hi, i’m ryan 👋 i’m a designer & art director.

over the past 6 years i’ve helped over 200 clients with their brand identity, cover design, UX and advertising needs.

my goal is to create user-centered products, so designs that keep your business goals and your customers at the forefront of every design decision.

i like strategic design, lateral thinking, productivity and i never break my duolingo streak.

currently taking bookings for january

brand services

brand & adv portfolio

cover designs

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experience

  • art direction, motion + graphic design, jan 2020 - present. °rome, italy.

    my responsibilities include:
    °creating & presenting brand identities
    °working closely with creative director to provide creative solutions for clients
    °creative ideation for digital campaigns
    °naming for new products
    °product packaging design
    °menu design and collateral design
    °photoshop image manipulation and compositing
    °video editing & motion graphics
    °mockup creation from scratch

    some clients i’ve worked with: Peroni, Asahi, American Express, European Space Agency, Q8, Zambon, Western Union.

  • art direction + visual media, jun 2021 - present. °dublin, ireland.

    i started working with catch events taking over their social media for Ciao Cannoli, i was the in-house art director, photographer, videographer, and graphic designer for this channel and their website, growing the page to over 5K followers. i also designed menus and elements for their pop-up café on South William St.

    art direction and onsite graphics for Mani Pizza on Drury St designing their shop & collateral assets in Dublin, along with curating their social media, growing their instagram following to 11K followers.

    i was the brand designer for Thanks A Million, curating the brand identity, product photography, promotional material and website.

    my other responsibilities include:
    °developing content for a variety of clients across various digital channels and formats: paid banners, paid social, social content, video, collateral
    °extensive competitor and target research
    °proposing and then implementing creative solutions for natural growth and brand recognition

    we’ve collaborated on projects for Guinness, Smithwicks, Baileys, Diageo World Class Competition and more.

  • jan 2015 - present. °dublin, ireland & rome, italy.

    2022: art director, videographer & editor for Mini.

    2022: photographer & post production for Gelateria Torcé.

    2022: art direction & motion graphics for VHI Women’s Mini Marathon.

    2021-22: art direction, photoshop manipulation & motion graphics for True Films.

    2021: motion graphics for RyanAir & Club Orange.

    2016-2018: art director, editor & video assistant for Jobbio, Zeminar RDS, & Pfizer internal projects.

    2015: videography assistant & runner for TG4 & RTE.

  • university assistant, 2019-20. °rome, italy.

    in my third year of university, i was a first year computer graphics assistant, checking students’ techniques in Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop and helping to teach tools & methods.

education

  • 110/110 cum lode.

    accademia delle arti e nuove tecnologie, rome, italy.

    2017 - 2021

  • introduction to computer science.

    feb 2023 - current

  • level 5 diploma.

    the tefl institute of ireland.

    feb 2023 - current

  • cert. id CC-P4XEFILW

    soloLearn

    june 2023



awards & recognitions

  • finalist (top 3).

    the brief was to introduce yourself in a video, my route was a little different than the others.

    article & video

let's create together

let's create together