Maya Mausli
Executive Strategy Director at M&C Saatchi
My career has stretched from strategy, digital and social roles in places like AKQA, We are Social, Essence, Samsung and Clemenger BBDO.
My weird skillset allows me to develop fully modern strategic work for brand & businesses.
I have worked on brands like Samsung, Disney, Amazon, L’Oréal, Volvo, Audible, Four Pillars Gin, Afterpay, Pernod Ricard, and Bankwest.
I've driven tangible outcomes with creativity and uses her experience to make impactful
solutions for brands which has been recognised at the Cannes, Clio, and Webby awards.
Career & Background
What inspired you to do what you are doing now?
The need to be closer to a problem and then seeing people on my team succeed.
Could you tell us a bit about your professional background and where you are headed in your career right now?
I have been proudly a bit of a hybrid my whole career. I have 15 years of industry experience having spent time in media, client side, social, experience, creative and consultancy. I fought doggedly to get into strategy and I have never looked back.
Your favourite food for thought
Books
- Invisible Women – Caroline Criado Perez
- Hitmakers – Ana Andjelic
- Strategy Scrapbook – Alex Morris
Podcasts / Thought Leaders
- Agus Panzoni – Her perspectives are actually ahead of the trend
- Brenda Awareness – Her opinions and nuanced understanding of fashion always helps me think about the world
- Matt Klein – His metatrends drop is my consistent favourite
What drives and inspires you
What are your core values?
- Compassion
- Growth
- Integrity
- Reliability
- Vision
Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
My partner.
Extremely lame but to see someone go and teach teenagers stuff they don’t want to learn everyday just to make their world views a little bit bigger is deeply moving.
You as a Mentor
What are the top skills or qualities you bring to mentoring?
- Direct and honest
- Intuitive
- Sees potential in others
- Non-judgemental
Ready to apply?
The best time is right now. Take a chance – you never know where an Assisterhood mentor can take you.