Melinda O. Foscato melinda.fosato@gmail.

com SUMMARY Business Professional with experience in corporate and government communications implemented through the creation of videos, photos, webcasts, webisodes, and po dcasts. Strengths include strong writing and coordination skills, multi-tasking capabilities and a concrete understanding of social media, in addition to profic iency in client interaction. Expertise includes innovative communication techniq ues, script-writing, orchestrating video shoots, on-screen talent/ voiceover wor k and working with top-level executives. Goal oriented and creative individual w ith the capability to deliver against tight deadlines. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Federal Working Group, Arlington, VA 2009-Present WEB PRODUCER/WRITER Responsible for the creation of web based multimedia content for the U.S. Census Bureau's national 2010 Census communications campaign. The multimedia elements are comprised of video, audio and photo galleries located in the 2010census.gov' s multimedia center in addition to other multimedia deliverables throughout the U.S. Census Bureau's overarching website, census.gov. * Play a key role in disseminating various communication initiatives on a nation wide level as determined by the Associate Director of Communications resulting i n increased website visibility * Create proposals for new content elements for the redesign of the U.S. Census Bureau's main government website, census.gov, comprised of new formats intended to engage and educate audiences while increasing the U.S. Census Bureau's visibi lity and building brand awareness * Conceptualized, scripted, produced and directed edits for over 100 different v ideos in English and Spanish pertaining to the 2010 Census and its operations as a means to educate the 310 million residents of the United States about the imp ortance of the 2010 Census * Create video, photo and audio assets for the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census website, 2010census.gov, the U.S. Census Bureau's youtube channel in addition to the U.S. Census Bureau's facebook page * Created video, photo and audio assets for the U.S. Census Bureau's Spanish mul timedia site, 2010census.gov/espanol in an effort to reach and educate the Spani sh speaking population * Perform quality assurance checks for all assets posted to the multimedia cente r to ensure that all elements maintained the highest level of quality and met th e website's standards * Responsible for all pre-production elements including research, script writing , approvals, location scouts as well as creating crew schedules and shot sheets to ensure organized and efficient work flow * Responsible for writing descriptive copy for multimedia assets located through out both Census Bureau website's that reinforce U.S. Census Bureau messaging * Rewrote web copy and organized content for website restructure post 2010 Censu s to make the website as streamlined as possible * Performed as on-screen and voice over talent for various web series located on 2010census.gov as well as for internal communications Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, NY 2006-2009 PRODUCER/WRITER Responsible for conception, coordination and execution of both internal and exte rnal communication projects including podcast, webcasts, rd.com web content and

corporate videos. * Contributed to planning and implementing strategies via innovative communicati on projects for the CEO of Reader's Digest Association as a means of conveying t he latest initiatives to employees on a global level * Worked directly with the Associate Director of Corporate Communications/ Multi media to ensure that all requirements and expectations of the department were me t * Initiated web based PowerPoint communication platform for internal exchange of corporate information * Produced 47 webcasts for rachaelraymag.com within a year and a half resulting in over 100,000 page views per day * Developed all scripts and written materials used on a client basis and global communications plane * Devised a variety of Video News Releases for the Editorial Department which we re highlighted on numerous local and national television stations to increase ma gazine readership and website visibility * Cultivated relationships with clients in order to ensure repeat business and m et continually with them to make certain that branding and messaging requirement s were met * Responsible for the substance, design and production of all corporate communic ation materials including videos, webcasts, viewpoint and intranet documents * Produced a range of multimedia content for various management levels throughou t numerous departments within the company including Public Relations, Human Reso urces, Editorial, Weekly Reader, Children's Publishing, etc. * Reviewed archived footage for relevant clips and sound bites to ensure the mos t relevant information was utilized in order to create a meaningful viewing expe rience * Coordinated all video shoots with freelancers both nationally and internationa lly PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Worked directly with the Director on all aspects of podcasts production from gen erating story ideas and leading background research to writing in depth analysis of the articles for the hosts of RD OutLoud, the Editor-in-Chief and the Humor Editor of Reader's Digest Magazine. * Scheduled interviews with editors, journalists, and guests and probed for the most relevant materials to be included in the interviews * Performed voiceovers and wrote introductions for celebrity interviews featured on rd.com to drive readers to the website * Logged production footage, drafted press releases and coordinated video shoots with outside freelancer EDUCATION University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT 2006-2007 Bachelor of General Studies, Business and Communications Connecticut School of Broadcasting, Alexandria, VA 2003 Training in AVID media composer, Cool Edit Pro, Voiceover, TV Tech, Radio Studios, Broadcasting, Journalism, Television and Radio Interviewing Sacred Heart University, Trumbull, CT The George Washington University, Washington, DC 2000-2001 1997-1999

ADDITIONAL SKILLS Microsoft Office 2007 Power Point Lotus Notes Basic Adobe Flash Macromedia CS3 Basic HTML Basic AVID Media Composer Basic Photoshop Viewpoint WORK SAMPLES http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/ http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/awareness/bts-emerging-markets.php http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/census-data/numbers-count.php http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/census-data/statistics-all-around-us.php http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/mailout-mailback/wholestory-2ndmail.php http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/awareness/campus-why-fill-out.php