Lauren Raby

Experience

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  Rory Peck Trust

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2013

  Awards and Fundraising Events Manager

  >Management of all fundraising events and subsequent media coverage. >Overseeing the main charity fundraiser through to becoming a sell-out event.>Implementing an online ticketing system.>Surpassing advertising sales for the Rory Peck Awards Brochure, year on year.

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  Laundrapp

  Jan 2015 - Jul 2016

  Assistant to CEO

  >Joined tech start-up pre-launch as back office support for the founding team. >Post £4m Series A funding round, I led e-commerce as well as PR, partnerships and event management.

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  Verve

  Aug 2016 - Dec 2016

  Operations Manager

  >Key projects include the Company Birthday at Bestival and The Retreat at North Cadbury Court House.>Clients include Bonnaroo, Bestival, Forecastle, Spring Awakening, SW4, Digital Dreams, EDC, Reading, Leeds, Electric Zoo and many more.

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  Raby & Snow

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2018

  Event Director & Co Founder

  >A boutique events and home project consultancy for the UHNWI.>Produced a series of bespoke high end events from concept, strategy, event design, venue search, production, planning, logistics, operations, budgeting and management.>Interior Design projects for private clients.>Brand Ambassadors for Whispering Angel.

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  Bloomon

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

  Venture Development Projects

  >A freelance contract working on venture development projects for tech start up, Bloomon.>Key focus on expanding on new revenue channels - the planning and execution of Bloomon workshops and pop ups.

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  Freelance

  Jul 2018 - Mar 2019

  Event Project Manager

  Projects include;> Gran Turismo - Playstation, Paris.> Faith - Haris Nukem's Exhibition, London.> Major League Baseball's 108 Sessions - NVS Music Group, London.

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  NVS Music Group

  Aug 2018 - Oct 2018

  Freelance Event Project Manager

  >Major League Baseball (MLB) - The 108 Sessions.>Responsibilites include delivery of MLB Sessions Event 2: planning, central comms, timeline, budget, venue, staffing, food curation, production and design.

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  Saiki Wellness

  Jan 2019 - now

  Founder, Curator + Sound Healing Practitioner

  Sound healing and wellbeing experiences.Key Projects;> Sound Healing and meditation for clients including Adidas, 180 Health Club, Google, Spotify, Dazed, Pangaia, Soho House, Nobu Shoreditch Hotel, The Mandrake Hotel and Birch Hotel + Members Club.> Event curation and programming services for clients including Dalston Yard, Great Feast of London festival, MoreYoga and Full Fat PR agency.> The Saiki Zine - an online zine featuring interviews and articles with guests such as Rosemary Ferguson, Satish Kumar and Douglas McMaster. Show less

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  STEALTH: Event and Brand Experience Agency

  Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

  Event Project Director

  Projects include;>Citroen WRC 2019, Wales>Jose Cuervo Tequila Pop Up, London and Manchester>Private charity gala at Abbey Road Studios, London

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  Selfridges

  Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

  Event Producer - Project Earth

  Key Project:> To project manage and produce the events and programming for the campaign, Project Earth, launching the new sustainability strategy at Selfridges.Project Earth marks a new chapter in Selfridges’ history – the start of an essential journey to 'change the way we shop' and to put sustainability at the heart of everything Selfridges does.We invited leading sustainability experts to host the upcoming series of talks and workshops. From collaborating with inspiring speakers to innovative creators, it was essential for us to explore the different ways in which we can approach sustainability, and in a way that is solution led. Partners include Dana Thomas, Bay Garnett, Arizona Muse, The Guardian, George Monbiot, Parley for the Oceans, How To Academy, Intelligence Squared & Jack Harries on such issues as ethical consumerism, the future of fast fashion and climate justice. Show less

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  The Great Feast of London

  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020

  Head of Wellbeing - Event Curation & Programming

  Curation and delivery of the Wellbeing programme for The Great Feast of London.Based on the philosophy of Self, Community and the Earth each session of our ‘at-home’ retreat reflected this interconnected trinity through their individual modality.Partners include Stylist, Strong Women, MoreYoga, Charles Eisenstein, Giselle La Pompe-Moore, Josie Danielle, Breathpod, The Future is Beautiful, Adidas Soul Sisters, Stories Behind Things, Mira Manek, Poppy Okotcha, Romilly Wilde, We Resonate, T Lovers and Sophia Thakur. Show less

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  The Tramshed Project

  Sept 2020 - Jul 2021

  Head of Cultural Programming
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  A Plate For London

  Dec 2020 - May 2021

  Head of Spinning Plates