About Cornerstone Market Research company in New York, United States
We make brands matter in culture. We don't create for a particular medium. We build platforms that create relationships between our clients and their customers. Cornerstone is an award-winning global creative agency built on the belief that to reach consu
Rob Stone is Founder and Co-CEO of Cornerstone Co-Founder of The FADER Inc. amp; Co-Founder of FADER Label.
Stone co-leads the vision of the award winning creative agency for some of the most iconic brands including AB InBev BitTorrent Coca-Cola Converse and Diageo.
Stone has been instrumental in campaigns including Sprites ’Obey Your Verse’ Johnnie Walkers ’Johnny for Johnnie’ Nikes ’Better Than Ive Ever Been’ Bushmills ’Since Way Back’ and more.
A member of the board of directors for Sweetgreen a farm-to-table salad chain Stone plays an integral role in the creation of the brands popular Sweetlife Festival an annual concert boasting a musical lineup of todays hottest artists and also sits on the board for the Childrens Cancer Associations MyMusicRx a digital playground that delivers music medicine to critically ill kids and teens in the United States and Canada.
Prior to founding Cornerstone Stone began his career at SBK Records which later became EMI Records where he rose through the ranks to Vice President of Promotion. In 1994 Stone joined Clive Davis at Arista Records.
At Arista Stone worked closely with Notorious B.I.G. Usher Raymond Sean ’Puffy’ Combs Outkast and Faith Evans and was instrumental in bringing Combs Bad Boy Records to Arista.
Jon Cohen is Co-CEO of Cornerstone and Co-Founder of The FADER Inc. and FADER Label.
Cohen co-leads the vision of the award winning creative agency for some of the most iconic brands world-wide including AB InBev BitTorrent Diageo Coca-Cola and Converse and has been instrumental in campaigns including Converses ’Converse Rubber Tracks’ and ’3 Artist 1 Song’ Coca-Colas ’Share the Sound of an AIDS Free Generation’ Budweisers ’Made’ and Sprites ’Obey Your Verse’.
Cohen was recently honored by Syracuse Universitys Newhouse School as part of their 50Forward which paid tribute to the schools top leaders and legends. He was also the commencement speaker for Syracuses VPA graduation ceremony in 2015 and serves as a senior advisor to Syracuses Bandier Music Industry program. In addition Cohen is a member of the board of directors for Sweetgreen and for the Childrens Cancer Associations MyMusicRx.
Prior to Cornerstone Cohen served as Vice President of Columbia Records alternative music department and was head of Alternative Music at SBK/EMI. While there he was savvy enough to sense a shift in musical tastes and championed such alternative artists including Blur Alice in Chains and Jeff Buckley and was instrumental in shaping their commercial success.
Whether building emergent brands or reenergizing established ones, Cornerstone creates and amplifies innovative brand strategies that effectively target and connect with the influential and elusive millennial demographic. Headquartered in New York City, C
