https://www.melissastankowski.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c39248436099b4a66fbccb2/1548296714896-2OIMZFM53LD5R6GPPK0X/Stankowski_Logo_Frame_2.png home https://www.melissastankowski.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c39248436099b4a66fbccb2/b2a0a4f8-99f1-43f9-80fc-6ae09cc8e20a/20240131-Starz_MissyStankowski-3715.png about - Melissa Stankowski is a brand architect who builds the systems behind enduring creative work. For more than twenty years, she has led brand, creative, production, and operations across global entertainment. Her career spans STARZ, where she led brand and creative transformation across 63 international territories, STIRR, where she served as Editor in Chief, and earlier roles at Sony Pictures Television and NFL Films. Her work lives at the intersection of brand strategy, creative direction, and production. Not as separate disciplines, but as one system. She believes the way work is made is inseparable from the work itself. The standards, the process, the collaboration, and the execution shape what the audience ultimately feels. Production isn't the last step. It's part of the idea. That perspective has guided organizations through launches, rebrands, global campaigns, and creative transformation at scale. It has earned recognition from Cannes Lions, the Clios, and GEMA, but more importantly, it has helped creative become a stronger business driver. Today, through Discontent, Melissa partners with founders, executives, and CMOs to build brands that are as thoughtfully made as they are experienced. https://www.melissastankowski.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-06-28 https://www.melissastankowski.com/press daily 0.75 2026-03-27