“Laura Jones is one of the most inspiring yet grounded leaders I've ever come across. She sets a high bar for quality and pushes the team to deliver career-defining work. Most importantly, Laura leads with empathy and serves as a beacon of stability and trust for her team, no matter how choppy the waters. Laura deeply understands her consumers and actively pushes the team to advocate for the customer when it comes to product development and setting strategy. She is also an absolute pleasure to work with and is a fantastic leader, who's in touch with the team. ”
San Francisco, California, United States
Contact Info
9K followers
500+ connections
San Francisco, California, United States
Contact Info
9K followers
500+ connections
Volunteer Experience
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Volunteer Consultant
TechnoServe
- 5 months
Economic Empowerment
Created business plan and cash flow projections for local agribusiness entrepreneurs – securing development grant
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Intern
Accion
- 3 months
Economic Empowerment
Intern at global Microfinance NGO. Assessed market opportunity for microsavings through quantitative analysis and qualitative findings. Utilized Spanish language skills.
Publications
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Sharebird: Product Marketing - Ask Me Anything
Sharebird
See publicationAnswers to some of the top questions from the Product Marketing community.
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Great Expectations: 6 lessons from building Uber’s Product Marketing team while becoming a mom
Women of Uber / Medium
See publicationSharing a few thoughts on building out my team while becoming a new mom
Patents
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Shoppable Hangouts
Filed US GP-19696-00-US
Courses
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Design for Extreme Affordability
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Honors & Awards
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Keynote Speaker, Product Marketing Summit
Product Marketing Alliance
Delivered the Keynote Address at the Product Marketing Summit in SF: "Built to Scale: 6 Lessons from Leading the PMM Function at Uber"
Ten years ago, Uber was born out of a watershed moment in tech. The rise of smartphones, the advent of app stores, and the desire for on-demand work supercharged the company’s growth and created an entirely new standard for consumer convenience. Like so many companies growing at a serious clip, there was no single organizational blueprint and teams were…Delivered the Keynote Address at the Product Marketing Summit in SF: "Built to Scale: 6 Lessons from Leading the PMM Function at Uber"
Ten years ago, Uber was born out of a watershed moment in tech. The rise of smartphones, the advent of app stores, and the desire for on-demand work supercharged the company’s growth and created an entirely new standard for consumer convenience. Like so many companies growing at a serious clip, there was no single organizational blueprint and teams were built in a constantly evolving environment. Director of Product Marketing Management Laura Jones will share lessons from defining, building and scaling Uber’s Product Marketing function and team.
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Most Contagious Ideas of 2013
Contagious Magazine
Shoppable Hangouts of Air partnership with the CFDA featured as one of the most contagious ideas of 2013.
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Featured Speaker: PSFK Future of Retail Conference
PSFK
Invited to speak at PSFK's San Francisco conference on the Future of Retail, with a focus on omni-channel retail and the Shop the Hangout program my team developed.
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Ad Age: Creativity Pick of the Day
Ad Age
The Shoppable Hangouts on Air launch with DVF was selected as the "Creativity Pick of the Day" for our integration of an e-commerce layer into Hangouts' live-chat functionality
http://adage.com/article/creativity-pick-of-the-day/buy-a-dress-dish-diane-von-furstenberg/244472/
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Ambassador Award
Google Search Team
Recognized for leadership and collaboration on Holiday 2012 cross-product campaign
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Co-Taught Class at Stanford GSB on D.Thinking
Jennifer Aaker
Co-led course on Marketing and Design Thinking at the Stanford GSB the year following my graduation.
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21 People Who Will Change Business
Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Featured in piece about professionals who combine design, business, and technology.
http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/09/0930_dschool_alumni/11.htm
Languages
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Spanish
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