Lauren Arieux Bryan Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Offering contract-based editorial services in the Christian publishing realm, including developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading. Current/past clients include: • The Upper Room • Dexterity Books • Abingdon Press • Iron Stream Media • The General Conference of the United Methodist Church

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Worked with authors from contract to publication of adult Bible studies, managing all aspects of the process including:+Edited all materials, addressing accuracy, consistency, and suitability; checking for contextual Biblical accuracy and adherence to Bible translation in use.+Created content as needed for projects such as back cover copy, video transcriptions, and additional resources. +Collaborated with designers, distribution specialists, business managers, and other editors to ensure on-time and cost-effective delivery of quality materials.+Secured and managed contract/freelance writers for creation of accompanying materials such as leader guides, video discussion, and daily devotionals. +Attended weekly editorial and production team meetings, working with colleagues to discuss new ideas, deadlines, and any other aspects of the process and offered assistance as needed for research, editing, etc.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

GCFA is the Financial and Administrative arm of The United Methodist Church, providing resources and support to UMC leadership across the globe.+Managed entire process of the collection, analysis, and distribution of local church financial and membership data. This is an annual, highly involved, year-long process, the information from which is used by the denomination for budgeting, voting members to delegations, and allocation of resources—akin to the use of Census data used by the US Government to budget, redraw districts, allocate funding for under-served populations, etc.+Created and distributed all training materials and user guides for proprietary data software; provided expertise, support, annual training, and regular informational webinars regarding UMC research and local church statistics.+Provided in-house proofreading, copywriting, and editing for web content, marketing materials, and other resources for distribution. +Analyzed data to create and distribute official denominational annual reports, as well as to respond to general research inquiries and requests for information from scholars, journalists, etc. +Spearheaded all major research for the agency and represented the UMC at major religious researcher’s organizations, serving on steering committees for Faith Communities Today (FACT) and the U.S. Religious Census Committee.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

At TVC, a nonprofit organization which advocates for children and their families across Tennessee, I managed all information needs such as:+Website - Created and updated all content, including online resources, homepage slides, press articles, staff information, programming data, and news releases. +Marketing Materials - Wrote content and created all brochures, signs, and the like.+Quarterly Newsletters - Wrote articles for and designed newsletter distributed to 10k+ staff members and advocates across the state. Special Programs:+Children's Mental Health Week Coalition - I served as Public Relations Chairman for the CMHW Coalition, which plans an annual event drawing 6k+ people to Nashville. As chairman, I managed all PR and documentation.+State of the Child Conference Planning Committee - As part of the planning committee for this conference held every other year, I served as an integral part of the process, as I managed all materials pertaining to marketing, online ticket ordering, and invitations, as well as the creation of the materials distributed at the conference itself. +Website Redesign Team - I was part of a team that oversaw and produced initial designs for TVC's complete website overhaul in 2010. Once the site was completed, I created and loaded all content onto the new platform.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Assisted undergraduate students with online searches in Gorgas Library.

Ba, Journalism, Graphic Design

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science