Rob lived and worked in Austin, Texas, New York City, Milan, Paris and London again before returning to New York. He worked for many publications including The Times Magazine, The Telegraph Magazine, Monocle, The Observer New Review, Carl*s Cars, Wired, Time Out, The Independent On Sunday Review, Q Magazine, Glamour, NME, Intersection, Style And The Family Tunes, D2, Arena, Orange Life, Scotland On Sunday Magazine, Icon, Tokion, Vision, Seed, Uncut, The Wire, Bang Art, Loaded, Vox, Trace, True, Straight No Chaser, The Scotsman Magazine, Kerrang! and The Big Issue.