ABOUT ME
I’ve been fortunate to work with big and small agencies alike—from DDB West with Fortune 500 brands, to in-house agencies and nonprofits promoting the uniqueness of their brands. As an Art Director, Designer and Photographer, I’ve worked on integrated advertising campaigns across emerging channels, TV, print, digital and social media for the General and Hispanic markets.
Hit me up and we can talk about doing some great work together!
Tel | 310.927.2151 Email | marie@marieastrid.com
“Marie is an award-winning creative director that I would jump at the chance to hire and work with again. She is a natural and graceful leader who knows how to inspire collaboration in others. What I really appreciate about Marie is the high level of strategic thinking she brings to creative problem-solving. At the Los Angeles Times, Marie managed very complex and multi-channel projects with ease. Her signature work included branding campaigns, digital and print product promotion, and the marketing of consumer events like the Festival of Books and The Taste. I found her design sensibility and execution to be flawless. But wait, there is more…Marie is also an accomplished photographer. Her photo portrait of Pulitzer-Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold has achieved icon status.”
Donna Tarzian
Former VP Brand & Creative Marketing
Los Angeles Times
“In the early days of the pandemic, Marie emailed me and asked if there were any projects that we needed help with. I knew that she had deep experience with design, photography and website development, so I was very happy to get her email. I called her about 5 minutes after her email and said ‘YES! we need to redo our online store.’ When I told her that we were in a really difficult financial situation and needed to have a website built on an aggressive timeline she said that our timeline was a fraction of what it would normally take, but she would see what could be done. With the support of the staff and our programmer David, she somehow pulled it off, and our online business has grown exponentially since that time. It was our primary retail income source for a good stretch of 2020, and still forms an important part of our revenue stream.
It’s not an exaggeration to say that completing that site was an existential moment for TPF. We’ve had the store for long enough now that it seems normal, but the pivot to selling our full inventory, and especially plants online was really a complicated and difficult process and huge shift for TPF. If we hadn’t gotten it done I really can’t say where we’d be today.”
Evan Meyer
Executive Director, Theodore Payne Foundation
“I worked cross-functionally with Marie who provided the creative direction on many of our digital and product launch campaigns. All I can say is...WOW! She was definitely one of most enjoyable colleagues to work with when I was at Beachbody. She is diligent, responsible, strategic, creative, and will do what it takes to get the job done. I would almost always come to her because I knew I could trust her to listen, provide constructive feedback/advice, and deliver on the project.
She is also an amazing friend and person. She helped me on an outside project on her own time (after hours) and always makes herself available to provide guidance and just catch up. I miss working with her and can't recommend her highly enough!”