Austin R.

Austin R. holds the position of Chief Creative Officer and Vice President of Brand at Lucchese Bootmaker since April 2023, leading an integrated team of 15 in brand, creative, digital, insights, and e-commerce. Additionally, Austin serves as CEO of Space Machine Inc., a design and creative research firm in Portland, OR and Boulder, CO, since January 2018. Prior experience includes Brand Director at adidas from January 2015 to February 2018, where Austin managed brand communications and an integrated team of 10. Previous roles include Associate Director at now what, Associate Brand Manager at Nike, Digital Marketing Manager at DDB, Sales Director at Veracity Consultants, and Professional Soccer Player with Aalesund FK, US Creteil-Lusitanos, and SPVGG Unterhaching. Austin holds a Master of Science in Strategic Design and Management from Parsons School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from the University of California, Berkeley.