Lauren Blankenship

Lauren Blankenship

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Senior Advisor - The Blankenship Group at Compass | DRE #02011052
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia

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  • Compass
    Real Estate Agent
    Compass
    Jan 2020 - Current (6 years 8 months)
    Advisor and strategist to private clients and developers on the acquisition, redevelopment, disposition and/or lease of residential properties with over $90 million in career sales. Provide high-touch brokerage services for the lifecycle of all transactions, including sourcing (on and off-market), financial analysis, marketing, pricing, negotiations, investigations, client’s paperwork, escrow, and closing. Perform extensive client-facing financial modeling in support of 100+ SFR and multifamily transactions, including rental estimates, comparable sales, NOI, cash flow, and ROI.
  • Coldwell Banker Realty
    Partner | Estate Agent
    Coldwell Banker Realty
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2019 (4 years)
    Lead advisor and strategist to private clients, developers, and family office investors on the acquisition, redevelopment, disposition and/or lease of residential properties. Provided high-touch brokerage services for the lifecycle of all transactions, including sourcing (on and off-market), financial analysis, marketing, pricing, negotiations, investigations, client’s paperwork, escrow, and closing. Performed extensive client-facing financial modeling in support of 100+ SFR and multifamily transactions, including rental estimates, comparable sales, NOI, cash flow, and ROI. Hired and managed interns.
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    Consultant & Executive
    Various Consumer and Financial Services Firms
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2015 (9 years)
    Provided operations, employee hiring/training/management, business development, marketing, and customer service consulting services to diverse start-ups and established firms to improve business effectiveness, engage employees, and increase sales. Assignments ranged 6-18 months. Clients included Rutberg & Co., Touch of Modern, bebe Stores, Russian Hill Partners, Premier EyeCare, Assurz, The Children’s Rare Disease Network, Fandeavor, and Jetsuite.
  • B
    COO & Co-Founder
    Bodyhints
    Jan 2001 - Dec 2006 (6 years)
    Multi-channel retailer of women’s luxury bodywear with a 3,500-sq.-ft. flagship store in the center of Soho and a successful eCommerce website. Named "Best of"​ by NY Magazine, Shecky's Guide, Lucky Magazine, London Evening Standard, Glamour Magazine, the leading wedding media sources and numerous city guide sources. Store also received a feature story in Interior Design Magazine. Simultaneously launched bricks-and-mortar and web storefronts and provided the strategic personnel leadership, business development, purchasing, marketing, and PR to propel company’s explosive growth and successful sale to a women’s clothing conglomerate.
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    SVP (Playboy Enterprises) / COO & Co-Founder (Rouze)
    Playboy Enterprises, Inc, Rouze Media
    Jan 1999 - Nov 2000 (1 year 11 months)
    Rouze Media created a content-based, online publication (similar in content to Maxim Magazine) that was the web’s "first destination site for men". The company was acquired by Playboy Enterprises six months after launch. Co-founded critically acclaimed, highly successful web-based firm, hiring and supervising all employees (working out of two bi-coastal offices), hundreds of freelance writers, dozens of contract promoters, photographers, and models, as well as managing all aspects of marketing and day-to-day operations. Grew unique visitors from 0 to 1 million+ per month in minimal five-month period. Following company’s sale, continued leading day-to-day operations of Rouze.com (a PEI subsidiary), business development deals, strategic part
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    Strategic Relations Manager
    CMP Media
    Jan 1998 - Feb 1999 (1 year 2 months)
    CMP’s products include hundreds of industry newspapers, magazines, Internet products, conference services, and custom publishing. - Identified opportunities and negotiated strategic partnerships with 100+ websites, publishers and industry associations to both secure mutually beneficial relationships and successfully promote CMP products and services at little to no cost. - Managed tradeshow strategy at nationwide events, including creating “Association Alley,” a multi-tiered partnership program that increased attendance by 1,000+/conference and won accolades from CMP executives.
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    Professional Equestrian
    Blankenship Stables
    Jan 1996 - Dec 1998 (3 years)
    - Trained, showed, and sold young horses ranging in price from $30,000 to $100,000+ to A-circuit equestrians.
  • Bank of America
    Project Manager
    Bank of America
    Sep 1995 - Dec 1996 (1 year 4 months)
    In 1995, Bank of America launched its “Women’s Banking Initiative”, a multi-faceted marketing program designed to aggressively promote The Bank’s diverse services to women. Kathleen Brown (former CA State Treasurer) was hired as the figurehead who in turn hired me to create and lead this expansive marketing program.
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  • Yale School of Management
    Master of Business Administration (MBA, Marketing and Organizational Development
    Yale School of Management
    Jan 1993 - Dec 1995 (3 years)
  • University of Southern California
    B.A, Economics
    University of Southern California
    Sep 1987 - Dec 1991 (4 years 4 months)
    Graduated in top 5%.
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      Pacific Coast Champion & Nationally Ranked Equestrian
      Pacific Horse Shows Association, United States Hunter Jumper Association
      Jan 1982 - Jan 1997 (15 years 1 month)
      I spent my high school and college years as well as my 20s riding, showing and training hunter/jumper horses at the highest level. I also taught A-circuit equestrians - both amateurs and teenagers - to ride, show, and compete.