Carissa Estilo

Carissa Estilo has extensive work experience in the music industry. Carissa recently worked at Venice Music as a Senior Manager, Digital Marketing. Prior to that, they were a Digital Marketing Manager at Def Jam Recordings, where they led digital strategies for various R&B and Hip-Hop artists and managed creative assets for releases. Carissa also volunteered as a board member for Def Jam Forward, a task force for fostering equality and justice for Black lives, and served as the Co-Chair of the Communications Committee at UMG's UTOPIAA. Carissa has mentored music startups through UMG Connect accelerator program.

Before their role at Def Jam, Carissa worked as a Co-Founder at Curtain Call, a role they held for three years. Carissa also had experience as a Client Services Temp and Intern at Pandora and was selected as a Forbes Under 30 Scholar in 2019. Carissa gained industry experience through internships at Sony Music Entertainment in the Global Business Development and Performance Rights Services departments. Carissa also served as a University Liaison at Future Labs at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Executive Assistant to the Co-Founder at Closed Sessions. Carissa started their career as a Music Business Orientation Leader at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and as a Business and Legal Affairs Intern at Sony Music Entertainment.

Carissa Estilo holds a Bachelor of Music degree from New York University, where they specialized in Music Business with a minor in Film and TV Producing. The specific years they attended the university are not provided.