James Robinson

I am a skilled communications executive with experience leading global communications teams in high growth, high pressure environments. This is exemplified by my work over the last six years building Marqeta's global communications engine from scratch, helping to lead the company through an IPO, and then adapting Marqeta's comms machine for public company life. I like to tell ambitious, big-picture stories that help place a company within a cultural moment, all built upon a strategic, systems-based approach to ensure business impact and organization-wide alignment.

Growing up I had a big imagination and a love of stories, combined with a curiosity and passion for debate honed at the dinner table as the youngest child in a big family. This all came together for me when I took my first role in the media as a music reviewer at 18. I've been working in and around the media ever since, with the past two decades plus split between journalism and media consulting, and communications and brand leadership roles.