ROBEL
ABOUT ME

Builder, strategist, storyteller.

Robel Lemma is a product-minded strategist, builder, and UC San Diego graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Managerial Economics. With experience across product research, UX, digital strategy, media, and growth, Robel brings a unique blend of analytical thinking, creative execution, and user-centered problem solving to the world of Product Management.

EDUCATION

UC San Diego

Bachelor of Science in Business and Managerial Economics

ENTREPRENEURIAL JOURNEY

Lemma Limited

Founded and led a media startup that reached more than 10 million cross-platform views. Managed the full lifecycle of campaigns from discovery and research to strategy, execution, analytics, and optimization.

MOTION Marketing

Co-founded a San Diego marketing agency responsible for the growth of numerous home-service and contracting businesses. From ad strategy, to creative direction, to social media, to content production.

Play Your Role Studios

A creative and digital strategy hub in Chula Vista supporting artists, musicians, and brands with end-to-end digital solutions — a collaborative space where culture, creativity, and data-driven strategy come together.

PRODUCT PHILOSOPHY

My path into product began through entrepreneurship and building ecosystems where I could apply my expertise to real-world problems. As the founder of Lemma Limited, I built and led a media startup that reached more than 50 million cross-platform views. I managed the full lifecycle of client- and audience-focused campaigns, from discovery and research to strategy, execution, analytics, and optimization. This became my first real-world experience with product thinking: understanding user needs, identifying market opportunities, building solutions, measuring performance, and improving based on results.

Along with my partner, Louis Zarour, starting a marketing agency became a natural extension of that same objective. Through this work, we identify client pain points and turn them into growth opportunities through marketing analytics, strategy, paid media, SEO, and organic content. Motion Marketing now businesses across many industries; from blue collar companies to tech startups.

I also co-founded Play Your Role Studios, a creative and digital strategy hub in Chula Vista designed to support artists, musicians, and brands with end-to-end digital solutions. At PYR Studios, I help build a collaborative space where culture, creativity, and data-driven strategy come together.

Across both ventures, I developed a strong foundation in the same principles that guide successful product teams: discovery, user research, roadmap planning, go-to-market strategy, cross-functional collaboration, testing, iteration, and measurable outcomes.

TOOLKIT

FigmaProductboardJiraMiroNotionRoadmappingPersona developmentPRD writingAgile/ScrumExcelBasic SQLGoogle Analytics 4A/B testingCRM segmentationMarket researchEmail marketingSocial analytics

Let's build something meaningful.

At his core, Robel is a builder. Whether launching a media startup, developing a creative studio, or shaping digital campaigns, he has consistently taken ideas from concept to execution. Now, he is focused on bringing that same entrepreneurial mindset, user-first approach, and strategic discipline into Product Management.

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