Jennifer Rubio
Jennifer Rubio is an American businesswoman. She is the co-founder, President, and Chief Brand Officer of Away, a direct-to-consumer lifestyle brand that creates luggage and other travel products.[1] In 2015, Rubio was featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising.[2] Rubio has served as head of social media at Warby Parker[3][4] and global director of innovation at fashion company AllSaints.[5][6]
She has been featured in publications including Forbes,[7] Adweek,[8] Wired,[9] The New York Times,[10] The Wall Street Journal,[11] Vogue,[12] TIME.[13] CNN,[14] Mic,[15] Entrepreneur,[16] Travel+Leisure[17] and Fast Company.[18]
Early life
Rubio was born in the Philippines and moved to New Jersey when she was seven years old.[19] She grew up traveling, and lived in seven cities on three continents.[5][20] When she was young, Rubio bought a lemonade stand from another child who lived on her street for $20 she borrowed from her father. She has called it her first merger and acquisition.[1]
Early career
In 2011, Rubio joined Warby Parker and led the company's early content and partnership work as its Head of Social Media.[21] She met Away co-founder Stephanie Korey during her time at Warby Parker.[22][23] In 2013, she left Warby Parker and went to London[24][25] where she was global director of innovation for clothing brand AllSaints.[4][26][27] She spent much of a year traveling for the position.[28]
Before Warby Parker, Rubio held different marketing and social media roles, working for brands on the agency side and in-house.[29] She also taught social media as an adjunct professor at Miami Ad School,[30] and has been a guest lecturer at Hyper Island, New York University, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, and Harvard University.[31]
Away
Rubio co-founded Away, a direct-to-consumer travel company, with Stephanie Korey.[27] The pair met while working at Warby Parker. Vogue announced the creation of Away in November 2015, labeling it "The Perfect Carry-On."[32] By 2017, Rubio and Korey had raised $31 million, making it one of the largest seed financed female-backed startups.[33]
Rubio was included on the 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising.[2] In 2017, she was named on the Inc. 30 under 30 list.[23] In June 2018, Rubio received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 New York Award.[34]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Garcia, Ahiza. "The founders of Away changed the luggage industry after a travel mishap". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jen Rubio, 27". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ "Inside Away's Instagram strategy - Digiday". Digiday. 2017-08-14. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Save Your Money, Skip The MBA, And Go To Startup Grad School Instead". Fast Company. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dunn, Laura Emily (2016-09-01). "Women in Business Q&A: Jen Rubio and Steph Korey, Founders, Away". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ Moore, Kristina. "Designer Spotlight: Away Luggage Launches A Tech-Friendly Quality Carry-On For Today's Traveler". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ Jen Rubio Puts Luggage In A Class of Its Own
- ↑ What Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Can Teach Legacy Brands
- ↑ A Travel Expert's Guide to Cape Town, from Wine Estates to Vegan Ice Cream
- ↑ More Than Just a Suitcase
- ↑ Away Packs Capital for Retail Stores
- ↑ The Perfect Carry-On Bag Has Arrived—And It’s Under $250
- ↑ The Boss: The Founders of Away Have 3 Tips for Female Entrepreneurs
- ↑ The founders of Away changed the luggage industry after a travel mishap
- ↑ The hidden pizza place in the Congo where Away founder Jen Rubio finds solace
- ↑ Use This Founder's Top Tip To Make Your Meetings Work For You
- ↑ The T+L Carry-On: Away Travel Co-Founders Jen Rubio and Stephanie Korey
- ↑ Why Away Has Merged Beyond Luggage Into Media
- ↑ "Portrait of a Girlboss: Away Co-Founders Steph Korey & Jen Rubio". Girlboss. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ "Away Travel". thestyleline.com. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ "Away: the Glossier of the travel world". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ Magazine, Wallpaper* (2016-01-12). "On a roll: Away is the new start-up putting a design spin on luggage". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "This $48 Million Luggage Company Has Big Plans for Your Next Trip". Inc.com. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ BAOMOI.COM (2017-11-28). "Khởi nghiệp từ chiếc vali". BAOMOI.COM (in Tiếng Việt). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ VietnamBiz (2017-11-28). "Cô gái nảy ra ý tưởng 'triệu đô' khi vali hành lý vỡ tan | VietnamBiz". VietnamBiz (in Tiếng Việt). Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ "2016 Fellows - NYC Venture Fellows". nycventurefellows.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Former Warby Parker execs take it away with direct". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ Two Warby Parker alums created an affordable, phone-charging carry-on and it’s great
- ↑ Beauchamp, Megan. ""My Career Path Hasn't Been Linear by Any 'Traditional' Standards"". MyDomaine. Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ Jen Rubio
- ↑ Jen Rubio
- ↑ "The Perfect Carry-On Bag Has Arrived—And It's Under $250". Vogue. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ "This CEO Is Leading a New Wave of Female Entrepreneurs". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
- ↑ EY. "EY Announces Winners for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 New York Award". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
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