It's about

Hello, I’m Ryan. I’m a designer and marketing specialist with a minor in “jack of all trades”. I’ve been a professional designer and marketer for over 20 years, having worked for and with large multi-brand corporations and small independent business.

I have built my career in a variety of roles and industries, where I was not merely a graphic designer, technology whiz or marketing guru but also a valuable asset. I’m not only used to wearing many hats, I sincerely enjoy it; the challenge of solving a problem or contributing to the creative process gives me a profound enjoyment. I feel my greatest strength is being able to adapt and grow.

My love and passion for design and marketing has taught me many things over the years; new programs, new ways of thinking and doing, but the one thing that it has continually shown me is that they are ever changing and you need to keep up with those changes if you want to be effective.

In my personal life I am a family man with a daughter who is the light that keeps me inspired and for me is the definition of what the word love is. I am a gamer who never quite grew up and to call me a Star Wars fan would be an understatement. As a young boy I was a ballboy for the Seattle Super Sonics for six years in the late 80’s and early 90’s giving me the chance of a life time, meeting some of the greatest athletes in the world… and I cant wait for them to come back home to Seattle.

Program Proficiencies

Adobe Photoshop
Raster Graphics Editor 90%
Adobe Illustrator
Vector Graphics Editor 60%
Adobe InDesign
Desktop & Digital Publishing 90%
Adobe Acrobat
Portable Document Formater 90%
Web
WordPress / Adobe Dreamweaver / Adobe Muse 70%
Adobe Premiere Pro
Video Editor 70%
Adobe After Effects
Visual Effects Editor 50%
Adobe Audition
Digital Audio Editor 50%
Photography
Digital Photograpy 80%
Videography
Digital Videograpy 70%

Beginner: (10% – 20%)
Common knowledge or an understanding of basic techniques and concepts.

Novice: (30% – 40%)
Limited experience. You are expected to need help when performing this skill.

Intermediate: (50% – 60%)
You are able to successfully complete tasks as requested. Help from an expert may be required from time to time.

Advanced: (70% – 80%)
You can perform the actions associated with this skill without assistance.

Expert: (90% – 100%)
You can provide guidance, troubleshoot and answer questions related to this area of expertise.

Additional programs include: Microsoft Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook. Social media platforms; Facebook, Facebook Ads, Facebook Pixel, Instagram, Instagram Ads, Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube, Google Ads, Google Analytics and more. Mac and PC OS. General office equipment.

Ads
(Real Estate)

Here are some examples of various Ads I have created for real estate including my, Luxury Minded campaign, for Madison Park.

Ads
(Jewelry)

Here are some examples of various Ads I have created for jewelry brands and promotions as seen in Elle, Instore, Brides and others. 

Postcards
(Jewelry)

These are examples of postcards I created, produced, and then provided to national independent jewelry stores.

Seattle Tennis Club
CBB Ads

Here are a couple of Seattle Tennis Club Ads I created for Coldwell Banker Bain as the Madison Park Luxury Marketing Manger.

Madison Park CBB
Halloween Promo

This is what I created for the Madison Park Halloween promo. I did all marketing creation as well as the event haunted house.

Legends Golf
Tournament Promo

These are the marketing promo material I created for the 16th Annual Legends Golf Tournament.

Market Reviews
CBB Belleuve

This is an example of the 2018 CBB Bellevue marketing report with new layout I created and produced quarterly.

Posters &
Duratrans

These are examples of posters and backlit duratrans I created for several different jewelry brands.

Logos

Here are a few examples of logos I have done for real estate brokers, events, and national branded jewelry lines.

Floor Plan
Cleanup

Here is a before and after example of floor plan cleanup,… or maybe I should say an after and before example.

Photoshop Work

Here are a few examples of before and after photoshop projects, from a cover layout for Seabear, to general editing.

Madison Park Times
CBB Ads

These are promotional ads I concepted and created for the Madison Park Times while Marketing Manger.

Broker Newsletter
(Windermere)

This is a monthly newsletter concepted and created for a top producing Windermere Real Estate broker

Info Flyers
(Windermere)

These are a few examples of one sheet informational flyers created for Windermere Real Estate.

POP Displays

Here are a couple of examples of Point of Purchase displays I created for different jewelry brands.

Grammy Awards
Gift Lounge Promo

These are examples of the work I did for Simon Golub for their Grammy Awards Gift Lounge which spanned several mediums.

Brochures
(Jewelry)

Here are two of examples of brochures I concepted and created for different jewelry brands.

Large Format
Work

Large format work includes; trade show signage, banner bugs, billboards, and traditional banners.

Map Brochures
And Flyers

Here are two of examples of handouts I created using maps that I also created for specific usage.

Social Marketing

This a poster I created for a Windermere event and an example of  social media templates for a broker.

New Listing
Print Flyer

This is a new listing flyer template I created for a Windermere broker for use with xpressdocs.com

Print News and
Magazine Ads

These are various examples of newspaper and magazine spread templates, as well as call out headers.

Templated Custom
Jewelry Ads

These are examples of customizable jewelry ads that came in three sizes dictated by the NY Times universal column sizes.

Videography

Each of these videos was shot, edited, and produced by me except the Homeless video which was sourced by me and produced.

Monthly Newsletter
CBB Bellevue

These are snapshots of the monthly newsletter I produced for Coldwell Banker Bains monthly My Emma newsletter.

Animated GIF
Examples

Here are two examples of the monthly GIF headers I animated for Windermere’s newsletter, The W[REPORT].

Promo Flyers
(Jewelry)

Here are a couple of designs of promo flyers that went out to national retail jewelry store customers.

Prom eMail
(Jewelry)

These are examples of promo email designs that went out to national retail jewelry store customers.

Custom Displays
(Jewelry)

Here are a few jewelry displays I designed using Adobe Illustrator that were created for a custom jewelry brand.

San Mar

Here are couple of examples of work I did for Sanmar, colorizing product for their website and catalogs, as well as banner ads.

Ryan Ackley
eMail: ackleyryan@gmail.com