Rob Humphrey

Senior Account Executive, Education Vertical

Canva

Canva is on a mission to empower the world to design. Visual communication is critical to stand out and be remembered. With Canva Enterprise business teams (sales, marketing, HR) can self-serve create on-brand visual content at scale. Creating faster time to market. Less reliance on agencies. More time back for in-house designers.

Strategic Accounts 

LinkedIn

Managed strategic sales initiatives as a founding member of LinkedIn's fastest-growing vertical.  Experience in SaaS and Ad-tech sales. 

Achieved $500MM in net revenue throughout my career, showcasing exceptional sales acumen.  

Honored with LinkedIn's prestigious MVP award, recognizing outstanding contributions and leadership.  

Co-created the "Get Hired" video series, engaging over 50,000 students through keynote talks at 100+ universities.

Strategic Account Executive

Transformational tour stop number three, I lead a high performance team of digital media experts. I support awesome customers in the ultra fast growing  Higher Education vertical. My speciality is helping schools reach prospective students, ensure current students harness the power of networking, and to make the connection with alumni more of a two-way street. I love to crush silos, do work, and dream big.

Co-created "Talent Connect Live" - a live stream experience for virtual attendees. In 2014 the stream was watched 15K viewers, in 2019 several million watched the stream.

Senior Manager, Creative Content Marketing

Annual quota busting sales leader that was hired to get shit done. That's it, that's all. I transformed the traditional thinking about the sales relationship, pioneered social selling strategies, and significantly impacted the creation, growth, and scale of LinkedIn's first and largest business - Talent Solutions. 

The numbers: Top 1% global revenue producer, #1 sales rep in category, ranked #1 in media solutions every quarter for 14 straight quarters, most highly recommended internal speaker (sales kickoff etc) 80+ NPS.

Senior Enterprise Account Executive

Conceptualize, produce and deploy specialized programs for NGOs, Non-Profits, Government, and private sector organizations globally. The majority of what brain power I have is dedicated to global initiatives that ensure educational and economic opportunity for everyone.

The  numbers: #1 in terms of performance in North America (AE), #5 Globally (AE), #1 Rated speaker at annual global sales meeting.

Talent Solutions Account Executive

Harmonix Music Systems

Supported engineering and art hiring for Rock Band 2 and other projects. Created social recruitment strategy, executed on strategy, and reached key milestones. Among first users of LinkedIn Recruiter

Game Art and Engineering Recruiter

Strategic Sales @ Canva | LinkedIn MVP | Snowboarder

I dream big, do work, and have fun. 

At LinkedIn I became the top rep in the world setting records unmatched, and named MVP during an epic 18 month sales year. I delivered  $500,000,000 net to LinkedIn. I did it without losing my soul.

Much of my success was based on a building a trusted personal brand. I spent years attempting to visually tell my story, and almost gave up. Then I started using Canva. It became almost like cheating. People were excited to see what ideas I came up with and I could really devote my energy to creating mutual success. 

My best sales year at LinkedIn was when I abandoned Powerpoint and started using Canva. So, joining the Strategic Sales team at Canva for me is a dream come true.

Global Client Director

Entrepreneurial creative sales professional and founding member of the fastest growing vertical at LinkedIn. Delivered $200MM to the business inside 5 years, recipient of the most coveted sales award at LinkedIn (MVP), and friend and mentor to many. 

Co-Creator of Get Hired  - A video series focused on our student and young professional member base

Traveled to over 100 colleges and universities completing keynote talks to over 25,000 students. High NPS sales keynote and sales kickoff speaker.

Former LinkedIn MVP discovers previous accomplishments mean absolutely nothing.

Back at LinkedIn, I went rogue and ditched PowerPoint entirely for Canva. Every. Single. Presentation. 

That same year? I became a LinkedIn MVP in an 18-month competition eclipsing $100 Million in net revenue during that period. 

Coincidence? Nope. I finally found a way to tell a story and really convince customers to dream big, not just spend money with LinkedIn.

Now I'm on the other side of the table, selling what people think is "just a consumer design tool" to the enterprise. 

