Hey up, I'm Ryan. How's tricks?

I’m a Creative Director, graphic designer, brand strategist, consultant, and web developer, based in Berlin, Germany, and Manchester, UK.

Ten years of creativity, design, and development

I was the founder and Executive Creative Director at Umlaut — a branding and development agency that I owned and ran for ten years, and I'm now the founder and lead developer at Dead Keen — an app and web development agency. I also provide fractional brand, design, and development consultancy to a select number of handpicked clients.

I designed, developed, and actively curate the music playlist platform, Scratch — which now has an iOS app in beta that you can download and test out — and I am a regular writer for Shutterstock.

Other bits and bobs

I spend half my year in Manchester in the UK and the other half in Berlin in Germany. I can't keep away from either of them. I love Manchester for its culture, history, and the people, and I love Berlin for its creativity, diversity, and the people. I’m a people person. Oh, and the music. The music in both cities is just incredible.

Music is big for me. Think disco, funk, soul, 90’s RnB, and early hiphop. IRL, you’ll often find me misbehaving at HMD's Berlin residency at the Prince Charles by Moritzplatz — dancing is fuel for the soul, you know.

Other than that, I’m learning German and piano, love video games (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey for the win!), fashion, have a bit of a hobbiest obsession with photography, trying to learn how to fly my drone, but it isn't going too well, Japanese cuisine, and I’m a hopeless Apple fanboy — soz ‘bout it.

Get in touch

Feel free to say hey on Threads, Bluesky, LinkedIn, or Insta; always up for a brew and a natter.