NICE TO MEET YOU

Maya Mosley

EXPERIENCE ARCHITECT  /  BRAND STRATEGIST

East Coast hustle, West Coast innovation…

I'm Maya — a communications and experience design leader with over 15 years of practice blending the strategic drive of my East Coast upbringing with the creative ingenuity of the Bay Area, which I've called home for more than a decade. What drives me is a simple conviction: how people experience something matters just as much as the thing itself.

That belief anchors everything I do. I've partnered with senior leaders and cross-functional teams across consumer and mission-driven organizations to shape communications and design experiences that align vision with perception — especially in moments when trust and credibility are on the line.

I work at the intersection of leadership, culture, communications, and experience — with a background spanning executive engagement, organizational storytelling, and large-scale experience design. The throughline is always the same: how people actually experience the work.

I'm also the founder of Ivywood Group, an image architecture firm for women executives. Ivywood applies the same principles I bring to organizational work — designing how you're experienced — to individual leaders, helping women shape their image, narrative, and presence with intention so that how they're perceived matches the authority they've already earned.

Beyond my professional work, I'm a committed community advocate and proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, currently serving as Northern California Cluster Coordinator for the Far Western Region. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in English from Northeastern University in Boston.

I bring a calm, considered approach to complex environments, guided by the belief that clarity is a form of respect, restraint is a leadership skill, and people are at the center of every story I tell.

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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

— DR. MAYA ANGELOU

LEADERSHIP VALUES

Great leadership is about empowerment

Vision-driven execution

Clear vision and the ability to turn strategy into action. Every initiative aligns with long-term impact, innovation, and measurable success.

Empowered collaboration

The most powerful outcomes come from strong partnerships. Fostering trust, transparency, and inclusivity — every voice valued.

Excellence with agility

Embracing challenges as opportunities, navigating change with resilience, curiosity, and continuous improvement.

EXECUTIVE COMPETENCIES

15+ years of strategic expertise

COMMUNICATIONS & EXECUTIVE ADVISORY

Enterprise internal communications strategy
Executive communications & leadership messaging
Senior leader counsel & narrative development
Organizational culture & change communications
Mission-aligned storytelling & content strategy
Stakeholder engagement & cross-functional alignment

EXPERIENCE DESIGN & OPERATIONS

National & global engagement strategy
Enterprise event governance & large-scale production
Executive & leadership summits
Budget stewardship ($1M–$2M+)
Sponsorship & resource alignment
Measurement, ROI & impact reporting

LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION

People leadership, coaching & team development
Creative direction & brand narrative
Community strategy & civic engagement
Image architecture & personal brand design
Fluent in AI-powered communications tools
Speaking, facilitation & thought leadership

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Purpose, creativity & impact

2023

LVMH Innovation Award

Innovation in engagement and product development strategies at Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.

2023–24

Graduate Chapter of the Year

Led Delta Zeta Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. to consecutive wins.

2016

Emmy-Winning VR Campaign

Global events lead for 360 marketing campaign for the VR documentary "Collisions".

Seeking a strategic leader?

Whether you're looking for a strategic partner, a speaker, or a collaborator — I'd love to hear what you're working on.

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