Malaika Moran

About

Malaika Moran is the Owner and Principal Consultant of SocialStep Marketing and Consulting. She is a Marketing and Business Strategist with core competencies in marketing, strategy, business development, and public speaking.

In 1996 Malaika Moran pioneered the way in promoting events online by launching an email and website resource. It connected young professionals to quality social, cultural and networking events in 10 different cities including: New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Miami. For twelve years, SOCIALSTEP.COM was considered the premier resource for events among professionals. At its pinnacle the site averaged over 2 million impressions and 300,000 visits per month. It was also an effective advertising channel that serviced a variety of major brands including the ESSENCE Music Festival, Microsoft, Heineken, Verizon, Martell, HBO, Sony Music and more.

Prior to launching SOCIALSTEP, Malaika received her Marketing Degree from Hampton University. She launched her professional career in Credit Card Marketing at Chase Manhattan Bank and Small Business Marketing at American Express in New York. A New Orleans native, Malaika took a break from running SOCIALSTEP in 2005 to assist her family after hurricane Katrina. Her professional path then led her to develop and execute all online and digital marketing strategies for The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, develop and launch the reimagined Latitudes Cruise Loyalty Program for Norwegian Cruise Line, and manage Business Development for Entertainment Benefits Group, all while living in Miami Florida.

In recent years, with her consulting firm SocialStep Marketing and Consulting, she’s created and executed marketing campaigns for the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, both in partnership with iHeart Media. Her firm has and continues to work with government agencies, mid-sized businesses, non-profits and economic development corporations creating marketing and business strategies that yield results.

Malaika thoroughly enjoys sharing her experience as a business owner and consultant through facilitating workshops and speaking engagements. Currently, she regularly teaches Strategic Business Planning and Entrepreneurship for the Urban League’s Women’s Business Resource Center.