Lauren Schiff
Placemaker at Placemaking Europe- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Full professional proficiency
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Italian Limited working proficiency
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Catalan Elementary proficiency
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Bio
Devon Craig
I've had the pleasure of working with Lauren at multiple roles, and simply could not say enough positive things about her! Her dynamic, upbeat energy is contagious and she is magnetic when it comes to people. She's got a great eye for art and design and does a fantastic job planning and cultivating and experience. Lauren would be an incredible asset to any team!
Devon Craig
I've had the pleasure of working with Lauren at multiple roles, and simply could not say enough positive things about her! Her dynamic, upbeat energy is contagious and she is magnetic when it comes to people. She's got a great eye for art and design and does a fantastic job planning and cultivating and experience. Lauren would be an incredible asset to any team!
Devon Craig
I've had the pleasure of working with Lauren at multiple roles, and simply could not say enough positive things about her! Her dynamic, upbeat energy is contagious and she is magnetic when it comes to people. She's got a great eye for art and design and does a fantastic job planning and cultivating and experience. Lauren would be an incredible asset to any team!
Devon Craig
I've had the pleasure of working with Lauren at multiple roles, and simply could not say enough positive things about her! Her dynamic, upbeat energy is contagious and she is magnetic when it comes to people. She's got a great eye for art and design and does a fantastic job planning and cultivating and experience. Lauren would be an incredible asset to any team!
Credentials
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Placemaking: Sense, Space, & Strategy
UvAJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Catalan Level 1
Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaFeb, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Art Therapist
Udemy AcademyMar, 2020- Nov, 2024 -
120 hour TESOL certification
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Experience
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Placemaking Europe
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Netherlands
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Architecture and Planning
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1 - 100 Employee
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Placemaker
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Jun 2022 - Present
Placemaking Europe is a foundation that is growing a network of practitioners, academics, community leaders, market parties and policymakers. Our organization develops and shares knowledge; contributes to designing and testing tools; creates the ground to exchanging ideas; and actively advocates for better public space policies.Our members employ placemaking tools to improve public spaces in cities throughout Europe. Our network shares knowledge, exchanges ideas, and actively shapes projects together. We come together in a new city every year at Placemaking Week Europe, where we present our expertise and new ideas, discuss our work, and launch new placemaking initiatives in-situ and worldwide.
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Creative Lead; Co-Founder
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Jan 2020 - Present
Boutique creative company with a focus on design, skating, and other goods that make you feel good. Boutique creative company with a focus on design, skating, and other goods that make you feel good.
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Mooditude - A Happier You
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United States
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Mental Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Community Partnerships Lead
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Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
Mooditude is a practical, modern-day, comprehensive solution for your mental health and well-being right in the palm of your hand. It uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in conjunction with goals, routines, and psychiatrist-developed programs to address and alleviate challenging emotions and distresses the moment they arise. Mooditude is a practical, modern-day, comprehensive solution for your mental health and well-being right in the palm of your hand. It uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in conjunction with goals, routines, and psychiatrist-developed programs to address and alleviate challenging emotions and distresses the moment they arise.
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Milken Community School
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Education Administration Programs
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100 - 200 Employee
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Manager, Events & Logistics
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Jul 2019 - Mar 2020
Milken Community Schools strives to model not the world as it is, but the world as it should be.It is a place of rigorous academic preparation and intellectual inquiry: a place of profound and transformative experiences, with learning, spiritual practice, and ethical practice at the foundation of those experiences. Milken Community Schools strives to model not the world as it is, but the world as it should be.It is a place of rigorous academic preparation and intellectual inquiry: a place of profound and transformative experiences, with learning, spiritual practice, and ethical practice at the foundation of those experiences.
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Commune Media, Inc.
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United States
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Community Experience & Events
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May 2018 - Jul 2019
Commune is a community platform for personal and societal well-being. Its courses are designed for people to learn together, connect, and bring their best selves into the world around them.Commune's mission is to create a global wellness community around the ideas and practices of the world’s greatest teachers across yoga and fitness, mindfulness, food and health, sustainability and civic engagement, both online and in-person. Commune is a community platform for personal and societal well-being. Its courses are designed for people to learn together, connect, and bring their best selves into the world around them.Commune's mission is to create a global wellness community around the ideas and practices of the world’s greatest teachers across yoga and fitness, mindfulness, food and health, sustainability and civic engagement, both online and in-person.
