Lauren Rouse Email & Phone Number

-Wrote, edited and fact checked articles for Durham Magazine, Chatham Magazine, Chapel Hill Magazine and Heart of NC Weddings-Interviewed locals, including a business owner and town leader for articles-Used WordPress to upload magazine articles to the company’s website-Created Instagram reels and wrote social media copy-Photographed attendees at an annual fair in Pittsboro for Chatham Magazine

-Supervised a team of up to three staff members per shift to ensure smooth operations of the climbing wall -Taught belay and introduction to climbing classes as well as administered belay certification tests-Processed camping equipment rentals, including loaning, returning, and assessing fees-Monitored the safety of all climbers ensuring proper communication and belay techniques -Co-led a paddling trip for students on Falls Lake, prioritizing safety and teaching stand-up paddleboarding skills -Represented Duke Adaptive Climbing (DAC) at various clinics to provide access to climbing for adults and children with physical and/or developmental disabilities (e.g., autism, cerebral palsy)

-Managed the organization’s largest account in 2021 of over $1.5 million for a pharmaceutical client dedicated to addressing unmet needs in care for people with neurological conditions-Led calls with physicians to develop project plans and meet the client’s timelines and expectations -Coordinated a group of five medical writers to ensure that publications were completed on time, on budget and of the best quality -Utilized SharePoint to centralize all client communications and project management tasks-Posted and managed job descriptions for medical writers, project managers and associate scientific directors

-Performed full-cycle recruitment for medical writers, scientific directors, account managers, project managers, clinical research associates (CRAs) and clinical trial managers-Exceeded ICON’s recruitment metric of eight hires per month, reaching ~135 hires in 2018-Led the CAR-T CRA project which was staffed with over 20 oncology CRAs in eight weeks

-Recruited over 150 clinical research associates to the organization in 2016-Assigned requisitions, facilitated candidate debrief calls with stakeholders, led touchpoint discussions with the resourcing team, reviewed all candidate submittals from the recruitment team, standardized the job offer process and devised recruitment strategies for hard-to-find, passive candidates-Mentored three sourcers who wanted to grow their recruitment experience and clinical research knowledge -Interviewed recruiter candidates and provided suggestions to the recruitment manager on who should be hired as well as extended offers, negotiated salary and performed on-boarding

-Performed full-cycle recruitment of candidates in the clinical research industry for a variety of clients throughout the US including, sourcing, interviewing, on-boarding, maintaining, and terminating-Achieved a ranking of Top 5 recruiter out of 35+ recruiters within the organization by meeting year-end goals for 2015 by the conclusion of the 3rd quarter

-Sourced candidates for positions, including clinical research associates, clinical research coordinators, clinical trial assistants, SAS programmers, data managers, manufacturing technicians, drug safety associates, phlebotomists, nurses and clinical trial directors-Performed candidate phone screens for both permanent and contract positions in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico-Negotiated salaries, completed reference checks and terminated employees-ClinForce was acquired by DOCS in February 2013

-Provided administrative support for a variety of privately- and government-funded global health projects-Coordinated regulatory affairs submissions for PA-824 (pretomanid) and TMC207 (bedaquiline), two drugs for treatment-resistant tuberculosis

Master Of Arts - Ma, Digital Journalism, 3.9

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology, Business Administration, 3.6

Graduated cum laude. Minor - Leadership Studies