Lauren Jones is a writer and occasional pants wearer living in North Carolina. She grew up talking to herself in cornfields. Now she’s talking to you, internet stalker, on her website.
CONTACT
lojones9210@gmail.com
EXPERIENCE (see: my resume)
Sr. Copywriter / Big Spaceship / NYC - remote / 2022-now
Copywriter / Wongdoody / Seattle / 2019-2022
Jr. Copywriter / Omelet / Los Angeles / 2018
PR Writer / G&S Communications / Raleigh / 2015-2017
Etc jobs / etc places / state park wildlife naturalist, university events manager, waitress, preschool tutor, bagel maker and totally uncertified lifeguard
EDUCATION
VCU Brandcenter / M.S. Business - Copywriting
University of Virginia / B.A. English Literature + B.A. Economics
Seattle School of Visual Concepts / UX Writing certificate
Semester At Sea / Study abroad across Asia, Africa and Europe on a traveling boat. Like Magellan, if he were a square, small-town scholarship kid around a bunch of rich, drunk 20 year-olds.
EXTRAS
My family = a therapist for drug abusers, a teacher for special needs kids, and a jazz musician. We love getting through to people who don’t want to listen to us.
Press = Rolling Stone, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Bleacher Report, Creative Review, Shots, and crucially, PerezHilton.com
Awards = Graphis Gold, ARF David Ogilvy Silver, Luerzer’s Archive, Effie shortlist, Brandcenter Excellence, and valedictorian of an academically failing high school