Ryan Ford

Director of Design

San Francisco, CA, USA
Design director with focus on product.

Work Experience

Ellation

Senior Director of Product Design

Building vrv.co and crunchyroll.com, and all the many accompanying apps.
February 2016 - Present San Francisco, California, United States

Pivotshare

Design Director

June 2012 - December 2016 Irvine, California, United States

DeviantART, Inc.

Creative Director

Led marketing, design, feature, and branding efforts that helped take deviantART from 3m members in 2008 to over 22m in 2012. These efforts also increased the number of content uploads to well over 200 million, and frequently placed deviantART in the Top 50 web properties in the United States.

Led advertising integration projects for brands including Dr Pepper, Mountain Dew, THQ, EA, Square Enix, Disney, Tim Burton, WB, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Smartcar, Mazda, Sony, Toshiba, Adobe, Wacom, Adidas, Obey, and many others.

Led retail design efforts, developing deviantART's PRO line of backpacks for creatives and uplifting official clothing lines.

Coordinated design and product efforts across multiple departments to ensure collaboration and shared vision.

Helped create and launch groundbreaking deviantART Creative Grants project, funding the creative endeavors of artists around the world.
February 2008 - May 2012 Hollywood, California, United States

The Ryan Ford Studio

Owner

Brand-focused design with award-winning experience in logo, interactive, print, and everything in-between.
January 1999 - Present San Francisco, California, United States

Education

Otis College Of Art & Design

BFA

Graduated with Honors, participated in the prestigious Otis Design Group project for 2 years, and won high accolades with my Senior Thesis Project titled "Liquid Assets: The Power of Perceived Value."
2004 - 2006 Los Angeles, California, United States

Awards

Cooper Hewitt National Design Award

2011 Nomination

201012