My husband, Mason Smith, and I were fortunate to be paired with Ryan years ago when we were writing a 10-part series for young readers that was printed each week in participating newspapers. Ryan illustrated the Civil War themed story for us and we couldn’t have been more pleased with his vision for our characters and story. Of course with such a successful creative relationship we called on Ryan to do our next series and build a website for us. He has always been imaginative, professional and a joy to collaborate with. Ryan even shared his artistic journey with a group of middle school girls in an afternoon school program I was involved with which inspired them to pursue more creative ways to express themselves. Confident that other clients have received the same personalized attention and successful results that we did.

Marie Mitchell, Mitchell-Smith

Ryan is an exceptional leader and talented marketer. When we worked together, he managed countless projects across several brands. Our marketing team was able to deliver strong results and balance feedback from multiple teams thanks to Ryan’s organization, leadership, and strategic planning. He was always open to collaboration and implementing new ideas/workflows. He’s a hard worker, and it was a joy to be on a team with him!

Robin Gericke Cooney, Summit Digital Marketing

Ryan is one of those rare creatives who can provide both strategic vision and bring it to life with his own personal creative talents. From website overhauls to marketing campaigns to major print productions to photo and video shoots, I have seen him do it all. I would recommend Ryan to anyone looking for a dynamic marketing leader who can help shape the vision and direction of their organization but also back it up with immense personal talent and experience of actually doing the creative work.

Robert Boag, Stacks

I can’t say enough about Ryan’s services. To sum it up, I cannot think of one person I’d rather partner with in ownership of a business than Ryan. I will continue to rely on him when I need high quality design, professional advice or consulting. He is a business man of integrity and an excellent designer.

Devan Gunderson, Noteworthy Creative Group

I’ve known Ryan for several years and am consistently impressed with his work ethic and above all else his creativity. He has the ability to get things done, and his work is always at the top of the class. I’ve found him to be an ethical person with strong core values, and he is very excellent at what he does. I would highly recommend Ryan and RL Design to everyone.

John D. Johnson, Low Tide

Ryan is not only a very talented graphic designer, he’s also professional, reliable, and very responsive. We’ve used him for a variety of assignments – from enhancing logo treatments to designing white paper layouts — and he’s done a great job with ALL of them. Ryan has also offered his time and talent to do charity work pro bono, so he’s generous as well. I highly recommend Ryan and his work.

Andrea Howe, The Get Real Project

Ryan is one of those people you want to work with. I’ve been calling on him to make it happen since he joined me as a production assistant years back and will continue to do so for one simple reason. He gets it right because he can take my vision and creates the graphics and/or web authoring in both an expert fashion and with creativity. This is golden and when you find it you know it.

Kirk Robinson, Grayhorse Productions