ROBERTOSCALESE 28BlaneySt.|Revere,MA02151|7816299989 rscalese@gmail.com|www.linkedin.com/in/robertoscalese SUMMARY Imajournalistwith13yearsofexperienceacrossmultipleonline,printandsocialmediaplatforms.Mybackground includeslaunchingnewswebsites,creatinginnovativeproductsinonlineeducation,andwritingandeditingbestselling medicaltrainingmaterials.Ivegeneratedawardwinningreportingandtransformedhoworganizationscovercommunities andcommunicatewithusers.Ihavealsoimprovedproductquality,readerengagementandsubscriptionratesinevery positionheld.

WORKEXPERIENCE Patch,ahyperlocalnewsandcommunitywebcompanyownedbyAOL.Eachsitecoversalocalcommunityorspecific neighborhood. ManagingAssociateRegionalEditor,May2012January2014 AssociateRegionalEditor,January2011May2012 LocalEditor,July2010January2011 Managedateamof10editorsand21sitesinafastpacednewsenvironment. RedevelopednewscoverageinBostontomeetthechallengesofcoveringnewsattheneighborhoodlevel. ThestructureIdevelopedisthemodelusedbyPatchsitesinBrooklyn,Baltimore,Atlanta,St.Louis, Chicagoandothermajormarkets. Launchedthreenewsuccessfulneighborhoodsitesin2012. ExpandeduseofnewmediatoolslikeStorifyandCoverItLivetoincreasereaderengagement. IncreasedtrafficandengagementintheBostonfamilyofsites. HiredasalocaleditorinMalden,Mass.andinsixmonthswaspromotedtoassistaregionaleditor.Iwas promotedagainthefollowingyeartomanagemyownteam. Ihaveprofessionallydevelopedseveralteammemberswhowerethenpromoted.Threeofmylocaleditors werepromotedtoassociateregionaleditor,andafourthwaspromotedtoseniorlocaleditor.

SmartProsLegal&Ethics,anonlinelegaleducationcompanybasedinWestborough,MA Editor,November2007December2009 Researchedandeditedlegaltrainingtextsandvideosforuseinaccreditedelearningcourseware. Launchedwebcastsasanewproductline. Startedanoperatingandtrainingwikitostandardizeprocessesandimprovecourseturnaround. Managed,hostedandarchivedliveprograms.

HCPro,amedicalpublishingcompanynowbasedinDanvers,MA ManagingEditor,April2005September2007 Managedanewsletterwithoneofthelargestcirculationsandbestretentionratesinthecompany. Wrotetwobestsellingpatientsafetytrainingvideosandeditedtwobestsellingbooks. Increasedonlinelistservsubscriberbaseby50%throughactiveparticipationandcommunitybuilding.

CommunityNewspaperCompany,Arlington/Billerica/Waltham/Wilmington,MA StaffWriter,July2000April2005 Partoftheteamthatwona2003NEPAAwardfortransportationcoverage.

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EDUCATION ClarkUniversity,Worcester,MA BachelorofArts,Philosophy,2000 SKILLS SocialMedia: Facebook Twitter Hootsuite(socialmediamanagementtool,especiallyusefulforupdatingmultipleaccounts) TweetDeck FourSquare LinkedIn Multimediatools: iPhoto iMovie Onlineeditingandnewspresentation: ProprietarycontentmanagementsystemsimilarinstructuretoWordPress Storify CoverItLive WordPress Blogger Tumblr Scribd Caspio CartoDB GoogleFusion Otherprograms: MicrosoftOffice GoogleDocs PowerPoint LexisNexis GotoMeeting GotoWebinar WebEx AdobeAcrobat Photoshop Fireworks

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REFERENCES ElizabethTaurasiHughes AssociateEditorialDirector,Patch 7819296433 lizt@patch.com LizwasmydirectmanageratPatch.ShemanagedMassachusetts,NewHampshireandRhodeIslandandtookpartin strategicplanningforthecompany.

LesMasterson SeniorRegionalEditor,Patch 7818649402 les@patch.com LesandIhaveworkedtogetheratseveralcompanies,includingPatch,HCProandCommunityNewspaperCompany (nowGatehouseMedia).

SaraJacobi DigitalContentManager,NortheasternUniversityCollegeofProfessionalStudies jacobi.sara@gmail.com 3392342981 SarareportedtomeasaSeniorLocalEditorintheBostonarea.Alongwithhernormaleditingduties,Saramanaged specialprojectsandservedasapeermentortomylessexperiencededitors.