Lauren Johnson

Marketing and Product-led Growth

Role
Director of Growth at Petal
Location
Detroit, MI, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Lauren Johnson

I\'m a growth and marketing leader with a strong track record scaling early-stage startups—including leading one from launch to acquisition for $132M in under two years. I was the first full-time marketing hire at Sequence and built the function from scratch: launching paid and organic channels, growing member volume 40x in 8 months, and driving viral campaigns in an emerging GLP-1 space. Post-acquisition, I transitioned into product and B2B roles, working on clinical and compliance features for a product stack worth $90M+ in annual revenue and being sole manager of our B2B vertical, worth $30M+, where I built out core partnership and funnel features that helped secure $10M+ in new contracts. I bring a hybrid mindset of marketing, product, and strategy—with hands-on experience in rapid experimentation, brand building, cross-functional execution, and go-to-market launches. I thrive in zero-to-one environments where strategic thinking meets scrappy execution.

Experience

  1. Director of Growth

    Petal

    Jan 2026 — Present

Education

  • University of Virginia

    Bachelor's Degree, Archaeology, English

    2014 — 2018

  • University of Chicago

    MAPH, Poetics, Digital Humanities

    2018 — 2019

Skills

  • Databases
  • Graphic Design
  • Public Speaking
  • Html
  • R
  • Management
  • Microsoft Office
  • Gis
  • Xml
  • Latin
  • Copy Editing
  • Research
  • Java

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