Interview with Lauren Kelley

Lauren Kelley (class of 2021) was a former Beautiful Social Research Collaborative consultant and Foley Fellow. Lauren is currently working at the CMI Media Group as an Associate Media Planner. She mainly works in Pharmaceutical Marketing and works with a couple different companies. As an Associate Media Planner, Lauren helps plan and strategize campaigns and then helps execute those campaign plans.

I asked Lauren two questions during our interview. The first one being: “What skills or any notable experiences did you gain through Beautiful Social?”.

Lauren said that the work she did with Beautiful Social strongly correlates to what she does now even though they are very different fields. She said Beautiful Social gave her professional experience with having clients(partners). Lauren said this was a great experience that you cannot achieve with just normal classes. This helped give her confidence when working with her current clients. Lauren also said Beautiful Social helped give her the skills she needed to work on and with a team. Beautiful Social also helped her learn to work with different people which greatly helps her in her current job because she works with different people on her own team and with clients. Lauren also said she actually was able to get this job through a member that was in one of her Beautiful Social groups. Beautiful Social was able to help her build strong relationships that help her still today.

The second question I asked was: “What do you think Beautiful Social helped teach you about what you like or don’t like when looking at a company to work for?”.

Lauren said Beautiful Social helped her think deeper about the work she is doing and the companies she wants to work for. She thinks it is important to agree with the mission of the company you are working for. She agrees with her current companies mission and their honest and open advertisements. Lauren said that Beautiful Social helped her realize her passion for non-profit work in general.