Lauren Marino serves as Samford University’s Social Media Manager. She oversees the management of Samford’s officially recognized, active social media accounts. Lauren is responsible for managing the main (flagship) Samford University social media accounts. She provides strategic leadership for the university’s social media presence, serving as a resource and guide to her colleagues that maintain Samford’s channels. Lauren is a content creator; she serves as photographer, videographer, designer and editor as needed.

Lauren marries Samford’s mission and message with current trends; she has her pulse on the beat of the digital landscape, while upholding and promoting the Samford brand to the university’s ~270,000 followers.

Samford University’s digital presence has seen significant growth, reach and following since Lauren joined the team in 2020. She is proud to serve her alma mater. Before taking this role, Lauren put her degree in Journalism Mass Communication to use, working in advertising agencies where she formed client relationships and managed large quantities of work for small and large multi-channel campaigns.

Lauren also received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Samford, and has performed opera on a local and national level. She has acted in numerous SEC Shorts comedy sketches that air on social media and television, as well as local theatre productions.

She is a member of the American Marketing Association, the American Advertising Federation, CASE, the Samford Communication and Media Advisory Council and Opera Birmingham.