Maria Dal Pan
Writer | Ghostwriter | Collaborator
With deep expertise putting big ideas into words, Maria Dal Pan has spent the past decade helping executives write and publish engaging content.
A lifelong storyteller and longtime journalist, prior to her work helping executives, Maria covered political rallies in Washington, D.C., Nevada’s Burning Man festival and interviewed celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Kelly Rowland.
At Getty Images, Maria managed the award-winning online magazine, Stories & Trends, giving people a glimpse behind the world’s most heart-stopping images and the talented people who create them.
Maria has also produced on-the-ground content for executives at such events as the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; and Visa Pour L’Image, the world’s most important photojournalism festival.
As a co-writer, Maria specializes in topic areas including business, leadership, media and photography.
Co-writing work
Content marketing
A collection of articles Maria has produced on behalf of brands. See the work
Testimonials
“Maria is a writing partner I could always depend upon and trust. She helped bring my thoughts into focus and brought great ideas of her own to our work, with honesty, energy and enthusiasm.”
— Jonathan Klein, Co‑Founder & Deputy Chairman (CEO 1995-2015), Getty Images
“Maria is smart, thoughtful, and highly collaborative. She thinks and writes clearly, probes intelligently, and develops ideas into compelling narratives. She is, in short, a delight to work with.”
— Lucas van Praag, Senior Managing Director, Teneo
“Maria is a big thinker and can bring together important themes in a compelling narrative, while always writing in the authentic voice of her client. Maria’s thinking is not constrained by an industry or a geography, she is comfortable to address any big issues. And importantly, she is fun to work with!”
— Simon Freakley, CEO, AlixPartners
“Maria is a talented and versatile writer able to communicate in her own voice or adapt to a collaborator. She is adept at both long-form and short-form writing.
We worked together at Getty Images and I was always impressed with her creativity, her strategic skills and her wonderful personality. Maria was a joy to work with even when we were under pressure. Collaborating with her was always fun.”
— Susan Smith Ellis, Corporate Board Member and Co-founder, Sudbury Rd LLC
“As an award-winning photojournalist I have collaborated with Maria on several occasions, including when she was at Getty Images, a photo agency that has represented me for 20 years.
Specifically, I asked her to be my ‘ghostwriter’ for a series of writings for different grants in which I participated, projects concerning the post-Covid and economic-social situation of migrants and workers in the weakest sections of society.
Maria was able to transform my thoughts and my interest in these communities into clear, concise words full of value, which in their synthesis represented my thinking and the purpose of my grant application for these projects.
Maria has an extremely articulate and sophisticated — but at the same time very concise and clear — writing that reaches straight to the reader's heart and brain.”
— Marco Di Lauro, award-winning photojournalist