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…

❄️

W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University

- Used my strong creative skills to implement multi-touch social media marketing campaigns and strategies across various channels to support W. P. Carey's mission.
- Collaborated with  multiple departments and units to elevate brand awareness, drive engagement, and create snackable content for multiple audiences. 
- Continuously monitored websites, wrote + edited digital content, tracked social media influence, researched and identified trends in social media, produced reports and made recommendations for improvement.
- Consolidated fragmented approach to social media by collaborating with multiple units to build a detailed social media strategy, including an annual tactical plan.

Social Media Manager

Collins Digital Media

Duties include designing web sites, maintaining web sites, creating custom web graphics and layouts, creating custom WordPress themes and teaching clients to maintain and update their own Web sites, as well as creating print marketing pieces including infographics, ads, postcards, books, brochures and business cards, not to mention all the social media: Twitter, FB, LinkedIn, Snapchat, Reddit, Pinterest, as well as video, SEO, social advertising and event management.

Chief Creative Officer

Arizona State University - Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Taught course MCO 307: The Digital Audience.

Adjunct Professor

AZ Big Media

- Developing solutions and strategies to grow audiences and increase brand visibility
- Devising and executing strategies to drive online traffic to the company websites
- Direct oversight and daily management of social media, with a focus on elevating fan engagement, growing our social media communities and enhancing AZ Big Media brands

Digital Manager

Arizona Newspapers Association, Inc.

- Editor and publisher of ANAgrams
- Website design and maintenance
- Member communications
- Marketing and graphic design
- Social media management

Communications Manager

Phoenix Business Journal

- Projects included Commercial Real Estate 2012, Valley's Healthiest Employers, Most Admired CEOs
- Design, paginate and proof the newspaper each week
- Updated company website and social media

Special Projects / Graphic Designer

US Concrete

• Prepared prelein & lein documents
• Assisted in event planning
• Wrote for company newsletter
• Translated human resources documents for non-native English speakers

Administrative Assistant

Univision

• Part of the 10 p.m. newscast team
• Logged video, managed network feeds, edited packages, operated TelePrompTer
• Work with producer and editor to maximize the quality and turnaround of content

Intern

SHPS Health International

• Worked on behalf of healthcare insurance providers to assist patients and medical staff with preauthorization of medical procedures
• Communications liaison for patients, visitors and vendors
• Heavy phone volume, call tracking, making appointments, filing paperwork, managing weekly mass mailings

Front Desk Receptionist

Phase 2 Solutions

• Provided over-the-phone technical support to cell phone customers
• Assisted customers with billing and service issues

Customer Service Representative

Are you still considered a digital native if you grew up without the internet? Despite spending my formative years in rural Texas with no internet, I have fully embraced the digital age. From coding websites to formulating digital marketing strategies to interpreting analytics, I’ve jumped in the matrix with both feet and learned to swim.

With a degree and a background in journalism and media, I’ve been able to leverage technology in newsrooms and businesses alike. I have traveled extensively and pride myself on my ability to communicate and work with people from all backgrounds and walks of life. 

Back in 2012, a coworker referred to me as a monarch when I absolutely ruled a tedious project, and the moniker has stuck. I have fully leaned into the concept and adopted it as part of my personal brand. It has driven me to be the best leader I can, and it still makes me laugh when colleagues curtsey or bow to me during meetings.

I have a deep well of energy and like staying involved in many journalism and community organizations. I am the past president of the Phoenix Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (spending 3 years as president, 2 as vice-president), a former board member of the First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, and a founding member of the AZ Women in Media. I’m also active in the Phoenix tech community, participating in events such as Ignite Phoenix, TechPHX and LaidOffCampAZ.

I’m a proud graduate of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where I interned for KTVW (the local Univision affiliate), worked on the 2008 Associated Press Elections Results Reporting Team and was the winner of two back-to-back design scholarships from the Arizona Press Club.

In my full-time position at ASU, I lend my social media expertise to the W. P. Carey School of Business and work closely with the Marketing & Communications office. I’m always looking for ways to help people better understand marketing in the digital age and have spoken to groups over the years on topics including the digital future of journalism, web design, content marketing, and social media.

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