Relay IndustriesFounder
Nov 2025 — PresentLos Angeles, CA
Robert Johns Founder of Relay Industries, a brand studio for hard tech
Robert Johns Founder of Relay Industries, a brand studio for hard tech
Nov 2025 — PresentLos Angeles, CA
Jun 2017 — Nov 2025Los Angeles, CA
Led agency strategy, client direction, and operations with a core team of 4–6 and a bench of freelancers and contractors. Grew revenue 34% year over year and led business development.
Aug 2010 — Sep 2016Lynchburg, VA
Produced 100+ events a year and the marketing campaigns behind them, managing budgets, talent, and volunteers. Led platform design, content strategy, and marketing for the university's Virtual Career Center.
Relay Industries designed a new identity and website for Furientis, a defense startup building interceptor missiles for high-rate production.

Relay Industries built the narrative and visual identity for Gears.co, a US precision gear manufacturer for robotics that works like a technology company.

Relay Industries helped First Resonance, the team behind the ION manufacturing operating system, build one Narrative Core for the whole company.
