Lauren Melancon Email & Phone Number

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Research, develop, oversee implementation of, and evaluate the curricula, teaching procedures, and educational materials for DancEast School youth education programs• Supervise DancEast School faculty members• Assist with hiring and onboarding of faculty and staff• Build community among students and families within the DancEast School • Plan, organize, and implement youth productions and work to ensure that the vision of DancEast School is fully realized and executed• Maintain DancEast School’s family and staff database • Provide clear communication to existing and potential customers, faculty and staff, and external partners through social media, email, and phone communications• Prepare and present School reports to the DancEast Collective Board during annual board meetings

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Provide ballet based creative dance and tap instruction for 3 - 5 year olds once a week.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

Offering high-quality dance opportunities to students of all ages and abilities throughout the Middle Tennessee Community.

Pegram, Tn

Supporting a grant awarded to Pegram Elementary School from the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to engage students, Kindergarten through 4th grade, with dance as it relates to math and nature.

Notre Dame, Indiana

Notre Dame, In

• Create email campaigns using the Emma email marketing platform• Manage social media accounts• Work directly with the College of Arts & Letters to create informational materials: brochures, large display materials, and website redesign • Update Institute website• Compose press releases and news articles• Strategize and implement 2018 Notre Dame Day plan• Design posters, fliers, and table tents for upcoming events• Design and install Institute display cases• Work with events coordinator to schedule photographers and videographers for special events

Notre Dame, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana Area

• Compose press releases, articles, e-blasts for Center events • Created and manage a Center wide monthly newsletter • Developed a social media strategy to better utilize social media platforms including: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram • Serve as liaison between the Annual Fundraiser Planning Committee and the Center’s Executive Director • Coordinate all aspects of the Center’s Annual Fundraiser • Designed and created a sponsorship packet for Annual Center Fundraiser • Work directly with Notre Dame Development on the creation of promotional materials • Compose meeting agendas and minutes • Wrote application for internal Notre Dame grant award

South Bend, Indiana Area

South Bend, Indiana Area

South Bend, Indiana Area

Elkhart, Indiana

East Nashville, Tn

• Facilitated annual auditions; supervised and evaluated workshop members• Hired and supervised instructors/choreographers and solicited guest instructors• Collaborated with community organizations to facilitate appropriate performances for audience• Worked with local venues to book and prepared for performances• Developed, implemented, and evaluated programming and curriculum • Continually sought new ways to advance the DancEast workshop for its dancers as well as community outreach• Developed Workshop manual, dancer agreement, and policies• Initiated and maintained social media presence

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Event planning for three in person Network-wide meetings per year for 80+ participants• Works directly with invited speakers, domestic and international• Contract negotiation• Create cost projections for all in-person meetings• Provides onsite-meeting support and logistical assistance for all Network meetings• Updates the eMERGE Network website and coordinates with development team• Schedules, plans, and facilitates monthly teleconferences for 8 Network wide workgroups through online meeting system• Composes meeting agendas and minutes for workgroup meetings and steering committee meetings• Corresponds with Network members, external collaborators, and NIH program staff• Tracks Network deliverables• Assists with quarterly and annual progress reports• Process travel reimbursements• Orient and train new project staff members• Compose informational materials to be used to for internal and external presentations, publications, packets• Initiated and facilitates Network Social Media (Twitter and LinkedIn accounts)

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Event planning for three in person Network-wide meetings per year for 80+ participants• Works directly with invited speakers, domestic and international• Contract negotiation • Budget creation for all in-person Steering Committee meetings• Provides on site-meeting support and logistical assistance for all Network Meetings• Manages the eMERGE Network website• Schedules, plans and facilitates monthly teleconferences for 8 Network wide workgroups through online meeting system• Composes meeting agendas and minutes for all workgroups meetings and steering committee meetings• Corresponds with Network members, external collaborators, and NIH program staff• Tracks Network deliverables• Serves as contact for the Network Coordinating Center• Assists with quarterly and annual grant reports

• Served as liaison between NIH, the Vanderbilt Chemistry Center and other network Centers• Planned, developed and implemented teleconferences and agendas• Attended Network Wide meetings• Corresponded with NIH directly on Center matters via e-mail and phone• Effectively tracked 45+ Center projects• Assisted with quarterly and annual reports• Effectively resolved reporting issues and deposition errors• Organized and streamlined the CARS reporting system internally• Maintained NIH deadlines set for the Center• Served as Project Manager for new Center website• Facilitated the creation of a Center brochure• Actively coordinated photographers, videographers, and other website personnel• Acted as web consultant for other smaller center groups

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Customer service• Account upkeep• Website upkeep• Advertising and design work for web, flyers, newspaper, and magazines• Organized trips for studio dance company• Scheduled of all studio activities• Collaborated with community members and vendors• Facilitated all studio correspondence• Acted as volunteer coordinator

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Maintained gallery inventory via gallery database• Creation and implementation of gallery marketing plan• Maintained and updating gallery website• Creation of monthly newsletter• Photography of artwork and photo correction• Creation of gallery design elements• Customer service responsibilities • Management duties• Creation and upkeep on all digital communities

South Bend, Indiana Area

National Umbrella Cooperative Agreement and National Latino Overweight and Obesity Education and Prevention InitiativeFunded by the Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services• Managed grant deliverables• Oversaw parties hired to aid with grant deliverables• Oversaw graduate and undergraduate student workers • Communicated with Latino artists nationwide to create a national poster campaign• Wrote grant reports, final and interim • Collaborated with community members• Acted as a guest speaker and advocate for project• Booked travel, hotels and set itineraries for grant meetingsGalería América & The Crossroads Gallery• Designed gallery exhibitions• Shipped artwork to museums and galleries nationwide• Facilitated the creation of a portfolio containing well known Latino print makers• Installed gallery exhibitions in two gallery spaces• Aided with gallery art walks with other downtown South Bend galleries• Facilitated collection management and development• Creation and upkeep on all digital communities• Advanced a Latino Print makers group, Consejo Grafico• Prepared educational opportunities for students with guest artists• Spoke with classes both at the university and high school levels regarding art exhibitions

South Bend, Indiana Area

• Updated multiple web pages • Designed ads for local newspapers and magazines, flyers, and posters • Communicated with galleries, ad companies, and museum administration• Formed new marketing strategies• Composed press releases• Assisted with events and tours• Trained and coordinated volunteers and student workers• Assisted with all aspects of annual donors' weekend

South Bend, Indiana Area

• Wrote condition reports• Researched and wrote biographies on artists associated with the Taller de Gráfica Popular• Digitally photographed and catalogued works in the collection• Handled pieces of art work: on paper and photographic• Worked with museum education programs and group tours• Aided with the preparation and publication of three gallery catalogues focusing on the Taller de Gráfica Popular• Worked directly with museum donors

Ba, Art History, Minor In Dance

Activities and Societies: Dance Minor 2003-2006, Secretary of Dance Collective 2005-2006, President of Dance Collective 2004-2005.

Education record

Education record

Activities and Societies: Varsity Cheerleader, 2002 Year Book Staff, 5th-6th Grade Cheerleading Coach (2001-2002), Grand Rabbits.