Creative StrategistDesignerConsultant

Designer by origin.Strategist by evolution.Builder by practice.

Antonio Sotillo, Creative Strategist, Designer and Consultant
Antonio SotilloCreative intelligence in practice
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I work across strategy, design, technology and communication to transform ideas, capabilities and businesses into systems designed to create value.

Since 1998ItalyInternational
Founder ofSotilloStudios

I don't start with what needs to be designed.
I start with what needs to change.

See what exists. Imagine what could be. Build what matters.

A brand is not a logo. A brand is a system.

INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Insight discovers value. Design gives it form. Impact puts it to work.

UnderstandBuildLearn
01INSIGHT

Understand before creating.

Business · Market · People · Context · Opportunity

02DESIGN

Turn understanding into a system.

Brand · Product · Experience · Communication · Digital

03IMPACT

Put the system to work.

Market · Content · Search · Technology · Growth

01Design

Graphic Design · Identity · Editorial · Advertising

02Digital

Web · Multimedia · Interfaces · E-commerce

03Direction

Art Direction · Photography · Video · 3D

04Strategy

Brand · Positioning · Product · Services · Markets

05Transformation

Business Systems · Digital Ecosystems · Ventures · AI

Different technologies. Different markets. The same curiosity.

Understand deeply. Design coherently. Build for value.

Different entry points. One connected way of thinking.

I intervene wherever a business needs to understand, organize, express or activate value. The point of entry changes. The strategic logic stays connected.

Creative intelligence in motion

Thinking becomes valuable when it moves into action.

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01

Strategy & Transformation

Clarify the change, frame the opportunity and turn complexity into a practical direction.

02

Brand Systems

Connect identity, language, behavior and experience into one coherent operating system.

03

Product & Service Development

Shape capabilities into offers that people can understand, choose and use.

04

Digital Ecosystems

Design connected platforms across web, commerce, content and customer experience.

05

Creative Direction & Production

Direct the people, narratives and production needed to make a strategy tangible.

06

Search, Content & AI

Structure knowledge so brands can be discovered, understood and activated at scale.

07

Market Activation

Translate a system into the messages, tools and touchpoints that move it into market.

08

Venture & Opportunity Development

Explore new propositions where business potential and creative intelligence meet.

I don't specialize in one industry. I specialize in understanding what creates value inside it.

01Industrial & Manufacturing
02Fashion & Lifestyle
03Real Estate & Investment
04Retail & E-commerce
05Technology & Software
06Hospitality & Food
07Construction & Infrastructure
08Emerging Ventures

Projects as evidence of thinking in action.

Not a gallery of outputs. A selection of businesses, capabilities and ideas reframed through Insight, Design and Impact.

Transformation / 01INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Anna Cavalli

Industrial HeritageFashion Cuisine
Anna Cavalli: Industrial Heritage → Fashion Cuisine
INSIGHT

An industrial heritage with the potential to become a distinctive consumer-facing culture.

DESIGN

A new identity territory connecting product, fashion language and culinary experience.

IMPACT

A coherent platform designed to move capability from production into a branded universe.

Transformation / 02INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

MamaJeans

Fashion BrandDigital Retail Ecosystem
MamaJeans: Fashion Brand → Digital Retail Ecosystem
INSIGHT

A fashion brand needed continuity between identity, collection, content and commerce.

DESIGN

Brand direction, digital storytelling and retail touchpoints developed as one system.

IMPACT

A connected ecosystem built to support discovery, product understanding and digital retail.

Transformation / 03INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

HPH IRC

Industrial TechnologyInternational Communication
HPH IRC: Industrial Technology → International Communication
INSIGHT

Advanced industrial capability required a clearer language for an international market.

DESIGN

Technical value translated into an organized visual and communication system.

IMPACT

A scalable foundation for presenting technology with greater clarity across markets.

Transformation / 04INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Cook & Fun

Industrial CapabilityConsumer Experience
Cook & Fun: Industrial Capability → Consumer Experience
INSIGHT

Manufacturing know-how contained the ingredients for a more accessible consumer proposition.

DESIGN

Product, brand and experience reframed around everyday use and emotional relevance.

IMPACT

An industrial capability shaped into a consumer-facing system with its own voice.

Transformation / 05INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Dolce Florida

Real EstateInternational Digital Sales Ecosystem
Dolce Florida: Real Estate → International Digital Sales Ecosystem
INSIGHT

International buyers needed context, confidence and a clearer path to opportunity.

DESIGN

Positioning, content and digital touchpoints organized around the full decision journey.

IMPACT

A sales ecosystem designed to connect Florida real estate with international demand.

Transformation / 06INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Joia Software Solutions

TechnologyDigital Commerce
Joia Software Solutions: Technology → Digital Commerce
INSIGHT

Technology gained relevance when expressed through the commercial problems it could solve.

DESIGN

Digital capabilities connected to commerce, service and customer experience.

IMPACT

A clearer bridge between software expertise and market-facing digital solutions.

Additional contexts in which the practice has been tested, adapted and expanded.

01GekoShop02X-Oven03Diancalum04Araya05AerreAuto06CajasCompack07Canary Bike Adventure08Ricerca Animali Smarriti09Alevana10Lombardi11Bruvery12Silueta

Ideas need structure to become real.

SotilloStudios is the collaborative structure built around Antonio Sotillo's experience and direction. It expands the capacity of each project without imposing a fixed agency model.

Independent by structure. Collaborative by design.

The project defines the team. Not the other way around.

Brand · Business · Digital Transformation

INSIGHT · DESIGN · IMPACT

Technology changes. The need to think doesn't.

From desktop publishing to the web, e-commerce, multimedia, automation and AI, each technological shift has expanded the way I can understand and build.

AI is another evolution inside a practice that began in 1998 — a powerful layer of execution, exploration and scale, guided by experience and judgment.

AI accelerates execution.Intelligence defines direction.

One senior perspective. Different models of engagement.

01

Strategic Consultation

A focused engagement to create clarity, define priorities and make the next decision stronger.

02

Creative Direction

Direction and orchestration for a brand, campaign, product or communication ecosystem.

03

Transformation Project

An end-to-end engagement connecting diagnosis, design, implementation and activation.

04

Fractional Creative Direction

Senior creative and strategic leadership integrated into your business over time.

05

Venture Collaboration

A collaborative model for shaping and building high-potential opportunities.

Ideas for businesses in motion.

Notes on design, value, technology, industry and transformation.

01Brand Systems

A brand is not a logo. It is a system.

02Industry

Strong manufacturing. Weak positioning.

03Evolution

What technological change has taught me about design.

04Digital

Why I start with the business, not the website.

05AI

What AI changes — and what it doesn't.

06Transformation

From product to ecosystem.

You don't need to arrive with a perfect brief.

What are you trying to change?

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