It seemed like nobody wanted the Tiger King account, but I did.
My small team put together a succinct, on-budget plan, pitched and won the account in the room at Netflix HQ, and went on to have Kim Kardashian posting our work organically less than a week later, garnering millions of impressions.
I led our agency’s digital production efforts as art director on the series finale of OZARK, Netflix’s hit show, across social.
I collaborated with Netflix on their third season of the Unsolved Mysteries reboot, sketching, pitching, rendering, and ultimately designing a custom QR code seen at the end of every episode that led to a help line.

Someone watched the show, recognized a missing person, and ultimately alerted authorities, leading to that person’s rescue.
I served as our agency’s art director for the third season of Netflix’s GLOW’s social campaign.

I lead a team of creatives associate creative director, curating and crafting the refresh of the Amazon Books & Kindle social accounts.
I was the lead agency art director for the season 4 social campaign for Amazon Prime Video’s hit show, The Boys.
I served as an agency art director for the launch of a new hit Amazon Prime Video series, Gen V.

As senior art director for Cartooon Network’s Adult Swim's agency of record, I crafted award-winning campaigns and creative that were, frankly, strange but compelling.
In addition to the broader Adult Swim ecosystem, I led our agency’s Ricky & Morty to success, includig a 2023 Webby win if you’re into that type of thing.
Close Enough is another weird and delightful project I shaped as an agency art director in collaboration with Max (fka HBO Max).

I got paid to play recorder as poorly as possible and then put thousands of paid dollars against it, ultimately to great success.
One of my favorite projects ever. We collaborated with Patty Jenkins and TNT to bring her limited series, I Am the Night, to life on social, including an unforgettable live event in Hollywood to cap the endeavor.

Pokémon had always been a dream client, until it became a reality. My agency team created all the social assets for Detective Pikachu, collaborating with Ryan Reynolds along the way.
I led the creative side of our agency’s social campaign for Disney’s Freeform show, Cruel Summer Season 2.

Was it crueler? Yes. Was is summer? Also yes.
As art director, I personally storyboarded, pitched, and designed key frames of two award-winning music videos for Spies in Disguise, a FOX Studios, now Disney, production starring Will Smith and Tom Holland.
I love interactive campaign beats, and this is one of my favorites ever.

I sketched, wireframed, and ultimately brought to life a Facebook canvas ad unit that allowed users to interact with content starring LeBron James and Steph Curry.
As an agency senior designer, I created paid social assets for Star Wars Rogue One, fulfilling a lifelong dream to use lightsaber noises in legally-approved content. I’m still floating.
My final project at Live Nation was designing the branding system for their newest venue: the Mercury Ballroom in Louisville, Kentucky near Fourth Street Live! (Their exclamation point, not mine.)
I worked with the pop-punk band Taking Back Sunday to design the logo and album cover for their 10th Anniversary album.

Hi, I’m Ryan.

I’m an art director with years of experience collaborating with some of the biggest brands in the world.

Despite their large legal departments, I’ve managed to craft award-winning work that just feels different.

And that’s what I care about: standing out while remaining true to a brand’s story.

If you’re looking for design support from a measured hand and a good chat, please reach out.