Lauren Williams Email & Phone Number

Little Rock, Ar, Us

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Greater St. Louis Area

I supported the main functions of the Development team by helping to plan & execute special events, donor stewardship & cultivation, prospect research, managing social media accounts & e-communications, grant support, & other special projects as needed.- Assisted with donor cultivation, stewardship, & gift acknowledgments, including communicating with donors & sponsors to maintain strong relationships, ensuring continued support, entering gifts into the donor database, producing fundraising reports & thank-you letters, & directly engaging with donors.- Managed & processed tributes & general donations.- Maintained data integrity & security in Raiser's Edge, NXT, & Salesforce.- Supported Gateway to Hope's special events, including soliciting & collecting auction items, creating program ads, producing event materials, executing virtual auctions, managing event committees, maintaining registration lists, coordinating volunteers, & staffing events.- Assisted with the execution of third-party events to ensure they represented the Gateway to Hope brand & were successful for both the donor & the organization.- Managed Gateway to Hope's various communication channels, including email, social media accounts, & website updates as needed, ensuring consistent & engaging communication with our donors & community members.- Conducted prospect research on individual, foundation, & corporate donors to support the annual fund, significant gift, & campaign goals.- Assisted with grant calendar management, proposal writing, & report submission.- Provided front desk support, greeting patients & visitors, assisted with mailings & special projects as needed.

Greater St. Louis Area

As a Membership Assistant at the Missouri Botanical Garden, my primary duties involved supporting the fundraising activities of the Institutional Advancement division through onsite sales, donor relations, Raiser's Edge documentation, and event support. - Ensured that the membership desk's operations standards were upheld and PCI compliance standards were enforced.- Recorded & ordered inventory of print materials, provided standard updates & professional training to membership department volunteers, assisted visitors & members, exercised independent judgment to assess other Garden divisions' needs & considerations accurately, & performed other desk duties as assigned.- As a frontline fundraiser, I played a vital role in engaging with general members & providing exceptional customer service. This involved assisting with new donor thank you projects, providing onsite/offsite ticket sales support, stocking & preparing membership premium gifts, answering garden visitor questions, supporting special events, and providing phone & email support.- In Raiser's Edge, I accurately documented changes & additions to donors' records, documented all members' follow-ups as appropriate, & contributed to clean-up projects.- Other administrative duties include assisting with donor mailings, merging & printing membership fulfillment packets.

Greater St. Louis Area

- Greet and welcome museum visitors, carefully watch galleries and artwork, provide information to visitors about the current exhibits, museum grounds, events, answer front desk phone and direct calls, assist with daily office tasks.- Help set up for events and clean galleries, print and organize gallery guides, direct guests to appropriate accommodations around the museum, answer questions regarding the building, café hours, surrounding areas, and give gallery tours to groups visiting the museum upon request.- Maintain gift shop area, handle cash and credit card transactions, actively sell and promote memberships, assist with social media objectives, sort and organize promotional materials.

Greater St. Louis Area

As the Public Relations and Marketing Intern, I was given a wide variety of communications related tasks and projects, as well as additional duties, including: volunteering at exhibition openings and museum events, running errands for my supervisor, attending professional development workshops, and providing suggestions and ideas to Public Relations and Development managers in meetings.

Greater St. Louis Area

As the Store Assistant at the Silver Lady, I oversaw daily store operations and helped the owner handle and organize store objectives and functions. I assisted with the opening and closing procedures, welcomed and helped customers, handled cash and credit transactions, stocked inventory, helped maintain and clean the store, created ads and digital materials for local media, and answered inquiries from customers and visitors. While at the store, I encountered a wide range of customers - from locals to people visiting from all over the country, which allowed me to use my customer service skills and answer any questions they had about St. Louis as well gaining knowledge about the different neighborhoods and restaurants all around the city.

Conway, Ar

As the receptionist at Studio Skin, I was the front face of the business. My primary responsibilities included, but were not limited to: maintaining the owner and stylist’s schedules, scheduling appointments, calling clients for appointment reminders, greeting clients and assisting them with any questions they had. The business also had a retail area in the front of the building, which I helped organize and display products for, wrap gifts, handle money transactions, and clean the area and front desk on a daily basis.

Bentonville, Ar

As the Media relations intern, I worked closely with the communications team on a weekly basis while also attending events and meetings hosted by the museum. My primary responsibilities included: implementing social media and media relations objectives, organizing promotional materials, communicating with local media contacts via email, editing press releases and event calendars, and assisting my supervisor at press previews and museum seminars.

University Of Central Arkansas

As the Public relations intern, I had a wide range of duties from helping out with administrative tasks to planning campus events. During my internship, I implemented a successful media plan focusing on social media platforms, helped conduct and organize gallery events, and researched artists to generate new ideas for future exhibits. Because the campus gallery was only run by 1 director and student workers, we always had a variety of tasks to do in the gallery including: cleaning and organizing the galleries and surrounding areas, helping install exhibits, distributing promotional materials across campus, and greeting guests as well as answering any questions they had.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Public Relations, Art History, Alumni

Activities and Societies: P.R.S.S.A., Vice President of local Art History Association, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, College Ambassador.

Summer Study, The Art Of Fashion

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