👋 Ciao — I’m Christie Burmester.

I’m a Creative Director, Coach, Artist, Consultant, Facilitator, and Designer.

I bring you 14+ years inside design studios and agencies, specialising in brand identity, creative operations, and team performance.

My methods are grounded, personal, and hands on—focused on helping teams excel and businesses scale.

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⚡ Career highlights

  • 14+ years in design (studios, in-house, agencies).

  • Grew a fantastic Google team as a Design Manager.

  • Coached creatives through campaigns, performance management, career pivots, side hustles.

  • Mentored teams to perform better, run smoother, and create with more originality.

  • Built a course—Design Like A Pro: How to work like a pro designer in half the time. (What I wish I had early in my career).

💪 What drives me

  • Helping people reach their potential and create unapologetically.

  • Rebelling. I’ll do what you didn’t ask, and give you way more than you expected.

💥 What I’m great at

  • Spotting your strengths (even when you can’t)

  • Resparking creativity in adults

  • Turning chaos into infrastructure

  • Scaling creative teams

  • Design coaching

  • Drawing and art!

🙅🏻‍♀️ What I don’t offer

  • An overnight solution

  • Toxic productivity vibes

  • Financial advice

  • Marketing strategies

✨ What inspires me

  • Honest, weird, imperfect, fun, collaborative work

  • People who give themselves permission play and to get to the goal in their own way

  • Big wins that seem little

  • Helping someone find purpose in their work

  • Music!

✏️ What I do

  • Career Coaching for Creative Professionals

  • Creative Play & Wellness Workshops

  • I don’t work Fridays (and protect that fiercely)

  • What I offer is intentional and lights me up entirely

🤝 How to work with me

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And just in case you were curious if I was a cool kid growing up in the 90s—I was.