Lauriel Stewart

• Deliver high-quality creative solutions for food and wellness companies.

• Elevate food companies and wellness/equity organizations with project management, engagement strategies, and discovering their brand voice.
• Grow brands as an influencer manager for various accounts.
• Identify intentional marketing copy strategies to grow clientele.
• Review and edit content for social media posts, newsletters, websites, blogs, and other relevant outlets.
• Identify market trends and optimize content that aligns with these trends.
• Promote awareness of wellness, nutrition, food science, food safety, and intentional and mindful living.
• Discuss the benefits of a holistic diet with the community.
• Conduct webinars to engage the community in discussions about mindful and intentional living.

• Researched, identified, and sourced materials needed for projects/formula launches for new and existing client portfolios and stakeholders.
• Assisted R&D team and compliance manager with recipe ideation from benchtop to commercial scale.
• Updated and maintained product development software in regard to projects and commercialization.
• Created, modified, and improved recipes as needed.
• Prepared requisition forms for raw materials and work-in-progress items.
• Maintained and recorded all related expenses for product development.
• Assisted marketing team with review of proofs as needed for product labels.
• Assisted social media team with taking real-time photos during R&D development and coordinating brand relevance for social media posts.
• Corresponded with Social Media Manager for content ideas for social media posts and coordinated meetings with Social Media Manager as needed.

• Assisted with the development of a curriculum to instruct 8th-grade urban youth in the upper west-side of Manhattan regarding recipe development, mindfulness, healthy eating, nutrition, and professional development.

• Ensured all recipe ingredients are pre-sourced and itemized before sessions with the students.

• Reviewed recipes and educational content to ensure consistency and syntax flow.

• Edited educational documents and facilitator guide to ensure consistency with the curriculum.

• Organized and implemented successful projects and research experiments.
• Evaluated phytochemical compounds in color-fleshed potatoes and determined disease-targeting potential in vitro on colon cancer stem cells.
• Observed the links between lifestyle and the development of colon cancer.
• Instructed and mentored students as a Teaching Assistant.
• Offered seminar instruction and education to the community on thesis research.