Lauren Brazzle Zuniga

Key Strengths

• Community-oriented creative with extensive network

• Platform of over 5,000 organic followers

• Over 2 million views on YouTube

• 10+ years experience producing valued content for social media

• 10+ years administrative and customer service experience

• 7+ years communicating with key publics

• 7+ years writing and designing content for other brands

• 7+ years community building and organizing in Oklahoma City

• 6+ years story-based strategy, design thinking & innovation practices

• 5+ years program development and implementation

• 2+ years in nonprofit management, board governance, grant writing

• 3+ years digital marketing strategy and brand management

• 3+ years video/audio production

• 3+ years voice narration and voice acting

Technical Skills

• Creative writing - poetry, fiction, screenplay, comedy, essay

• Copywriting - web, print, PR, organic social, paid search, paid social, display, product packaging, brand messaging, SEO keyword-rich, AP style, B2B, B2C

• Adobe Creative Suite - Acrobat, Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop

• Virtual meeting facilitation in Zoom, Airmeet, Microsoft Teams

• Targeted email workflows in HubSpot, Mailchimp, SalesForce, Every Action, Voter Voice & other CRM platforms

Recent Contracts & Employment

• 2022 - Current | Content Marketing Specialist | Wheel - Healthcare-tech Company

  • Writing content for a women-led virtual care delivery platform

• 2021 - 2022 | Marketing Automation Strategist | CSTMR - Fintech Digital Marketing Agency

  • Marketing automation & email nurture strategy for fintech and financial services brands

  • Content writing, editing and posting to client CMS systems

  • Managing contact lists, workflows, emails, landing pages, and forms in HubSpot or other CRM platform for security-minded clients

• 2015 - Current | Writer/Designer | Corridor Creative - Creative Writing & Design Services

  • Freelance writing and design services for over 30 inclusive brands

• 2021 | Innovation Coach | Thrive - Sexual Health Collective for Youth

  • Human-centered design coaching for cohorts working on sex education resources for caregivers

• 2019 - 2021 | Content Marketing Strategist | Koch Comm - Digital Marketing, PR & Creative Agency

  • Digital and social ad copy, SEO keyword-rich blog writing, targeted email campaigns & more for over 45 brands

  • Developed materials for teaching human-centered design for teams with no previous experience to build creative confidence and collaborate more effectively

• 2019 - 2019 | Event Director, Co-founder | Oklahoma City Pride Alliance

  • Started a 501-c3 organization, trained board, recruited volunteers, raised over $100k in 8 weeks.

  • Earned 8 media mentions including 2 national stories

  • Put three-day festival and parade for 120k attendees, 200 vendors, 110 volunteers

• 2018 - 2019 | Executive Director | 39th St. District Association

  • Helped secure over $2 million for street enhancement for a historic LGBTQ+ entertainment district

  • Developed & implemented community relations and marketing strategy to improve awareness of district

  • Managed scope of work from City of Oklahoma City’s Commercial District Revitalization Program

• 2013 - 2018 | Teaching Artist | Oklahoma Arts Council

  • Developed and facilitated arts education programs for local schools using age-appropriate creative writing activities

• 2011 - 2015 | Touring Artist & Facilitator | Auburn Moon Agency - College Talent & Activities Booking

  • Toured colleges and universities in North America with creative arts & LGBTQ+ programming

• 2007 - 2011 | Voter Information Assistant | Oklahoma State Election Board

  • Provided accurate, nonpartisan information and customer service for over 2 million voters in Oklahoma

  • Coordinated the file transfer of over 100 years of election files from paper to digital archives

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor of Arts, Strategic Communications - University of Central Oklahoma

• Nonprofit Management Certification - Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits

• IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practioner - IBM Technology

Recent Commissioned Work

• Now is Power Commercials - Oklahoma City Community College

• Parenting Commercials - Family Expectations

• Taxes are Useful Poem (for National Conference) - National Association of State Treasurers

• Kick-off Poem - Oklahoma Creativity Forum

• Birthday Poem - Romy Owens

• Storytelling Poem - Wrap Up Africa

• Poem for Women in Tech and Grace Hopper - Chasing Grace, Wicked Productions

• Rainbow Revolution Poem - OKC Pride Alliance

Publications

2014 | Poetry Chapbook | Now That We Are So Modern | Slow Like Press, Oklahoma City, OK

2014 | Anthology | Flicker and Spark: Anthology of Contemporary Queer Poetry| Low Brow Press

2013 | Poetry Chapbook | Eat The Moon Slow | Slow Like Press, Oklahoma City, OK

2012 | Poetry Collection | The Smell of Good Mud | Write Bloody Books, Portland, OR

2011 | Anthology | The Good Things About America | Write Bloody Books, Portland, OR

2009 | Poetry Collection | The Nickel Tour | Penmanship Books, New York, NY

2009 | Spoken Word Album | Receipts and Other Gentle Tallies of Debt

2008 | Spoken Word Album | The Nothing Becomes You

Fellowships & Residencies

• 2016 | Generative Fellowship | Social Movements + Innovation Lab | Oakland, CA

  • Design thinking for social justice movements where Lauren designed LGBTQ+ inclusive app and sexuality education project.

• 2015 | Artist-in-Residence | SixTwelve Community Center | Oklahoma City, OK

  • HeadNoise, poetry and visual art camp for ages 12-19 in collaboration with visual artist, Denise Duong, with a culminating show.

• 2014 | Poet-in-Residence | Hugo House | Seattle, WA

  • Spoken word camp for youth and the culminating show was part of the residency at this prestigious “place for writers.”

• 2013 | Artist-in-Residence | Studio 222 | Oklahoma City, OK

  • 8 weeks of poetry and performance programming for an after-school program serving 7th and 8th-grade students culminating in a student show.

• 2012 | Activist-in-Residence | University of Oklahoma Center for Social Justice | Norman, OK

  • Campus lectures, workshops, and performances with a kick-off show at the Take Root Reproductive Justice Conference.

Awards & Honors

• Gold Addy for Agency Marketing Rebrand Campaign, American Advertising Awards - Oklahoma

• Best Commercial for Community College, AACC Awards

• First prize in Podcast and Commercial, Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association

• Finalist for Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry, Oklahoma Center for the Book

• Best Local Author, Oklahoma Gazette

• Top Five Finalist, Women of the World Poetry Slam

• Top Ten Finalist, Individual World Poetry Slam

• Top Ten Finalist, Ontario Individual Poetry Cup

Performances, Lectures & Workshops

Kentucky Women’s Writer Conference
National Association of Public Treasurers
Norman Music Festival
Paseo Arts Festival
OKC Pride Festival
Indiana Department of Corrections Women’s Facility
Women of Power Conference
TEDx OKC Conference
Ignite OKC
Momentum OKC
Oklahoma Creativity Forum
Oklahoma Arts Festival
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University- Stillwater
University of Pennsylvania
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Alvernia University
Shippensburg University
Macalester College
Clarkson University
Mercyhurst College
Johnson & Wales University- Charlotte
University of Arkansas- Fayetteville
Saint Martin’s University
Tacoma Community College
Saint Vincent College
Saint John Fisher College
Harford Community College
Arcadia University
Ursinus College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Penn State University- Berks
Fort Lewis College
Mount Hood College
Everett Community College
Roanoke College
Nebraska Wesleyan University
University of Nebraska – Omaha
Doane College
University of New Hampshire
Suffolk University
Truman State University
Regis College