Lauren Lickus Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Design and implement medium to large scope projects, in collaboration with cross-functional teams or other technical stakeholders: - A React-based content management system for lead forms that enabled internal business.
• Coach junior engineers on the implementation of small to medium scope projects, including Continuous Integration and Observability to enhance existing products
• Facilitate the implementation of third-party tools such as OneTrust, Optimizely, and Segment across marketing properties spanning a varied and international audience
• Lead architectural prioritization and planning for supported products based on business needs
• Create an environment that fosters a sense of trust, empowerment, and collaboration through mentorship, development of a team values statement, and performance of health checks and retrospectives

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Built a content management system to layout and publish static HTML pages for paid marketing campaigns, prioritizing flexibility, scale, stability, and performance
• Improved the marketing site accessibility across 50+ instances of the CMS to achieve greater than AA compliance through an external audit and implementing fixes
• Upgraded an existing CMS used for 30+ organic marketing sites to leverage a custom design framework
• Designed more efficient and scalable tools to handle a growing volume of marketing assets, including lead forms and static landing pages for paid marketing
• Took over and enhanced a custom content management system for organic marketing websites built with Python/ Flask; migrated 20+ WordPress websites to this new CMS
• Distributed and oversaw developer contributions via Jira; managed pull requests and versioning using Git and implemented a CI/ CD pipeline with tools including CircleCI, Jenkins, and Distelli

Arlington, Virginia, US

• Leveraged Angular.js, Less, and HTML5 to develop a user interface for a communication tool, resulting in the company’s first wholly responsive web application
• Created scalable and reusable features for WordPress themes and plugins used on 25+ websites
• Developed JavaScript plugin for lead generation, increasing leads and reducing redundancy across products
• Built new websites and tools for the business to market university partners and their degree programs

New York, US

• Guide a team of eight directors and a pool of 150 creatives to ideate and produce 20+ experiential film events
• Grow the company from intimate 30-person gatherings to multi-night shows, with a promotional reach of 350,000+ through local media partners, national press, and enterprise sponsors
• Develop a business strategy focused on establishing corporate principals, creative community, and a loyal audience
• Orchestrate a digital strategy and art direction for the brand, website, social media, printed materials, merchandise, and sets; coordinated online promotion, performances, event set-up, ticketing, etc.
• Launch the corporate digital presence for audience and sponsors
• Nominated for a 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Award; won a 2018 Shorty Award, honoring the best of social media

• Developed a WordPress theme for an artist’s portfolio delivering a responsive template to showcase work on any platform or device
• Launched a music composer’s portfolio for SXSW Festival promotion creating a cohesive online brand

New York, NY, US

• Designed and launched an international corporate online quarterly; provided post-launch project management
• Built a responsive web design template for trade show promotions used by 3000+ attendees; developed retail and corporate website promotions
• Coordinated a small international team for on-time delivery and transitioned maintenance to a third party
• Led medium scope projects for new marketing initiatives across the corporate site, including multi-media promotional channels
• Created and maintained consistent branding and user experience across the company’s marketing and promotional assets; performed research and group review to integrate emerging technology into websites

San Francisco, California, US

• Managed a team of five to prepare an annual report for an education nonprofit and build a reusable template
• Developed a custom Joomla website for a private high school; trained stakeholders to maintain the site
• Installed open-source content management systems and developed themes/templates to design specifications
• Trained nonprofit employees on web site administration
• Liaised between the clients and pro-bono team to manage assets, organize content, and ensure client goals were met

Aas, Graphic Design

Ba, Psychology