Creative Portfolio 2011 — 2026

Anna Maria Mariuța

Fifteen years of design — from hand-drawn sketches to international brands, across Romania, the United States and the United Kingdom.

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The Story

Born with a pencil in hand, fluent in every visual language.

Born into a family with a touch of art, I started painting as a child — winning the first prize in painting at national level and exhibiting graphic works internationally.

I trained at the National College of Art, then at the "Ion Mincu" University of Architecture and Urban Planning in Bucharest — RIBA-accredited Part I — and completed a CPD-accredited Marketing Level 7 certification in the United Kingdom.

My career took me from small studios to big agencies, and from Bucharest to New York clients: branding, packaging, print, photography art direction, e-commerce and interiors. I love creating — and advertising my work to make it visible. I could not think of a better career choice.

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0Brands served
0Disciplines
0Intl. awards
  • Arts, architecture & environmental designBacău · 2010
  • Architecture & heritage — "Ion Mincu", RIBA Part IBucharest · 2019
  • Marketing Level 7 — CPD accreditedUK · 2020
2011 → 2026

Fifteen years, three markets, one obsession with craft.

2011The foundations
2011

Foundations — art, competitions, first commissions

Painter · Illustrator

National first prize in painting, international graphic exhibitions, and the first client work: hand drawing, graphics and visual studies that still anchor everything that came after.

PaintingDrawingGraphics
2012–16

Zmoke Triple Z LTD — New York

Brand & Product Manager

From patent to shelf: branding, packaging and product design for an innovative hookah kit. Finished in Hong Kong, packed in New Delhi, awarded in Frankfurt — "Best Product" at an international show.

BrandingPackagingProduct
2014–16

Premium ITT Technologies · Evonews Corporation

Graphic Designer

Casino games and affiliate platforms: YouTube channels, social visuals, promo assets, brand identities under the corporate umbrella, game design, UI & UX.

Game designUI/UXSocial
2016–17

Mandarine International

Visual Designer

Brand identity and interior design for a 200-employee media corporation — the single winning design in a contest of ideas with over 150 companies competing.

IdentityInteriorEnvironmental
2016–18

Charlotte Lacroix — New York

Art Director

Principal designer for a luxury skincare house: brand guidelines, packaging, photography direction, e-commerce, email marketing and a V.I.P. membership program.

Art directionE-commercePhotography
2018–19

Red Almandine — Cristallo

Art Director

A luxury jewelry brand from logotype to ribbon: packaging, bags, boxes, mall shop interior, expo stands, billboards and advertising.

LuxuryRetailPackaging
2019–20

Visuad Marketing — Visual Advertising

Art Director

Managing projects from scratch to final delivery, B2C and B2B — strategy, budgets and execution from inception to successful completion.

StrategyB2B/B2CDelivery
2021–26

The UK chapter — now being curated

Multidisciplinary Designer · United Kingdom

New projects, new market, new tools — including AI-assisted workflows. This part of the archive is being prepared; fresh work lands here soon.

Coming soon
Selected Work · 2016–2020 Archive

Eleven disciplines, one signature.

The boards

Recognition

Awarded in Las Vegas, Frankfurt and at home.

2015
Best New Non-Tobacco Product — TPC Show

Zmoke product line, winner at the Tobacco Plus Convenience trade show.

Las Vegas, NV
2015
Best NTP Product — Champs Trade Show

Second major US industry recognition for the Zmoke concept, the same year.

Las Vegas, NV
2015
Best Product — International Show

Branding, packaging and product design awarded at the Frankfurt international show.

Frankfurt
2016
Winning identity — Mandarine International

The single selected design in a contest of ideas with over 150 companies participating.

Bucharest
Early
First prize in painting — national competition

Where it all started: national first prize and international graphic exhibitions.

Romania
2021 — 2026

The next chapters are loading.

The 2021–2026 archive — the UK years — is being curated right now. New boards, new brands and a few surprises will appear on this page soon. Come back for the full story.

Contact

Let's make something beautiful.

anna.maria.mariuta@gmail.com
Phone+44 742 861 8978
Based inUnited Kingdom
Open forBrand identity · Art direction · Design consultancy