Lauren Brazzle Zuniga
Poet. Performer. Mult-media artist.
Email: hello@laurenbrazzle.com
Website: laurenbrazzle.com
Ph: 405.761.4456
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Key Strengths
Community-oriented creative with extensive network
Platform of over 5,000 organic followers
Over 2 million views on YouTube
10+ years experience producing valued content for social media
10+ years administrative and customer service experience
7+ years communicating with key publics
7+ years writing and designing content for other brands
7+ years community building and organizing in Oklahoma City
6+ years story-based strategy, design thinking & innovation practices
5+ years program development and implementation
2+ years in nonprofit management, board governance, grant writing
3+ years digital marketing strategy and brand management
3+ years video/audio production
3+ years voice narration and voice acting
Technical Skills
Creative writing - poetry, fiction, screenplay, comedy, essay
Copywriting - web, print, PR, organic social, paid search, paid social, display, product packaging, brand messaging, SEO keyword-rich, AP style, B2B, B2C
Adobe Creative Suite - Acrobat, Audition, Illustrator, Photoshop
Virtual meeting facilitation in Zoom, Airmeet, Microsoft Teams
Targeted email workflows in HubSpot, Mailchimp, SalesForce, Every Action, Voter Voice & other CRM platforms
Recent Contracts & Employment
2022 - Current | Content Marketing Specialist | Wheel - Healthcare-tech Company
Writing content for a women-led virtual care delivery platform
2021 - 2022 | Marketing Automation Strategist | CSTMR - Fintech Digital Marketing Agency
Marketing automation & email nurture strategy for fintech and financial services brands
Content writing, editing and posting to client CMS systems
Managing contact lists, workflows, emails, landing pages, and forms in HubSpot or other CRM platform for security-minded clients
2015 - Current | Writer/Designer | Corridor Creative - Creative Writing & Design Services
Freelance writing and design services for over 30 inclusive brands
2021 | Innovation Coach | Thrive - Sexual Health Collective for Youth
Human-centered design coaching for cohorts working on sex education resources for caregivers
2019 - 2021 | Content Marketing Strategist | Koch Comm - Digital Marketing, PR & Creative Agency
Digital and social ad copy, SEO keyword-rich blog writing, targeted email campaigns & more for over 45 brands
Developed materials for teaching human-centered design for teams with no previous experience to build creative confidence and collaborate more effectively
2019 - 2019 | Event Director, Co-founder | Oklahoma City Pride Alliance
Started a 501-c3 organization, trained board, recruited volunteers, raised over $100k in 8 weeks.
Earned 8 media mentions including 2 national stories
Put three-day festival and parade for 120k attendees, 200 vendors, 110 volunteers
2018 - 2019 | Executive Director | 39th St. District Association
Helped secure over $2 million for street enhancement for a historic LGBTQ+ entertainment district
Developed & implemented community relations and marketing strategy to improve awareness of district
Managed scope of work from City of Oklahoma City’s Commercial District Revitalization Program
2013 - 2018 | Teaching Artist | Oklahoma Arts Council
Developed and facilitated arts education programs for local schools using age-appropriate creative writing activities
2011 - 2015 | Touring Artist & Facilitator | Auburn Moon Agency - College Talent & Activities Booking
Toured colleges and universities in North America with creative arts & LGBTQ+ programming
2007 - 2011 | Voter Information Assistant | Oklahoma State Election Board
Provided accurate, nonpartisan information and customer service for over 2 million voters in Oklahoma
Coordinated the file transfer of over 100 years of election files from paper to digital archives
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Arts, Strategic Communications - University of Central Oklahoma
Nonprofit Management Certification - Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits
IBM Enterprise Design Thinking Practioner - IBM Technology
Recent Commissioned Work
Now is Power Commercials - Oklahoma City Community College
Parenting Commercials - Family Expectations
Taxes are Useful Poem (for National Conference) - National Association of State Treasurers
Kick-off Poem - Oklahoma Creativity Forum
Birthday Poem - Romy Owens
Storytelling Poem - Wrap Up Africa
Poem for Women in Tech and Grace Hopper - Chasing Grace, Wicked Productions
Rainbow Revolution Poem - OKC Pride Alliance
Publications
2014 | Poetry Chapbook | Now That We Are So Modern | Slow Like Press, Oklahoma City, OK
2014 | Anthology | Flicker and Spark: Anthology of Contemporary Queer Poetry| Low Brow Press
2013 | Poetry Chapbook | Eat The Moon Slow | Slow Like Press, Oklahoma City, OK
2012 | Poetry Collection | The Smell of Good Mud | Write Bloody Books, Portland, OR
2011 | Anthology | The Good Things About America | Write Bloody Books, Portland, OR
2009 | Poetry Collection | The Nickel Tour | Penmanship Books, New York, NY
2009 | Spoken Word Album | Receipts and Other Gentle Tallies of Debt
2008 | Spoken Word Album | The Nothing Becomes You
Fellowships & Residencies
2016 | Generative Fellowship | Social Movements + Innovation Lab | Oakland, CA
Design thinking for social justice movements where Lauren designed LGBTQ+ inclusive app and sexuality education project.
2015 | Artist-in-Residence | SixTwelve Community Center | Oklahoma City, OK
HeadNoise, poetry and visual art camp for ages 12-19 in collaboration with visual artist, Denise Duong, with a culminating show.
2014 | Poet-in-Residence | Hugo House | Seattle, WA
Spoken word camp for youth and the culminating show was part of the residency at this prestigious “place for writers.”
2013 | Artist-in-Residence | Studio 222 | Oklahoma City, OK
8 weeks of poetry and performance programming for an after-school program serving 7th and 8th-grade students culminating in a student show.
2012 | Activist-in-Residence | University of Oklahoma Center for Social Justice | Norman, OK
Campus lectures, workshops, and performances with a kick-off show at the Take Root Reproductive Justice Conference.
Awards & Honors
Gold Addy for Agency Marketing Rebrand Campaign, American Advertising Awards - Oklahoma
Best Commercial for Community College, AACC Awards
First prize in Podcast and Commercial, Oklahoma Broadcast Education Association
Finalist for Oklahoma Book Award for Poetry, Oklahoma Center for the Book
Best Local Author, Oklahoma Gazette
Top Five Finalist, Women of the World Poetry Slam
Top Ten Finalist, Individual World Poetry Slam
Top Ten Finalist, Ontario Individual Poetry Cup
Performances, Lectures & Workshops
University of Wisconsin- LaCrosse
University of Alaska- Anchorage
Westminster College- MO
University of Delaware
Buena Vista University
Morningside College
University of Wisconsin- Whitewater
Augustana College – South Dakota
New College of Florida
Appalachian State University
Auburn University
University of Central Missouri
Saint Mary’s College of Maryland
Virginia Wesleyan College
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Washburn University
University of Missouri – Saint Louis
Wichita State University
University of New England
University of Houston
Texas State University
Minot University
Minnesota State Community and Technical College – Wadena
North Dakota State College of Science
Concordia College – Minnesota
Hamline University
Saint Olaf College
Coe College
Saint Ambrose University
Augustana College, Rock Island
Beloit College
University of Wisconsin- Green Bay
Northern Michigan University
Ripon College
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Northeastern Illinois University
University of Texas - Pan American
Fairleigh Dickinson/Madison
Rutgers University
Seton Hall University
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
Lawrence University
Kentucky Women’s Writer Conference
National Association of Public Treasurers
Norman Music Festival
Paseo Arts Festival
OKC Pride Festival
Indiana Department of Corrections Women’s Facility
Women of Power Conference
TEDx OKC Conference
Ignite OKC
Momentum OKC
Oklahoma Creativity Forum
Oklahoma Arts Festival
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University- Stillwater
University of Pennsylvania
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Alvernia University
Shippensburg University
Macalester College
Clarkson University
Mercyhurst College
Johnson & Wales University- Charlotte
University of Arkansas- Fayetteville
Saint Martin’s University
Tacoma Community College
Saint Vincent College
Saint John Fisher College
Harford Community College
Arcadia University
Ursinus College
Harrisburg Area Community College
Penn State University- Berks
Fort Lewis College
Mount Hood College
Everett Community College
Roanoke College
Nebraska Wesleyan University
University of Nebraska – Omaha
Doane College
University of New Hampshire
Suffolk University
Truman State University
Regis College