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Ryan currently serves as Chief Creative Officer for North America at VML | WPP | Ford, based in New York. His media agnostic approach to creative work at the intersection of entertainment, technology and culture, has helped brands like Absolut become the number one selling vodka, grown Virgin sales by 900%, taken Edgars from closing-down to commercial success, and won Vodacom its first Cannes Lions Awards. In South Africa, Ryan joined NATIVE as ECD and partner, and helped to grow it into South Africa’s number 1 digital agency, which later sold to VML. He oversaw the merger of VML and Y&R to become CCO of VMLY&R South Africa, a full service integrated agency. Ryan led the agency to creative & commercial success, pitching and winning Africa’s largest account Vodacom, winning Bookmarks Agency of the Year twice, winning Cannes Entertainment Agency of the Year and placing the agency at #3 on WARC Creative Rankings by the time he left for New York. In Amsterdam, Ryan co-founded The Soon Institute - a company focused on prototyping the futures of brands. He co-founded Join the Pipe, an NGO that won Best New Initiative from UNICEF. In Germany, Ryan led the Sony EMEA account and helped to take Serviceplan to Germany’s Number 1 ranked creative agency. Ryan also co-founded BROTHERS a film production company, becoming an award-winning writer and director, directing BMW’s first ever 3D film, various music videos, branded content, commercials, and documentaries.Ryan’s work has won hundreds of awards across almost every global award show, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, NYF, One Show, ADC, Loeries, and has been a regular judge at global award shows including Cannes. Ryan was listed in Mail & Guardians Top 200, The Media Magazine’s Top 40 under 40, and was invited to sit on the Creative Circle EXCO Board. Outside of work, Ryan loves spending time with his 3 daughters, surfing, and travelling to places he can be barefoot.

Listed skills include Creative Direction, Art Direction, Advertising, Creative Strategy, and 11 others.

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