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Robecta Ma

Payments Marketing at Apple, startup mentor, AdWeek Executive Mentee

About Me

I am a global B2C/ B2B senior marketing executive who is skilled at elevating brand equity and driving profitable market growth in aggressive environments, especially in luxury, travel and advertising industries.

I am a balanced left and right brain marketer, who solve problems combining analytical thinking with innovative narratives while developing holistic marketing plans for trailblazing results.

There is magic to marketing that connects people to brands in ways they never expected. For the past 14 years, I have been lucky enough to work with amazing brands that not only drive customer loyalty but also results.

I thrive in welcoming commercial challenges that can cross-pollinate creative and analytical thinking, bridging traditional ways of working with unique solutions.

P.S. Ask me about jokes for 3-4 year olds. According to my son, I have an endless treasure trove.


Experience

Mentor at First Round Capital

Feb 2021 — Present

Strategic Partnerships Lead, Marketing at Airbnb

Apr 2020 — Oct 2020

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Startup Mentor at FoundersHK

Feb 2020 — Present

Hong Kong, SAR

Global Marketing Lead, Transportation at Airbnb

Jun 2019 — Apr 2020

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Vice President of Marketing & Digital Sales, Americas at Cathay Pacific Airways

Jun 2016 — Jun 2019

Digital and E-Commerce Manager at Cathay Pacific Airways

Jun 2013 — Jun 2016

Digital Marketing Executive at Cathay Pacific Airways

Jun 2011 — Jun 2013

San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Account Supervisor at McCann Worldgroup

Jun 2010 — Jun 2011

Marketing Assistant at Virgin America

Jun 2006 — Jun 2010

Advertising Sales Coordinator at Time Inc.

Jan 2006 — Jun 2006


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Mentorship

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Business/Product strategy

Help determining the direction of your business and what you want it to look like in the future as well as defining what you hope to accomplish with your product, and how to plan to do so.

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