Mark James

Mark qualified as a Cambridge CELTA English trainer in 2018 in Barcelona. Currently his main role is delivering classes and seminars in EAP for undergraduates at *ESADE Law & Business School. He splits this role as an in-company English and communications skills trainer for business executives and private individuals.

Current and previous in-company or academic English engagements with 3Cat, Abertis, Allianz, Atresmedia, Bayer, Cobega (Coca-Cola, Dominos Pizza), Damm, eDreams, Football Club de Barcelona, Inditex, Kern Pharma, Luxottica, Manpower, Merck, Naturgy, Pronovias, Telefonica Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and Volkswagen Group España.

Since 1999, Mark worked at some of the world’s leading PR agencies in London specialising in media relations, crisis management, political consultancy and new business development. His last London-based role was an account director at Weber Shandwick Worldwide’s Strategic Media Group reporting to the Vice-Chairman.

Mark ghostwrote articles for the Financial Times, The Times, trade journals and media-trained spokespeople that regularly featured on Bloomberg, BBC, CNN & CNBC. Clients included British Telecom, COLT, Intel Corp, Monsanto, Nokia and he was special PR counsel to IBM’s Worldwide General Manager for Technology, Media, Telecoms & Utilities.

In 2004, from a new base in Barcelona, Mark pursued a full-time career in the music industry, both as an artist and an artist manager, working with brands such as Blanco y Negro Music and the Pacha Group. He produced and managed over 200 music releases, achieving high sales volumes, numerous compilation inclusions, hundreds of thousands of digital platform views, radio plays all over the world and a top ten hit in Spain’s Los 40s charts. He was also a broadcaster on FM radio in the UK, Germany and Spain and began writing as a freelance music journalist for music publications and The Sun newspaper.


*ESADE is the Escola Superior d'Administració i Direcció d'Empreses, is one of the most prestigious business universities in the world and part of the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona.