It's not what you make that builds your brand — it's how you create it.

I'm Maryam Cristillo. I'm a creative leader who builds the systems, teams, and processes that make great work sustainable — then use them to create brand experiences that connect, convert, and last.

15+ years. Global CPG, fashion, and emerging brands. From packaging strategy to campaign execution to the creative infrastructure underneath it all.

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BRANDS I’VE HELPED GROW

Logo with black background and white text that reads 'Victoria's Secret'
Logo for Jack Rogers with black text on a white background.
Lindt logo with a decorative lion emblem and the text 'Master Swiss Chocolatier Since 1845'.
A person holding a variety of colorful foods including a slice of pizza, a taco, a burger, and fries.
U.S. Army logo with a star and the words 'U.S. ARMY'
A person sitting on a chair with their feet up on a desk, looking at a computer screen, in a modern office setting.
Close-up of the word NAADAM in bold black letters on a dark background.
Black outline of the word 'Happy' with a smiling face below, all in a playful font.

How I Work

Great creative doesn't happen by accident. It happens by design — in how you brief, how you build teams, how you give feedback, and how you scale what works.

  • I know which ideas are worth chasing — and I don't let go until they're made. Concept through execution, across any medium, without losing what made the idea worth pursuing in the first place.

  • Teams that sustain great work — I build the systems and environments that make creativity repeatable

  • A brand with a clear point of view — from voice to visual system to channel presence

  • I work from the brief all the way through production — packaging, campaign, digital, video — because an idea loses something every time it passes through a hand that doesn't understand where it started.

  • AI integrated into the workflow the way any good tool should be — it handles what can be automated so the team can spend their time on what actually requires a human.

  • The conversation beyond the project — I bring an external perspective back inside

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Public Speaking &
Thought Leadership

I speak on creative leadership, brand systems, and the business case for design — at the intersections most people avoid: where strategy meets craft, where corporate meets culture, where process makes (or breaks) the work.

Recent: DesignX Leadership Summit · American Packaging Summit · Judge, Spotlight Awards (Food & Beverage + Emerging Talent) · Podcast Awaiting Approval with Adam Jennings Guest, Season 3 (episode: "Love" — on why people are my greatest project) · Airs June 18th

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