I am watching Fortune 500 teams realize they can move at the speed of creativity, performance marketers can catapult ROAS, and sales teams can get more creative without the "brand police" calling!

Coach K wrote about "shared confidence" in his book—the idea that when one person believes, it lifts the entire team. That's exactly what I'm seeing here...

We're not just building a new sales org; we're building something that makes people more productive and successful.

The real MVP? This team.

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I am still here. 

That is what my mother says every single time I call her.

I recently updated her fit with a bunch of "I am still here" swag - she wears it proudly.

Also, she just celebrated her 93rd birthday, so I updated her LinkedIn headline to match the swag.

The message is this: You are still here! So, enjoy this beautiful day.

In a sales role, your direct manager has more impact on your mental health than your partner, bff, or therapist. 

Think about it 🌈

Canva. Enterprise Edition. 

Think about it.

So you have a LinkedIn profile. Congratulations on completing this crucial step in your unpaid full-time job of looking for a job that requires 5 year

Open article: Your LinkedIn Profile: A Beacon of Hope in the Void by Rob Humphrey • 3 min read

Your LinkedIn Profile: A Beacon of Hope in the Void

We have a crazy big dream that by the end of our lifetimes, everyone on this planet will have their basic human needs met. Canva 🩷

A few years ago, we shared our 2 Step Plan:

1. Build one of the world’s most valuable companies
2. Do the most good we can do

We have a crazy big dream: that by the end of our lifetimes, everyone on this planet will have their basic human needs met. It’s terribly sad that this is still considered a crazy big dream, but thanks to the support of our community, the Canva Foundation is committing another $100 million USD to support people living in extreme poverty to take another step towards this.

Since 2021, our partnership with GiveDirectly has provided $50 million in direct cash transfers to more than 85,000 people in Malawi. Families have used this support to send children to school, access healthcare, start small businesses, and invest in livestock and tools that help create long-term security. Each story is different, but all prove a simple truth: when people are trusted to decide what they need most, the impact is extraordinary.

This new $100 million commitment will reach another 185,000 people, helping families transform their lives, while creating ripple effects that strengthen entire communities. It is, without a doubt, the best money we could ever imagine spending.

We’ve created a short documentary from journalist David Begnaud's visit to Malawi: https://lnkd.in/gpDpkW8h

We’re still very much on a learning journey, if you’d like to learn alongside us, visit our blog: https://lnkd.in/gn4TTJrg

With over 30% of Canva’s value dedicated to doing good, every subscription and every design fuels this mission. Thank you for being part of it ❤️

Open video: On the Ground in Malawi: Stories of Change with Canva & GiveDirectly on youtube.com

On the Ground in Malawi: Stories of Change with Canva & GiveDirectly

In mere weeks the white room will be calling, who is with me?

Tired of  an endless stream of talking heads videos with three tips on [insert topic}?

Then hit that follow button and ride with me this winter…

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As a Sr CSM I have the pleasure of partnering with a Large Enterprise customer base as a strategic advisor with a focus on customer advocacy, product implementation, education, RIO, retention, and growth. I ensure customers have the tools and support needed to achieve their goals.

Areas of focus include: Program Management, Change Management, Relationship Management, Product Implementation, Adoption and Education, Operational Reviews, Partnership with Enterprise Support to resolve technical issues.

Sr. Customer Success Manager - Large Enterprise

Senior Customer Success Consultant

As a Recruitment Product Consultant I work with Relationship Managers to help educate LinkedIn clients about the value they can generate from their current LinkedIn Corporate Products. I conduct on-boarding training, provide ongoing consulting and best practice sessions to assist the recruiting leaders with adoption of products amongst their team.  I serve as a recruiting industry expert to make the client's overall recruiting engine stronger, better and faster.

