Job Rutgers

Job is a Sr. design facilitator at OCADU Co, the executive Education arm of the university. Job is a full professor in Design at OCAD University in Toronto. At OCADU, he has co-designed the Industrial Design Curriculum (BA) and the Design for Health curriculum (MA). At OCADU's digital futures initiative, job is the principal investigator of the Ambient Experience Lab. Job is a Fellow at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, based in London, UK.

Job has expertise in experience design, interaction design, strategic design and ambient experience design. He also works as a design strategist with VUKA Innovation, working on systemic healthcare challenges. In addition, he is teaching Leading System Change at MaRS’ studio [Y] fellowship.

Previously, Job was a fellow at Rotman’s Integrative Thinking Institute and a design strategy consultant at Rotman's Designworks. He worked extensively with Singapore Polytechnic, training faculty in creating innovative learning spaces.

Prior to receiving tenure at OCADU, Job has long been associated with Philips Design in the Netherlands as a Strategic Design Consultant. At Philips Design, he was the creative director for several multi-disciplinary research projects funded by the European Union. He co-developed the award-winning Ambient Experience Design service and has implemented ambient experience concepts in hospitals, the hospitality industry and public spaces around the world.