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Dana Marineau

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Dana Marineau is a senior marketing executive known for building brand identity and driving growth at high-profile consumer and fintech companies. She is currently North America CMO at Canva, the visual communications platform, where she leads marketing strategy and brand efforts across one of the company's most important markets as it expands from a consumer tool into an enterprise product. Marineau is perhaps best known for her tenure as Chief Marketing Officer at Credit Karma, where she oversaw brand, creative, and growth marketing for the personal finance platform during a period of significant user expansion. Prior to Credit Karma, she held senior marketing roles at Visa, where she worked on brand and product marketing. Her career reflects a consistent focus on building trusted consumer brands at scale, with particular strength in digital, brand storytelling, and integrated marketing. With over 15 years in marketing leadership, Marineau has developed expertise spanning brand strategy, consumer marketing, fintech, and growth marketing. She is regarded as an operator who combines creative brand sensibility with data-driven growth thinking.

Last updated Oct 23, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Role
North America CMO
Company
Canva
Based
San Francisco, California, United States

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Years in industry
20 years

Bio

Dana Marineau is a senior marketing executive known for building brand identity and driving growth at high-profile consumer and fintech companies. She is currently North America CMO at Canva, the visual communications platform, where she leads marketing strategy and brand efforts across one of the company's most important markets as it expands from a consumer tool into an enterprise product. Marineau is perhaps best known for her tenure as Chief Marketing Officer at Credit Karma, where she oversaw brand, creative, and growth marketing for the personal finance platform during a period of significant user expansion. Prior to Credit Karma, she held senior marketing roles at Visa, where she worked on brand and product marketing. Her career reflects a consistent focus on building trusted consumer brands at scale, with particular strength in digital, brand storytelling, and integrated marketing. With over 15 years in marketing leadership, Marineau has developed expertise spanning brand strategy, consumer marketing, fintech, and growth marketing. She is regarded as an operator who combines creative brand sensibility with data-driven growth thinking.

Expertise & education

Expertise

Brand StrategyConsumer MarketingIntegrated MarketingGrowth MarketingFintech MarketingDigital MarketingCreative LeadershipB2B and B2C Marketing

Speaking topics

Brand building at scaleConsumer marketing in fintechCreative leadership

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Led brand and marketing at Credit Karma through a period of major user growth, helping establish it as a leading personal finance brand
  • Joined Canva as North America CMO to lead marketing expansion as the platform scales into enterprise