Perception, built.

Brand worlds.

Selected worlds shaped through creative direction, production, and visual systems.

Strategy · Direction · Ecommerce
Fine Jewelry
Desire is built before purchase.

A forty-year old-world jeweler, brought into the digital era — collection architecture, brand tone and identity, a custom e-commerce experience, and campaign and catalog shoots produced end to end, from brief through styling and art direction.

“We had no idea we could look like this.” — the founding family

Brand & Creative Director · 2024–2025
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch01
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch02
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch03
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch04
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch05
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch06
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch07
Collection
Architecture
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch08
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch09
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch10
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch11
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch12
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch13
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch14
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch15
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch16
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch17
Brand
Positioning
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch18
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch19
Fine jewelry creative direction by Chrystal Paasch20
Creative direction by CLP. Photography by Angie Mandl Photography, Emmalee Rathsam and CLP.21 frames
creative leadership · systems · performance
Premium Wellness
Translating complexity into conviction.

A science-led probiotic brand, joined as a creative department of one — identity, packaging, launches, community, and lifecycle built into a single system, and the team grown from one to ten.

Six to eight figures in revenue. Science made human, at scale.

Fractional Creative Director → Chief Creative Officer · 2022–2024
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch01
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch02
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch03
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch04
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch05
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch06
Trust
Architecture
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch07
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch08
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch09
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch10
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch11
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch12
Performance
Infrastructure
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch13
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch14
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch15
Brand
System
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch16
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch17
Premium wellness brand campaign by Chrystal Paasch18
Launch
Strategy
Creative direction by CLP. Photography by Angie Mandl Photography.18 frames
Launch · Performance · Lifecycle
Heirloom & Memory
Emotional products require emotional infrastructure.

The full DTC go-to-market for an heirloom brand — strategy, brand architecture, end-to-end messaging, customer journey, product-tier structure, and pricing, with the visuals shot in-house.

A launch built so that making the heirloom means as much as the object itself.

Brand & Creative Director · 2026– · current client, named on request
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch01
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch02
Go-to-market
strategy
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch03
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch04
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch05
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch06
Lifecycle
architecture
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch07
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch08
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch09
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch10
Launch
Infrastructure
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch11
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch12
Heirloom and memory brand direction by Chrystal Paasch13
Creative direction and photography by CLP.12 frames
Strategy · Content Engine · Ecommerce
Lab-Grown Fine Jewelry
A brand built from a standing start.

A lab-grown fine jewelry brand in a tightly regulated category — the creative systems and content engine built from scratch across social, Pinterest, email, and SMS.

A standing start, built into a brand now selling across the country.

Fractional Marketing Director (sole marketer, post-acquisition) · 2022–2023
Lab-grown fine jewelry email content by Chrystal Paasch01
Lab-grown fine jewelry social content by Chrystal Paasch02
Lab-grown fine jewelry email content by Chrystal Paasch03
Lab-grown fine jewelry x Badgley Mischka editorial by Chrystal Paasch04
Lab-grown fine jewelry editorial blog by Chrystal Paasch05
Lab-grown fine jewelry x Style Me Pretty editorial feature by Chrystal Paasch06
Content
Engine
Lab-grown fine jewelry Pinterest content by Chrystal Paasch07
Owned
channels
Lab-grown fine jewelry editorial blog by Chrystal Paasch08
Lab-grown fine jewelry email content by Chrystal Paasch09
Lab-grown fine jewelry testimonial content by Chrystal Paasch10
Editorial
Features
Lab-grown fine jewelry collaboration kit by Chrystal Paasch11
Lab-grown fine jewelry editorial feature by Chrystal Paasch12
Lab-grown fine jewelry campaign content by Chrystal Paasch13
Content systems, email, Pinterest & editorial features by CLP. Campaign & product photography provided by the brand.Content engine
Brand Experience · Storytelling · Creative Direction
Hospitality & Atmosphere
Atmosphere is strategy made visible.

Self-originated studies of hospitality and place — reading a space for its light, materials, and rituals, then directing and shooting the story of what being there actually feels like.

No client brief, no one to hide behind.

Creative direction & photography by CLP
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch01
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch02
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch03
Environmental
field notes
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch04
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch05
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch06
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch07
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch08
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch09
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch10
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch11
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch12
Atmosphere
Study
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch13
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch14
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch15
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch16
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch17
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch18
World-building
brief
Hospitality and atmosphere visual direction by Chrystal Paasch19
Environmental
Direction
Creative direction and photography by CLP.18 frames
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for the right fit.
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