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YogaWorks
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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National Manager, Programs & Events
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Nov 2016 - May 2018
YogaWorks believes yoga Is for everyone. Its programs remain authentic to ancient yoga tradition while tackling modern challenges. With world class yoga studios in New York, Los Angeles, Orange County, Boston, Baltimore, Washington DC, and the San Francisco Bay area, YogaWorks strives to create an open environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and explore. YogaWorks believes yoga Is for everyone. Its programs remain authentic to ancient yoga tradition while tackling modern challenges. With world class yoga studios in New York, Los Angeles, Orange County, Boston, Baltimore, Washington DC, and the San Francisco Bay area, YogaWorks strives to create an open environment where everyone has the opportunity to learn, grow, and explore.
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Wanderlust Hollywood
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United States
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Health, Wellness and Fitness
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Events
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Dec 2015 - Nov 2016
Wanderlust Hollywood, like Wanderlust's transformational worldwide festivals, brings together experts, techniques, and recipes for living that guide your journey toward a mindful and inspired life — to finding your true north. Whether you’re a yogi, a meditator, an artist, a foodie, an entrepreneur, a writer, or looking for inspiration — Wanderlust Hollywood is a place to call home. Let’s build this together. Wanderlust Hollywood, like Wanderlust's transformational worldwide festivals, brings together experts, techniques, and recipes for living that guide your journey toward a mindful and inspired life — to finding your true north. Whether you’re a yogi, a meditator, an artist, a foodie, an entrepreneur, a writer, or looking for inspiration — Wanderlust Hollywood is a place to call home. Let’s build this together.
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The Reef LA
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United States
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Design Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Manager, Events, Marketing, & Publications
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Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
The Reef is an 860,000 sf complete creative habitat tailored to meet the needs of the innovators, entrepreneurs, and diverse creators that make Los Angeles the creative capital of the world. It proudly supports and encourages a lively community of experienced wholesalers, makers in fashion, technology, media, design and the arts, and trade show producers small and large to collaborate and flourish in its spaces. The Reef is a place where the social norm is collaboration, learning, sharing, mentoring, experimentation, generosity, and being a part of a diverse community that is helping build the future.
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EMERGING FOCUS
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United States
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Artists and Writers
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Manager, Events, Marketing, & Partner Relations
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Jan 2013 - Feb 2014
EMERGING FOCUS is the educational and non-profit-focused division of photo la, Los Angeles' longest-running fine art photography fair. In addition to internationally-renowned galleries and photographers, EMERGING FOCUS zooms in on those that are along their journeys toward getting there. It hosts a bi-annual fine art photography competition and gallery exhibition to reveal the world's top emerging photographers, and exhibits them in different destinations worldwide. EMERGING FOCUS is the educational and non-profit-focused division of photo la, Los Angeles' longest-running fine art photography fair. In addition to internationally-renowned galleries and photographers, EMERGING FOCUS zooms in on those that are along their journeys toward getting there. It hosts a bi-annual fine art photography competition and gallery exhibition to reveal the world's top emerging photographers, and exhibits them in different destinations worldwide.
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Journalist / Photojournalist
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Jan 2012 - Feb 2013
Good Times reports from one of the most unique communities in the country—a haven for those active in recreation, the arts, the environment, tech, the sciences, politics, activism and wellness.The weekly newspaper has won numerous state and national awards for excellence in categories such as news reporting, feature writing, arts and entertainment coverage, environmental coverage, agricultural reporting, education reporting, design, display advertising and public service. Good Times reports from one of the most unique communities in the country—a haven for those active in recreation, the arts, the environment, tech, the sciences, politics, activism and wellness.The weekly newspaper has won numerous state and national awards for excellence in categories such as news reporting, feature writing, arts and entertainment coverage, environmental coverage, agricultural reporting, education reporting, design, display advertising and public service.
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InnovaStrat Inc.
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Research Services
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Assistant Manager, Sustainability Marketing
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Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
InnovaStrat provides advisory and research services that enable companies to compete in the present while renewing their business models for the future. By working with executives and sustainable business champions to rethink their business models from a strategic perspective, InnovaStrat helps leading Global 500 firms:- Leverage emerging technologies- Inspire business innovation for the future- Develop sustainable business strategies- Drive sustainable business growth- Change leadership mindsets
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Education
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Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Master of Arts - MA, Arts & Cultural Management -
UvA
Post-Graduate Certificate, Placemaking -
University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Art History, Communications -
Lorenzo de Medici
Intercultural Communication & Fine Arts