Creadores, an Award Winning Creative Agency & Communications Consultancy Firm based in the Dominican Republic.

Culturamia, a company that designs and executes educational activities and serves the community as a youth talent accelerator. 

I went from Graphic Designer to General Coordinator, being my bosses 'right hand' and intermediating between her, the accounting and legal team in some matters. While she was not in the country I represented her and managed the companies.

Photography, Graphic Design and Digital Communication teacher for stude several grades. I was involved in the whole process from making the syllabus, teaching the classes, creating and correcting the assignments and exams, and publishing the grades. 

Magazine design, product presentations and creativity for the promotion of events and activities.

Photoshop and Internet tools teacher for private companies.

My first customer-facing and team coordination experience! Among my responsibilities were: scheduling meetings with clients and determining their needs. Defining the structure and contents of the webs (or services required). To coordinate with the programming, design, community management, and development teams. As well as the follow-up with our clients to ensure their satisfaction.

My first job in advertising design and creativity! Among my duties was the design and creation of advertising pieces and concepts for different media/media/ and different brands/sectors, among them:  Yellow Pages Dominican Republic, PalaPizza (local pizza chain), Prin (children's clothing store), Halka Industrial (beauty products) and SkyPro (event producers).

Photography teacher for 9th and 10th-grade students. I was involved in the whole process from making the syllabus, teaching the classes, creating and correcting the assignments and exams, and publishing the grades. There I confirmed that I do love teaching and sharing knowledge!

It was my first full-time job! I was given the articles and photos so that I could proceed with the design of the pages or magazines its preparation as final art, the sending to the print house, and supervision of the result.

English Teacher at different levels with ages ranging from young children to adults.