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Strategic advisor to visionary founders, VCs & leadership teams on Design, Growth & Culture → Behind 5 unicorn brands, 30+ design awards & the Branding Digital™ method. Powered by world-class agency Erretres.com
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Drawing on my experience building iconic brands and products, I help ambitious teams and corporates gain clarity in brand and product strategy.I align vision, user experience, and market fit—fast and effectively. From positioning and UX to design systems, trends, and creative innovation.
Entrepreneur, founder of the agency Erretres.com, co-founder of e-bikes company Nordic-bikes.com, and co-founder of Wayfndrs.com →
Erretres – The Strategic Design Company
Founder and CEO
International Branding and Digital Agency
→2003—today
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Erretres Open Lab
Founder and CEO
Innovation and Education platform
→2017–today
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Nordic Bikes
Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer
Danish Premium eBikes company
→2022–today
Website
Wayfndrs
Co-Founder
Online community and design careers platform
→2025–today
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Awards and
Conferences
D&AD Awards, Laus Awards, LovieAwards
Guadalajara, México, 2018 View
Embassy of Spain in Tokyo, 2018
Roppongi Hills, 2018
Google Campus Madrid, 2018
Teatro, Barcelona, 2017
Tokyo, 2016
CrossMedia Publishing
Tokyo, 2022 (Japanese)
International Editions to be published in 2025
English
Spanish
Digital Branding. How to build brands and products for the digital economy → CrossMedia Publishing, Tokyo 2022. 5.000+ copies.
Table of Contents
Pablo Rubio Ordás dives into the evolving world of brand and product building in the digital age. With insights from two decades of experience, Pablo unpacks strategies to create powerful, memorable brands and products. This book provides a brand new methodology that fills the gap between branding creation (waterfall) and digital product building (agile).
Perfect for founders, designers, marketers aiming to shape world-class, high-growth brands and products.
Part I – Understanding
Global trends
— The new consumer
— From ownership to access
— From owning to belonging
— The Businesses of tomorrow
— Future trends
Corporate environment
— Corporate background
— Changing to survive
— From product to ecosystem
— A growth mindset
— Corporate Culture
— Talent retention: EDGE philosophy
Project, services and brands evolution
— Project Management: From Past to Present
— Toyota Production System
—Software industry: Waterfall vs Agile
— Brand VS digital product creation
— Startups as the new factories
— Building and Audience first
— In-house design capabilities
— Mastering the sales funnel
— Time to market
Part II – Definition
The Design Thinking framework
— An introduction to design methodologies
— Branding methodology
— Strategic Design approach
— Design Thinking methods
— UX/UI Fundamentals
— Service Design and service design tools.
Branding Methodology
Digital Methodology
Digital Branding Methodology
10 Principles of Digital Branding Design
The 5 Ws of Design
Case Studies
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