Julissa Martinez joined UTRGV Athletics on a full time basis as Athletics Video Production Coordinator on August 5, 2024.
Martinez spent the past two years in a part time role as the assistant athletics video production coordinator. In this role, she assisted UTRGV in their live broadcasts of baseball, volleyball, and men’s and women’s basketball and soccer. She also contributed to content creation for UTRGV’s various social media accounts and led the entire production of V60, a weekly production from UTRGV Athletics.
Prior to working part-time with UTRGV, Martinez spent the 2021-22 school year as the student experience intern for broadcast production. In this role, she assisted in live broadcasts, created sport packages, and gained experience as producer, technical director, graphics operator, replay operator, and camera operator.
In 2023, Martinez worked as the director of digital media production for Parachute RGV. In this role, she created content for the marketing agency and assisted in all aspects of their video production.
Martinez also spent time freelancing various sporting events across the valley. Working for the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Martinez directed the 2022 WAC Volleyball Tournament and assisted with the 2024 WAC Tennis Championships. Martinez also spent time as a replay operator for the venue now known as Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium and as a camera operator at Bert Ogden Arena.
Martinez graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication Studies from UTRGV in December 2022 and graduated with her Associate of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies from South Texas College in May 2020.
