Laura is an award-winning creative director living and working in New York. She turns culture, obsession, and human behavior into ideas people want to wear, share, talk about, and be part of. She’s been making things on the internet and IRL for 15+ years and, for better or worse, has seen it all.
She is currently the Senior Creative Director at Hello Sunshine and Reese’s Book Club. Formerly at Vox Media (the Cut/New York Magazine), Refinery29, Martha Stewart Living, and GQ.
Currently: thinking about fandom, girlhood, beauty, books, longing, the internet, and why the best ideas usually start as an obsession.
CONTACT
ldelarato@gmail.com
ELSEWHERE
NEW YORK
EXPERIENCE
Hello Sunshine
Senior Creative Director
New York
2026–Present
Vox Media
Group Creative Director
New York
2020–2026
Refinery29
Associate Creative Director
New York
2016–2020
Martha Stewart
Digital Marketing Editor
New York
2014–2016
GQ Magazine
Digital Producer
New York
2013–2014
RECOGNITION
Tribeca X
Embodied
Official Selection
2023
Gold Effie
A Woman’s Place
2022
Tribeca X
A Woman’s Place
Finalist
2021
MM+M Gold
Cell School
2021
Clio Awards
The 67% Project
Shortlist
2020
Shorty Awards
The Weekender
Audience Honor
2020
PUBLICATIONS
My Pleasure: An Intimate Guide to Loving Your Body and Having Great Sex
Chronicle Books
2022
The Best Airbnbs in Sicily for a Taste of Southern Italy
Condé Nast Traveler
2025
Work Unseen 01: The Zine We Made Together
Kel Rakowski
Contributor
2025
A 6-Day Road Trip Through Northern Sicily
Tripadvisor
2024
Romanticize Your Life Like An Italian Grandma
Coveteur
2024
PRESS + INDUSTRY
In Her Direction
How Personal Truth & Obsessions Fuel Our Creative Work
Featured Guest
2026
Language, Please
Vox Media
Contributor
2022
The Luupe
Where Are All the Fat Creative Directors?
Interview
2022
Women Who Travel / Condé Nast Traveler
Sexual Wellness, Travel + Self-Love
Podcast Guest
2022
Adweek
IKEA Tiny Home Project
Creative Director
2020
Forbes / The Weekender
Refinery29 x ELOQUII
The Weekender
2019
The 67% Project
Refinery29
Founding Advisory Board Member
2016–2020