Jen Rubio
Jen Rubio is the co-founder of Away, a premium travel brand designed to create special objects that are at home on the road—that carry you forwards, making your trip easier, and in a way, your life better. Before starting Away, Jen acted as the Head of Social Media at Warby Parker, spearheading content and partnership efforts in the brand’s early years, and later worked as the Global Head of Innovation at AllSaints. Jen’s passions lie in the intersection of commerce and emerging technology, creating meaningful, integrated experiences between people and brands. Previous speaking engagements include SXSW, Women’s Wear Daily Summit, Google Atmosphere, the Inc. 500 conference, Social Media Week, TEDx, Decoded Fashion, Social Retail Summit, iMedia Brand Summit, and Brand Innovators. Teaching experience includes Miami Ad School and guest lectures at Hyper Island, NYU, Wharton, Northwestern, and Harvard. In 2015, she was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing & Advertising. She lives and works in New York.
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