Rob Runnels with his wife and son
*my little family. my world.

selective
attention.

attention is the one budget i can't increase. i find joy in spending it on teams that make something worth remembering.

*my little family. my world.

leadership, in practice.

  1. i own the idea from strategy through execution. if the brief is broken, we fix the brief. if the edit is weak, we stay in the bay.
  2. i protect the intent across teams. great work dies by a thousand small cuts. my job is to make sure collaboration improves the idea instead of sanding it down.
  3. i build systems that outlast a single campaign. a cool stunt is nice. an engine that consistently generates cool stunts is a business multiplier.
  4. i don't just manage people. i build the family tree.
roles:
vp brand / head of brand / senior brand & integrated marketing leadership.
where:
texas-based, open to relocating for the right fit.
timing:

available now.

current location:

houston, texas.

the rest of me.

Consistency, levity, accountability and fun: that is how I try to lead in every facet of my life. My little family is my world. I have a million hobbies. My dream is to buy our old flat in London and split time between there and a senior dog rescue farm in central Texas.
I am a brand marketer, tinkerer, leader and thinker-er. I am motivated by learning. I believe impactful leadership begins and ends with accountability. I love to be challenged creatively. My career aspiration is to build a marketing “family tree” where people look back and say, “that was the best team I’ve ever been a part of.”

let's chat.

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“We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves.”

jay-z, decoded