lily darby

Lily Darby is a resilient, accomplished and respected creative leader with international experience working with some of the world's most influential brands, artists and creators. With a career spanning the technology and creative industry, she brings a unique blend of strategic vision and artistic innovation to every endeavor. She has a proven track record of operating as both a visionary and a mentor, focused on inspiring and guiding teams while shaping the overall success and business goals of a company. Lily is passionate about collaborating with curious makers who are eager to build meaningful brands and architecting world-class, scalable operations and creative production solutions.

Lily's unique background adds distinctive value through business strategy, operations and creative production, with a particular emphasis on the digital landscape and emerging technologies (AR/VR, web design + development, robotics, native mobile apps, interactive digital experiences, live events, chat bots, AI, and content production). She has a results-oriented mindset and plays a pivotal role in shaping a company's direction and creative caliber, while ensuring its growth and profitability. She has an innate ability to foster tremendously talented, diverse teams to build what seems impossible.

Currently, Lily has resumed consulting through her business, DARBY, where she partners with a broad mix of global clients across the US, EMEA, and the UK, offering strategic business development, bespoke creative operations and production solutions. She specializes in bold brands and new technologies

Lily's work has been awarded Cannes Lions and Webbys, showcased at the Barbican and Tate Modern, and covered by Rolling Stone, It’s Nice That, and DAZED. She has been a juror, most recently for the 2023 Cannes Lions in the Digital Craft category, and enjoys speaking at industry events.

Lily previously lived in Amsterdam for almost 6 years and currently lives in Portland, Oregon in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of the United States. She loves the outdoors and her 105 lb rescue dog, Finn.