Recruitment Product Consultant

Kforce Technology Staffing

•Partner and work closely with Corporate Executives (CEO, CTO, VP, Directors and Managers) across a variety of disciplines as a recruitment strategist.
•Define job requirements with hiring managers, schedule interviews, review job applications for completion from candidates, answer benefits questions and complete new hire paper work for the on-boarding process. Assist clients to productively carry out new hire orientations.  Conduct background and reference checks.
•Develop strategies and tactics to source, attract, recruit and select high quality candidates against defined criteria.
•Drive and manage the candidate experience during the selection process; present employment offers, negotiate terms and coordinate new hire on-boarding.
•Source, screen and track candidates; coordinate evaluation and selection of candidates with hiring departments.
•Utilize various sourcing channels to build and maintain a high quality candidate pipeline: resume mining, professional resources, networking and direct sourcing.
•Provide guidance to hiring managers to ensure all new-hires meet company standards.
•Foster relationships with high potential candidates suitable for future job opportunities and incorporate brand identity in all appropriate forums.
•Develop business knowledge of company and departmental objectives, industry and key corporate challenges, and current market dynamics.
•Maintain a high gross margin percentage.
•Rank in the top ten of regional peer group for generating high perm and contract gross profit.

Sr. Information Technology Recruiter

Forrest Solutions

•Recruited applicants and served as the liaison for contract and full time IT positions.
•Built a personal book of consulting and full time business. 
•Assisted Human Resources and hiring managers to develop recruitment strategies. 
•Sourced qualified candidates through cold calling, referrals, user groups and job boards.
•Processed candidate applications; W-4, I-9, HB1, personal and banking information. 
•Crafted job descriptions and profiles for consulting and full time positions. 
•Managed job postings, social network tools and marketing campaigns.
•Interviewed applicants, conducted reference checks and made applicant recommendations to clients.
•Negotiated fee agreements with existing and new clients. 
•Developed and maintained database for existing and potential applicants.
•Planned, staged and assisted with open houses, applicant and client job fairs.
•Maintained relationships with national and local technology associations; QMA.

Information Technology - Recruitment Manager

Aquent (formally Renaissance World Wide)

Recruiting Manager – Information Technology Practice (2001- 2005)				 
•Supervised, trained and evaluated the efforts of 3-5 employees in the Tri-State area.
•Attended meetings with Fortune 100 clients and emerging growth companies to ascertain their IT needs.
•Oversaw recruitment for programmers, manual/automated systems testers, internet/desktop/networking specialist, tech writers, project managers and business analyst. 
•Performed various HR functions: interviewed/evaluated candidates, checked references, negotiated contractual agreements/per diem rates and sponsored international new hires.

Resource Manager (1999-2000)
•Identified and recruited candidates for projects involving mainframe technology and legacy systems.
•Evaluated candidates’ technical competence and made hiring recommendations to Account Manger.
•Prepped candidates regarding projects prior to client interviews or site assignments.

Recruiting Manager – Information Technology Practice

NINE WEST GROUP, INC

Store Manager	 (1995-1999)		
•Managed all aspects of day-to-day operations for the Cambridge, MA (1995-1996), Yonkers, NY (1996-1997) and Westport, CT (1997-1999) retail stores.
•Hired, trained, supervised, scheduled and evaluated employees. 
•Monitored, maintained and updated inventory levels.
•Tallied daily sales receipts and processed all bank transactions. 
•Generated weekly, monthly, quarterly and seasonal reports for upper management.

Assistant Store Manager - 9 & Co.; Boston, MA (1993-1995)

•Participated extensively during all phases of start-up launch and merchandising of new store concept. 
•Recruited, interviewed and trained new staff members.

Store Manager

Passionate Recruiting Professional with a thirst for finding the untapped attributes of job opportunities and candidates to build long-lasting relationships. My strength is in embracing and utilizing new methods and technology to identify candidates for the most challenging searches.

The LinkedIn Corporate Solution platform offers a product suite of recruiting solutions under the umbrella of LinkedIn Talent Advantage. Products such as Recruiter are utilized for sourcing and contacting new candidates, Jobs Network is used to attract job seekers, Talent Direct allows you to target candidates and Custom Company Profiles allows you to help you make your employment brand more prevalent in the world.

Specialties: Recruiting, talent acquisition, recruitment, talent sourcing, communication, retail, retail management and much more

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