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Maya Johnson

Maya Johnson

Social Media & Brand Automation Specialist2 articles

Maya Johnson is a Social Media & Brand Automation Specialist who has built and managed social media presences for over 50 brands, ranging from bootstrapped startups to Fortune 500 companies. With 6+ years specializing in AI-powered content scheduling, audience analysis, and brand voice consistency at scale, she brings a rare combination of creative intuition and technical rigor to social media strategy. Maya's career began in brand management at a major consumer packaged goods company, where she learned that brand consistency isn't about rigid rules—it's about deeply understanding a brand's personality and knowing how to express it differently across contexts. This insight became the foundation of her approach to AI-powered social media, where maintaining authentic brand voice across 5+ platforms and hundreds of monthly posts is the central challenge. Before joining YOYA, Maya ran social media operations for a venture-backed D2C brand, growing their combined social following from 15,000 to 850,000 in 18 months. She achieved this by developing a content framework that AI agents could execute consistently—proving that AI doesn't diminish brand personality when properly calibrated; it amplifies it. Maya is known for her "80/20 Social Framework": automate the 80% of social media work that's operational (scheduling, formatting, hashtag research, basic engagement, analytics) and invest human creativity in the 20% that builds genuine community (brand campaigns, thought leadership, crisis response, relationship building). She's a frequent speaker at Social Media Marketing World and VidCon, and her work has been featured in Social Media Examiner and Adweek. Maya holds a B.A. in Communications from Howard University and a Digital Marketing certificate from Columbia Business School. She's also an accomplished amateur photographer whose visual storytelling skills inform her approach to social content strategy.

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