Managing Website Projects | Module 4

Despi Mayes is the founder and lead strategist of Bluebird, a marketing consultancy focused on serving solopreneurs, startups, and non-profits. Her marketing career has spanned nearly two decades and crisscrossed through nonprofits, consumer brands, agencies, and the startup world. She has led digital marketing and interactive technology projects in collaboration with museums ranging from the Terre Haute Children’s Museum to the Musée du Louvre, plus many corporate clients from local farms to Fortune 500 companies.

Despi is a below-average guitar player, an above-average mixologist, loves beekeeping, prefers listening to music on vinyl, and reading books in hard copy. She also founded Give and Take Indy in 2019, a completely volunteer-led effort helping neighbors in Indianapolis facing food insecurity by hosting mini food pantries. In 2021, Give and Take Indy is in 4 neighborhoods and has launched a community donation garden.