Lauren Joyner

Lauren Joyner has a varied work experience. In 2021, they began working at Barefoot Books as a Marketing and Communications Assistant, Publicity and Social Media Assistant, and Digital and Social Media Intern. Lauren also started at Gibson Square Books as an Editorial Intern, where they edit and proofreads manuscripts, outlines publicity plans for soon-to-be published books, and composes articles from excerpts of books published by Gibson Square. In 2020, they worked as an Intern at Folio Literary Management, where they composed reader's reports based on submitted fiction manuscripts and nonfiction proposals, created marketing reports for nonfiction proposals, and researched and compiled lists of potential clients for the agency. In 2019, they were a Program Coordinator at the Boston University Community Service Center, where they planned a service trip to a homeless shelter in Orland, ME, organized donations from local businesses and restaurants, and led a group of students in community service and reflection activities.

Lauren Joyner began their educational journey in 2017 at Lesley University. Lauren then transferred to Boston University in 2018, where they earned a degree in English with a focus in Media Science in 2021. In the same year, they also attended the NYU School of Professional Studies for the Summer Publishing Institute.