Ana María Carrano

Miami, FL

Communication expert and award-winning journalist prepared to bring years of progressive experience in storytelling, digital marketing and project management.

► Adept at simplifying complex ideas and communicating them clearly to a target audience.
►Demonstrated excellent time management and organizational skills with the ability to lead multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment and within budget constraints.
►Equipped with a strong work ethic, sense of responsibility, and a proven track record of teamwork.
►Bilingual: English and Spanish.

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 & 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦
Awarded the Roche Journalism Award 2020 (Gabo Foundation & Roche LATAM); Excellence Journalism Award/Honorable Mention 2019 (Inter American Press Association); MDC Innovation Prize 2018 (2nd. Place). Selected for the WIN Lab 2017–Babson College and for the J.S.Knight Fellowship 2014 at Stanford University.

Created concepts, led development, planning, researching, and content curation of web pages and products, such as the following:
° 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗼 – Founder, director and developer of a public archive of interviews. This archive has served as a source for the Clooney Foundation for Justice.
• Recipient of a 2018 National Endowment for Democracy grant.
• Recipient of the Honorable Mention (Human Rights category), Excellence Journalism Award SIP 2019 (Inter American Press Association).
° 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟯𝗗 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 – Conceptualization and project manager of the digital museum for cultural heritage.
° 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀 – Founder and director of a public archive of audio interviews.
° 𝗘𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 – Project Director: developed and executed interactive storytelling on bronze looting.
° Venezuela Decoded – Co-creator of a news platform based on social media content curation.
° Project Manager of the first three apps for tablets developed by a news media in Venezuela.
° Leader of the first hyperlocal website with user-generated content in Venezuela.

  • Work
    • Knight Fellowship