Featured Staff: Meet "Magic" Martha Gonzalez | LunaGraphica, Inc.
Ask any member of our staff what the best thing about working at LunaGraphica is and odds are their answer will be "we all genuinely like each other". Along with their obvious talent and professionalism, every single member of our team (lovingly called "The Lunatics") is kind and good-humored. It is a rare work environment that we are all thrilled to be a part of. To celebrate our phenomenal team, and give all of you the opportunity to get to know each member, we have decided to start featuring staff here on the blog. Every few weeks you can look forward to meeting a new staff member and not only learning what they do here at LunaGraphica, but a little about who they are as a person. We are very excited to kick off our featured staff series with Martha Gonzalez.
Martha Gonzalez , a.k.a. "Magic Martha", a.k.a. "Super Martha", is our Senior Web Designer. She came to LunaGraphica ten years ago with a Bachelors of Science in Interactive Media, seemingly limitless patience, and smile that could melt the heart of even the scroogiest of scrooges.
We depend on Martha for an impossible number of things around here and she continually wows us all with her skill and accuracy (not to mention her ability to juggle a staggering number of projects at once). In a recent conversation with Cindy, our President and Creative Director, she told me some of her favorite things about working with Martha.
During our conversation I asked Cindy what she counts on Martha for the most and she told me "She has a wonderful ability to take on multiple challenges in an insanely fast-paced environment and knock out her work quickly and accurately". Cindy also "appreciates her grace and amazing work ethic".
After chatting about some of her current projects, like the new Pizza Rock and Slice House websites we have been working on, Martha expressed how much she loves being challenged by her work. I asked her if she has an all time favorite project and after some thought, she told me about an Anaglyph 3D project she did about a year after she started here. It was a marketing piece we were sending new clients at the time and our VP of Technology, Bob Nicholson, taught her to create 3D graphics and animate them. She was able to work with graphics and animation, and was particularly thrilled with being able to incorporate both music and sound effects. Looking back on the project now she feels it allowed her to add some very impressive skills to her repertoire.
When she isn't here, working her magic like the super hero she is, Martha enjoys traveling. We keep her busy, but she makes sure she has time to explore new places and cultures as often as possible. We all enjoy living vicariously through the photos she shares with us when she is taking time off.
She is so busy being awesome it is hard to believe she has time for much else. It's a good thing she is able to multitask so well because she also likes photographing her adventures; reading psychological thrillers, interior decorating, couponing, and taking our Chief of Security, Ellie, to the park.
Thank you Martha, for always brightening our days with your kindness and talent! Here's to many more years of collaboration, success, and fun!