About Quynh Mai
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of culture, creativity, and technology—helping brands and leaders not just keep up with change, but understand it, navigate it, and lead it.
I began in New York’s creative industry as a producer and casting director, working alongside visionary photographers like Annie Leibovitz and Peter Lindbergh. Those early years taught me the precision of production, the power of visual storytelling, and the importance of collaboration—skills that shaped the strategic lens I use today.
From there, my work expanded to global luxury brands including Gucci, Burberry, and De Beers, where I learned how to translate creativity into strategy and balance artistry with business impact. As my career took me across New York, Paris, and the emerging digital scene, I witnessed culture and technology starting to merge—long before most brands understood what that would mean.
When the first wave of digital disruption arrived, I joined a tech startup to help launch one of the earliest cloud-based image-sharing platforms. It was there I discovered my calling: translating technology for people who needed to understand it—turning complexity into clarity and innovation into opportunity.
In 2010, I founded Qulture, a digital creative agency built to help brands thrive in what I call the Digital Second Space—the online layer where culture, creators, and technology now collide.
At Qulture, we’ve helped brands like Sephora, Nike, Google, H&M, L’Oréal, Ferrari, and Uniqlo stay culturally fluent, connect authentically with their audiences, and build lasting relevance in a world that moves fast.
Along the way, I’ve led my team to win Clio Awards, Hermes Creative Awards, and recognition as a Webby Honoree, while being named one of Campaign’s “40 Over 40 Digital Innovators.”
I’ve shared insights on stages including Fashion Tech Forum, Melbourne Fashion Week, Advertising Week, and EY’s Strategic Growth Forum, and contributed to publications such as The Business of Fashion, WWD, Forbes, Time and Bloomberg TV.
Today, through both Qulture and my forthcoming book Becoming Gen D: Reclaim Your Power in a Digital-First World, I help brands and analog-native leaders navigate the Second Digital Age with confidence, clarity, and purpose.
Whether I’m advising a CMO or guiding a digital immigrant who wants to feel informed rather than overwhelmed, my mission is the same:
I translate the digital world so others can show up with authenticity, intelligence, and humanity—and own their place in the future that’s already here.