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I am a seasoned voice-over actor and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience crafting compelling narratives for nonprofit, corporate, and educational organizations. I specialize in scriptwriting, directing, and producing video, radio, and television content, shaping authentic delivery, emotional resonance, and audience connection across broadcast, digital, and social platforms. I also bring an executive messaging and crisis communications lens to AI evaluation and training, focusing on nuance, intent, tone, and contextual alignment in model outputs. In addition to leading cross-functional teams and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I mentor organizations through change and reputation management. My work blends communications mastery with hands-on experience in AI quality evaluation, multimodal content auditing, and improving evaluation standards to strengthen training reliability for responsible AI outcomes.…I am a seasoned voice-over actor and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience crafting compelling narratives for nonprofit, corporate, and educational organizations. I specialize in scriptwriting, directing, and producing video, radio, and television content, shaping authentic delivery, emotional resonance, and audience connection across broadcast, digital, and social platforms. I also bring an executive messaging and crisis communications lens to AI evaluation and training, focusing on nuance, intent, tone, and contextual alignment in model outputs. In addition to leading cross-functional teams and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I mentor organizations through change and reputation management. My work blends communications mastery with hands-on experience in AI quality evaluation, multimodal content auditing, and improving evaluation standards to strengthen training reliability for responsible AI outcomes.

Melinda Merillat

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I am a seasoned voice-over actor and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience crafting compelling narratives for nonprofit, corporate, and educational organizations. I specialize in scriptwriting, directing, and producing video, radio, and television content, shaping authentic delivery, emotional resonance, and audience connection across broadcast, digital, and social platforms. I also bring an executive messaging and crisis communications lens to AI evaluation and training, focusing on nuance, intent, tone, and contextual alignment in model outputs. In addition to leading cross-functional teams and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I mentor organizations through change and reputation management. My work blends communications mastery with hands-on experience in AI quality evaluation, multimodal content auditing, and improving evaluation standards to strengthen training reliability for responsible AI outcomes.…I am a seasoned voice-over actor and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience crafting compelling narratives for nonprofit, corporate, and educational organizations. I specialize in scriptwriting, directing, and producing video, radio, and television content, shaping authentic delivery, emotional resonance, and audience connection across broadcast, digital, and social platforms. I also bring an executive messaging and crisis communications lens to AI evaluation and training, focusing on nuance, intent, tone, and contextual alignment in model outputs. In addition to leading cross-functional teams and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I mentor organizations through change and reputation management. My work blends communications mastery with hands-on experience in AI quality evaluation, multimodal content auditing, and improving evaluation standards to strengthen training reliability for responsible AI outcomes.

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I am a seasoned voice-over actor and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience crafting compelling narratives for nonprofit, corporate, and educational organizations. I specialize in scriptwriting, directing, and producing video, radio, and television content, shaping authentic delivery, emotional resonance, and audience connection across broadcast, digital, and social platforms. I also bring an executive messaging and crisis communications lens to AI evaluation and training, focusing on nuance, intent, tone, and contextual alignment in model outputs.

In addition to leading cross-functional teams and building trusted stakeholder relationships, I mentor organizations through change and reputation management. My work blends communications mastery with hands-on experience in AI quality evaluation, multimodal content auditing, and improving evaluation standards to strengthen training reliability for responsible AI outcomes.

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English

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Work Experience

Voice Actor and Freelance AI Auditor/Trainer at Independent / Freelance

July 1, 2025 - Present

Record and produce professional-grade audio scripts; maintain vocal consistency and high-quality narration across diverse formats. Apply expert voice-over performance and critical listening to evaluate multimodal AI outputs (audio, written, images, video) for cadence, timbre, pacing, and emotional alignment to prompts. Maintain high accuracy in large-scale annotation workflows, contributing to reliable training data for model fine-tuning and preference optimization. Collaborate with cross-functional AI teams to identify quality trends and provide actionable feedback to improve multimodal generative capabilities. Utilize specialized labeling platforms and guidelines to ensure precise annotation supporting reinforcement learning and human feedback loops.

Executive Director, Public Relations & Communications at College of Biblical Studies (Remote)

May 1, 2011 - July 1, 2025

Led institution-wide PR and communications strategy for an accredited nonprofit college. Wrote organizational policies, grants, internal newsletters, speeches, social media content, radio/TV scripts, brand guidelines, and crisis training manuals. Served as primary voice-over narrator for institutional media, developed strategic communications plans, and created cross-platform campaigns to support research, programs, and leadership positioning. Advised on executive messaging, crisis response, and reputation management, while directing media relations and digital content initiatives to expand audience reach.

Founder & Principal at Merillat Marketing & Public Relations

January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2019

Founded and led a boutique agency serving nonprofits, public institutions, and mission-driven organizations. Produced and hosted a weekly radio show with a global audience of over 700,000 listeners, delivering engaging interviews with thought leaders. Developed messaging strategies for community engagement, crisis communications, and issue-based campaigns. Directed branding, communications campaigns, video production for social and media outlets, and mentored cross-functional teams in marketing and media. Implemented digital content strategies across websites and social channels to increase engagement and reach.

Freelance AI Auditor/Trainer at Independent / Freelance

July 1, 2025 - Present

Apply voice-over performance expertise to evaluate audio, video and multimodal AI outputs for delivery, cadence, tone, pacing, authenticity and emotional alignment against prompts and intended audience. Record and produce professional-quality audio scripts with clear narration and vocal consistency. Assess AI-generated outputs for quality, coherence, contextual accuracy and natural-sounding delivery. Leverage narrative analysis to identify nuance, speaker intent and audience alignment in generative AI outputs, supporting human-centered model performance. Maintain high accuracy in large-scale annotation and preference-ranking workflows contributing to model fine-tuning and reinforcement learning.

Executive Director, Public Relations & Communications at College of Biblical Studies

May 1, 2011 - July 1, 2025

Led institution-wide PR and communications strategy for a nonprofit college, writing organizational policies, grants, internal newsletters, speeches, social media, radio and TV scripts, brand guidelines and crisis-training manuals. Voice-over for videos and radio programs. Directed cross-platform campaigns to support research, program launches and leadership positioning. Advised on executive messaging, crisis response and reputation protection; strengthened media relations and led internal communications during organizational change.

Radio Talk Show Host & Voice Over Actor at Merillat Marketing & Public Relations

January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2019

Produced and hosted a weekly radio show reaching a global audience of 700K+, featuring thought leaders in education and government. Led a boutique agency serving nonprofits and mission-driven organizations with strategic PR and communications, messaging for community engagement initiatives, public events and issue-based campaigns. Directed content creation for videos, podcasts and social channels, and provided voice-over for campaigns and ads. Built and guided cross-functional teams in communications and media.

Freelance AI Auditor/Trainer at Self-employed / Freelance

July 1, 2025 - Present

Apply voice-over performance expertise to evaluate audio, video and multimodal AI outputs for delivery, cadence, tone, pacing, authenticity and emotional alignment against prompts and intended audience. Record and produce professional-quality audio scripts with clear narration and vocal consistency. Assess hundreds of AI-generated outputs using comparative judgment to evaluate quality, coherence, contextual accuracy and natural-sounding delivery. Leverage communications and narrative analysis to identify speaker intent and audience alignment in AI outputs, supporting more human-centered model performance. Maintain high accuracy in large-scale annotation and preference-ranking workflows that contribute to model fine-tuning and reinforcement learning.