Global Cultural & Societal Insights Director
CurrentStrategic and creative lead, bringing to life future consumer narratives and fueling product creation through cultural deep-dives. Partnering with Advanced Innovation, Design, Brand and Product.
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Rob Kirby is listed as Innovation Insights Leader @ Nike(ex-Microsoft, Nokia, Seymourpowell) at Nike, based in Portland, Oregon, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at nike.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Rob Kirby.
Rob Kirby previously worked as Global Cultural & Societal Insights Director at Nike and Global Innovation Insights Director at Nike. Rob Kirby holds Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Product And Furniture Design from Ravensbourne University London.
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Innovation insights leader with 17+ years’ international experience. Known for inspiring, launching and refining new products, devices and services.***I’m a passionate creative, a strategic thinker, a curious storyteller, and a future gazer with a commercial brain. I’m driven by business outcomes with inspiring side-quests along the way.I seek to understand real people and bring to life their everyday and future worlds; all to lead and inspire teams to build better, more meaningful and more joyful things.***SPECIALIST SKILLS: Innovation insights and strategy, design research, foresight and futures, user research, human-centered design, service design, product concepting, agile design sprints, creative direction, ethnography, storytelling.FOCUS AREAS: Youth culture, sport and lifestyle, football, training, sustainability, community and purpose, mental health and wellness, technology, gaming.
Listed skills include User Research, Design Thinking, Ethnography, Design Strategy, and 23 others.
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Beaverton, Or, Us
Strategic and creative lead, bringing to life future consumer narratives and fueling product creation through cultural deep-dives. Partnering with Advanced Innovation, Design, Brand and Product.
Beaverton, Or, Us
Multi-disciplinary insights lead, uncovering everyday consumer needs. Revealed emerging opportunities and inspired product concepts with Advanced Innovation, Brand and Sustainability (“Move to Zero”).
London, Gb
Creative and commercial lead. Envisioned, built and refined services with multiple Fortune 500 brands; from apps to stores, physical to digital experiences, and product innovations.
London, Gb
Commercial and regional lead. Opened the agencies’ first international office; combined internal capabilities, setup external partners, and developed client relationships. In addition to Head of Service Innovation.
London, Gb
Department head. Led concept development for digital services and experiences through a bespoke service design and UX research offer. In addition to Managing Director of Sparkler Studio.
London, Gb
Commercial and management lead of the in-house design studio. Productized approaches and outputs, engaged new clients, and ultimately transformed a cost center into a profit center.
Redmond, Washington, Us
Insights specialist, supporting future concepting for Microsoft Mobile Design. Guided portfolio development and product exploration through front-end research assets and competitive analysis.
Redmond, Washington, Us
Insights expert, championing agile consumer research in Microsoft Mobile Marketing Strategy. Informed ecosystem strategy, app prioritization and title targeting at a global and local market level.
Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
Insights manager, supporting Nokia Phones Marketing. Informed consumer strategy, proposition development and content strategy for MixRadio through bespoke consumer research programs.
Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
Insights lead, providing consumer research excellence to HERE (formerly Nokia Maps). Delivered global research projects, informed portfolio strategy and shaped new outdoor location-based products.
London, London, Gb
Research lead, delivering global insights as part of innovation workstreams. Informed product design, in-store experiences, marketing and brand innovations through ethnographic research and trends analysis.
London, London, Gb
Researcher informing product and brand innovation. Delivered ethnographic research and product innovation workstreams with global brands across food, electronics, sports, finance and automotive.
Bishops Stortford, United Kingdom, Gb
Designer bringing agile consumer research and product concepting to a collection of in-house consumer electronics brands. Sat centrally between engineering, sales and manufacturing.
Digital designer preparing furniture concepts for production. Turned sketches into prototypes, including 3D models, renders and manufacturing specs.
Product designer supporting custom furniture projects and a bespoke exhibition (“TEN AGAIN”) at 100% Design, part of London Design Festival 2007.
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Rob Kirby works for Nike.
Rob Kirby is listed as Innovation Insights Leader @ Nike(ex-Microsoft, Nokia, Seymourpowell) at Nike.
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @nike.com for Rob Kirby at Nike.
Rob Kirby is based in Portland, Oregon, United States while working with Nike.
Rob Kirby has worked for Nike, Sparkler, Microsoft, Nokia, and Seymourpowell.
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Rob Kirby holds Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Product And Furniture Design from Ravensbourne University London.
Rob Kirby is listed with skills including User Research, Design Thinking, Ethnography, Design Strategy, Service Design, Industrial Design, Concept Development, and Customer Insight.
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