“I knew "of" Ryan before I knew Ryan. Creative Directors at various Agencies would reference this "Ryan" guy as a benchmark or would compare our work and passion as a good kind of similar. I got my chance to meet the legend and the man a few agencies ago when we found ourselves partner Creative Directors on StubHub, Stella Artois & Bud Light. I immediately realized this wasn't hype. This was hard earned. Ryan's the real McCoy & in high-demand for very specific reasons: He's got it. All of it. The creative leadership clients & global brands crave and buy in bulk. The creative prowess to push ideas and teams to their max potential. The energy to turn out great work deadline after deadline after deadline with zero fatigue. The passion to fill an Agency with so much creative flavor it'll hurt your eyes. And, then the kicker - he's a really wonderful, good person. It's a rare combo in our space. It is. Ryan's a wildly creative and thoughtful/nice (?!) Creative Director. And before it was more norm and cool. It's the reason I put everything I could into recruiting him to help me stand up a new type of Agency at a global consultancy. He didn't blink. He dove right in, manned the waves of change and helped get us to where we are today with some of the best brands in the worlds we now call client partners. Ryan's strengths outpace a lot of traditional CDs, specifically, his ability to navigate the top levels of an Agency and client organizations, gain influence internally and externally, craft creative as an experience not just channels and recruit and build smart, nimble, creative teams. I sometimes caught myself doing it in pitches and client meetings, just watching Ryan run. Because he will go wherever the ideas take him and they always take him to great, wonderful places. ”
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