Lauren Sarazen

Teaching English Composition, Business Communications, Critical Reading and Writing, and Sports Writing for BA Luxury and Sports Management students. Experienced with teaching native and non-native English speakers in an international classroom environment and encouraging students to employ critical thinking skills.

• My work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Vice, Shondaland, Paste Magazine, Elle, and Air Mail, among others. • In addition to editorial commissions, I provide freelance copywriting and content services for companies like Mews Partners, KLEEMT, Greenly, the GRAITEC Group, and Hollis and Bean. • Cultural Content Curation for Playfully - Imagination Machine • Areas of expertise: books, travel, art, culture, French-interest, sustainability, tech

Freelance Strategy support

Working with high school students on a one-on-one basis to prepare personal essays for college admissions, I help them brainstorm stories that illustrate their identity and experiences, select the best topic, and polish drafts together.

Ensuring a high-quality experience for both Context Travel's expert community and customers alike for the Context Conversations online lecture series. While the role of the expert is to lead an engaging and high-quality presentation, my job as a moderator is to ensure each event goes smoothly. I provide support before and during the event, assisting with tech issues and Q&A. I also purchase tickets for live tours.

Teaching "La littérature américaine au prisme de l’art" or "American Literature Through the Prism of Art" and Cinema and Literature in English to L3 students.

Providing private English conversation lessons on a freelance basis in Parisian cafés.

Responsibilites within this role: - Managing the Semaine Editorial calendar - Researching potential talent to feature on Semaine based on timeliness - Reaching out to relevant talent managers, agent, record labels to procure talent - Updating Semaine's Global Cultural calendar which entails keeping abreast of the latest happenings in the Fashion industry, Film, Music, Art, Publishing, Environmental and more. - Proofreading, fact-checking, editing copy - Liaising with Semaine's network of contributing writers from commissioning articles to overseeing revisions -Writing feature articles and other original website copy - Planning and organizing shoots - Assisting the co-founders on their professional calendar / shooting schedule - Liaising with past Semaine Tastemaker teams in order to stay updated on all recent developments of Semaine's Tastemaker community and subsequently briefing the team on what is happening

Responsible for administrative tasks, managing the 24-hour emergency phone line, and advising clients on their worldwide travel options through Context Travel.

Responsible for proofreading pieces for the upcoming issue, creating and scheduling relevant posts on social media channels, organizing issue archives from 1920 to the present, preliminary selection and transcription of pieces for an upcoming anthology, and reading short fiction pieces from Submittable. I also trained to work with InDesign.