Calm Above the Water

Mariya has a marketer's imagination and an operator's sense of what it takes to get something done. As adeo's Chief Operating Officer, she keeps things running smoothly on the surface while handling much of what happens underneath, from keeping leadership aligned on priorities to building the structure a growing team needs.

She came to operations through marketing. Her background is in digital marketing and project management, across both consulting and in-house roles. At the Cadmus Group, she paired detailed planning with creative approaches to digital communications. As Director of Marketing at QL2 Software, she helped guide the company's website redesign. She has developed the work herself and organized its delivery, and she brings both perspectives to agency operations.

At adeo, she connects the company's vision to its day-to-day, turning big-picture goals into plans the team can carry out. She also leads the agency's relationship with a national cannabis brand, its largest client, working closely with designers in a heavily regulated category. She has also joined the leadership team on brand discovery for higher-education clients.

Colleagues describe her as a thoughtful planner and a steady presence when things get complicated. They also talk about her generosity with junior team members and the way she makes demanding work enjoyable. For Mariya, keeping projects moving is only part of the job. The rest is helping the people around her do their best work.