Lauren Novak is an accomplished Senior Talent Acquisition professional with experience in media, entertainment, and start-up industries. Novak studied Advertising and Marketing Communications at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Liberal Arts and Sciences at Hillsborough Community College. She has held various positions throughout her career, beginning as PR Workstudy Abroad at Edelman owned PR21, then working as a Sr. Project Coordinator at Universal Music Group before transitioning into recruitment. Novak held the position of Executive IT Recruiter at Addison Search in New York and Jersey City, Executive Recruiter at Spherion Professional Services in Tampa, and Director Talent Acquisition at BuzzFeed. Novak's latest role is the Director of Business Recruiting Lead at Gray Scalable, where she brings her expertise to help businesses find top talent.