About Born
Born is a planning and innovation agency.
We collaborate with our clients to find their brand story and invent experiences to live it.
We work with brands who understand the value of a simple belief that shapes every action, every statement, every choice.
Our enemy are generic brands who are all about themselves.
Our approach is inspired by our tribe of possibility thinkers and game changers from business, social and creative enterprises who inject freshness, energy and insight into everything we do.
Julie Doyle : Founder
Achievement you’re most proud of...
Founding Born Tribe in a recession - one giant leap of faith.
Dream Born project...
To champion a new global charter for business to be a better force on this planet - yes please.
What inspires you...
The curiosity and roguishness of my nephew Killian aged eight, dance, ferns, orchids, trailblazers, believers, New Zealand abundant nature, the storytellers at pub counters across Ireland, passionate hearts and warrior souls.....and a whole bunch of thinkers and dreamers, too many to mention.
Arghhhh...
Human beings who choose control over growth and abundance.
Best moment of your life...
Aged 32 sweating in USIT, Dublin buying a one way ticket to leave a career behind and immerse myself in the world outside. I travelled the globe for two magical years collecting stories and experiences that inform how I live and work.
Some cool stuff Julie has done...
- Country Manager of Red Bull, Ireland - Julie rebuilt the business, consigning a bad brand reputation to the past.
- International Brand Manager at Aer Lingus - consumer champion in the development of aerlingus.com.
- Unilever - where it all began. It was here where’s Julie realised Marketing was her kind of thing. Lest we forget, Julie was the youngest manager at Unilever.
- Julie attempted to ‘just volunteer’ at Dublin Fringe Festival....she ended up sitting the board and securing their biggest sponsor.
Cameron Stewart: Chief Inventor
Proudest thing you’ve done...
Inspired a bunch of people to be kind every so often.
Dream Born project...
I’ve just bought an island, be creative.
Inspire me...
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” - Oscar Wilde - Legend.
Arghhhh...
Lateness, quiche, grumpy people. A grumpy person arriving at my door twenty minutes late with a plate of quiche - nightmare.
Best moment of your life...
Getting down on one knee in London Stansted Arrivals.
Some cool stuff Cam has done...
- Started a social enterprise when he was 17 years old.
- The Ark° (Acts of Random Kindness) movement spread to over 30 countries and was reported on trendwatching.com
- Gave a pretty awesome TEDx talk.
- Won the Eircom ‘One to Watch’ Award at 18 years old.
- Designed and lead a guerrilla marketing campaign for a leading TNC in Germany and Portugal.
- Built a pretty awesome table.
Born Tribe Counsel
Born process is enriched by the diversity of our Born tribe of possibility thinkers and game changers.
The Born tribe includes a relentless innovator, an inspirational speaker and adventurer, a business strategist who loves to surf, a communications expert who has turned her hand to fashion design, a creator of cartoons, a designer of magical spaces, an activist, an expert in improvisation and many others who inject freshness, energy and insight into Born projects.
