Maya Iwata is a Japanese-American art director.

Starting as an intern and working her way up to Senior Art Director at BBDO New York, she has created award-winning work for brands like M&M’s, Snickers, Pedigree, Dunkin, and more.

Most notably she worked on the M&M’S Super Bowl campaign, in which the spokescandies were cancelled and took on different careers, leading to the most successful campaign in M&M’S history.

Maya is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a B.S. in Advertising. She is also an alumnus of MAIP (Multicultural Advertising Internship Program).

With an upbringing of having called Florida, Texas, Tokyo, and now New York – home – she’s passionate about culture, as well as representation, and hopes to create authentic stories that get people talking.