diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index bdb0dde978c5..a0261553c637 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ jobs:
     - env: "MODE=browserstack_required"
     - env: "MODE=travis_required"
     - stage: Deploy
-      script: ./scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
-      env: "MODE=release"
-
+      env: "DEPLOY_MODE=build-artifacts"
+    - env: "DEPLOY_MODE=docs-content"
+    - env: "DEPLOY_MODE=screenshot-tool"
+    - env: "DEPLOY_MODE=dashboard"
 env:
   global:
   - LOGS_DIR=/tmp/angular-material2-build/logs
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ before_script:
   - mkdir -p $LOGS_DIR
 
 script:
-  - ./scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
+  - ./scripts/ci/travis-script.sh
 
 cache:
   directories:
diff --git a/scripts/ci/env.sh b/scripts/ci/env.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh b/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cc7d49fd0cd5..000000000000
--- a/scripts/ci/publish-artifacts.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Script that runs after the testing stage of Travis passed.
-# Build artifacts and docs content will be published to different repositories.
-
-# The script should immediately exit if any command in the script fails.
-set -e
-
-# Go to the project root directory
-cd $(dirname $0)/../..
-
-if [[ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]]; then
-  echo "Build artifacts and docs content will only be deployed in Travis push builds."
-  exit 0;
-fi
-
-echo "Starting to publish the build artifacts and docs content..."
-echo ""
-
-# Build Material, CDK and the docs before publishing artifacts
-$(npm bin)/gulp cdk:build-release:clean
-$(npm bin)/gulp material:build-release
-$(npm bin)/gulp material-examples:build-release
-$(npm bin)/gulp docs
-
-# Run publishing of artifacts in parallel.
-# This is possible because the output has been built before.
-./scripts/deploy/publish-build-artifacts.sh --no-build &
-./scripts/deploy/publish-docs-content.sh --no-build &
-
-# Deploy the screenshot and dashboard functions for each push build.
-./scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh &
-./scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard.sh &
-
-wait
diff --git a/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh b/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4a3af4c6456b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script that runs in the deploy stage after the testing stage of Travis passed.
+# Build artifacts and docs content will be published to different repositories.
+
+# The script should immediately exit if any command in the script fails.
+set -e
+
+# Go to the project root directory
+cd $(dirname $0)/../..
+
+# If the current Travis job is triggered by a pull request skip the deployment.
+# This check is necessary because Travis still tries to run the deploy build-stage for
+# pull requests.
+if [[ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" != "false" ]]; then
+  echo "Build artifacts and docs content will only be deployed in Travis push builds."
+  exit 0;
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Starting the deployment script. Running mode: ${DEPLOY_MODE}"
+echo ""
+
+if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "build-artifacts" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/deploy/publish-build-artifacts.sh
+fi
+
+if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "docs-content" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/deploy/publish-docs-content.sh
+fi
+
+if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "screenshot-tool" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/deploy/deploy-screenshot-functions.sh
+fi
+
+if [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" == "dashboard" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/deploy/deploy-dashboard.sh
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/ci/travis-script.sh b/scripts/ci/travis-script.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..cc3ca0d44133
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis-script.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script that runs in every Travis CI container. The script is responsible for delegating
+# to the different scripts that should run for specific Travis jobs in a build stage.
+
+# The script should immediately exit if any command in the script fails.
+set -e
+
+# Go to project directory
+cd $(dirname $0)/../..
+
+if [[ -z "$TRAVIS" ]]; then
+  echo "This script can only run inside of Travis build jobs."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ "${MODE}" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/ci/travis-testing.sh
+elif [[ "${DEPLOY_MODE}" ]]; then
+  ./scripts/ci/travis-deploy.sh
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh b/scripts/ci/travis-testing.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
rename to scripts/ci/travis-testing.sh
index f9a9fd15e932..e790d41f3cbb 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build-and-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/travis-testing.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Script that runs in the testing build stage of Travis and is responsible for testing
+# the project in different Travis jobs of the current build stage.
+
 # The script should immediately exit if any command in the script fails.
 set -e