Born in New York City, in 1942 Robinson earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in from Barnard College;[1] she wanted to be a writer.
After starting out at Bresnick & Solomont, she joined Grey Advertising in 1947 writing fashion promotion, where she first worked for William Bernbach.
When he and Ned Doyle left Grey in 1949 to start their eponymous agency with Mac Dane their "little gold mine of people",[3] included Robinson and the art director Bob Gage with whom she was teamed and would enjoy much creative success.
[3][4] At DDB, she supervised a team that would produce a number of notable people in advertising, including Mary Wells Lawrence and Paula Green.
[2] Robinson worked on memorable campaigns for numerous clients, including Ohrbach's, Henry S. Levy and Sons – "You don't have to be Jewish to love Levy's Real Jewish Rye", El Al Airlines, and Polaroid with a long running campaign featuring actors James Garner and Mariette Hartley.