Lauren Magnuson

Special Operations

2025

Chief Operating Officer

2024 - 2025

- Scaled a mission-driven tech community brand to 45 high-impact events in the first year with participation from over 260 VC firms. - Drove efforts to raise sponsorships from top-tier partners while also strengthening sponsor relationships to ensure their return for the following year. - Led all aspects of event operations including web/marketing, staffing, communications, budget, on-site execution, and resource allocation - Negotiated high-value partnerships with vendors, creatively reducing operational expenses while improving overall event quality. - Improved processes and enhanced customer experience by analyzing post-event feedback and survey data

Operations and Events

2023 - 2023

Operations and Business Development

2023 - 2023

Director Of Operations

2021 - 2023

- Led the sourcing and negotiating of strategic acquisitions - Managed culture initiatives including company offsites and team-building events - Owned finance operations including payroll, accounting and vendor contract negotiation - Initiated and led projects to improve efficiency and productivity across departments - Hired and managed staff to assist with special projects - Project-managed strategic initiatives for the business

Director Of Operations

2017 - 2021

- Managed operational functions of a $38 million seed-stage venture capital firm - Produced large and small scale events with budgets up to $50,000 - Wrote and designed content and marketing materials across email, web, and social - Owned product responsibilities for Feedback.vc, the firm’s proprietary service for founders

Business Manager

2017 - 2018

- Managed all business aspects of running a professionally touring comedy team including client management, finances, social and email marketing, and internal/external communications - Oversaw a 300% increase in revenue YOY - Produced and managed an off-Broadway run of an improvised musical

Producer/Performer

2012 - 2017

Harold Night Producer: May 2016 - June 2017 Comedy Lab Producer: May 2015 - May 2016 Harold Night Asst. Director: June 2016 - June 2017 Harold Night castmember: June 2014 - June 2015, June - Dec. 2016 All Access castmember: June 2015 - June 2016 Studio 40: Dec. 2012 - June 2014

Web Business Analyst & Scrum Master

2013 - 2017

Worked closely with developers, designers, copywriters, and business stakeholders to continually maintain and improve five websites for EF Tours. Managed large projects from start to finish on a cross-functional agile development team. Helped to define, gather and analyze requirements that include inputs from marketing, sales, customer service, design and development. Served as team's business domain expert, and identified opportunities for improvement.

Loyalty Program Coordinator

2012 - 2013

With a focus on customer experience, managed several aspects of the loyalty and incentive programs for Educational Tours group leaders. Booked and tracked a high volume of flight requests, managed the referral reward program, developed email and marketing content, and served as point person for technical fixes and enhancements.

Account Coordinator

2011 - 2012

Public relations account support for health and technology clients. Wrote media alerts, speaking submissions, and award entries. Secured client coverage in business and trade media and provided social media content creation. Took a break from May-October 2011