Lauren Franklin

Commercial Features Director
The Guardian

Lauren Franklin is The Guardian’s Commercial Features Director. A firm believer that evocative and entertaining storytelling is at the heart of all powerful advertising, she is behind award-winning branded content campaigns including ‘See my pain’ for Nurofen, and ‘Uncrap the world’ for Who Gives a Crap.

Prior to joining the Guardian in 2018, Lauren worked as a journalist for 10 years across features and showbiz desks at publications including Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and The Sun.