About the founder.

Lauren Flanagan is an industry veteran with 15+ years of PR & brand communications experience building and shaping consumer brands across food, beverage, wellness, and lifestyle.

Over the course of her career, Lauren has worked both agency- and client-side, partnering with brands at every stage — from household names like Beyond Meat, Netflix, Brooks Running, and Coffee-mate, to fast-growing, category-defining brands including Banza, Good Culture, Proud Source, Summer Water, Once Upon a Farm, and Rao’s.

Lauren is known for an earned-first, integrated approach that blends media relations, influencer and creator partnerships, and brand storytelling to build cultural relevance, credibility, and lasting impact. Her work is rooted in substance — shaping the right story, for the right audience, at the right moment.

She founded Jones Street Communications to offer a more thoughtful, senior-led alternative to traditional agency models, partnering closely with founders and marketing leaders who care deeply about what they’re building and want to create momentum that lasts.

Based in New York City, Lauren works with clients nationwide. Outside of work, she’s often running in Central Park or keeping up with the latest in pop culture and media.