email address

ryangrosman@gmail.com

sports journalism dabbler

Have dabbled in sports journalism from time to time, writing stories for Raptors Republic and Raptors HQ.

About

Ryan in 140 characters (because who needs 280): Passionate, hard-working, award-winning, conceptual creative w/ diverse client & media experience who wants 2 do great work 4 a great agency

Boom! 140 on the dot. Want to know a wee bit more?

Background: Earned an Honours B.A. and Writing Certificate from Western University and a diploma from Seneca’s ad program.

Goal: To create work that is unexpected and unignorable; is impactful and memorable; reacts and responds quickly to culture and trends; and solves the client's problem.

Big Thinker: Conceptual, strategic, idea-led, media agnostic, 360-degree thinker (720-degrees on a good day) who can write his @$$ off.

Awards: Have appeared in the Clios, Communication Arts, D&ADs, Marketing Awards, Applied Arts, ADCCs, Cassies and MIAs.

Client Experience: Have client experience up the wazoo, working on such national and global brands as Mercedes, BMO, Koodo, WWF, Heineken, Doritos, Nintendo, Raptors and McDonald’s.

Media Experience: Have extensive integrated campaign experience across social media, digital, online videos, branded content, TV, cinema, radio, print, XM, OOH, DM and POS at such shops as Leo Burnett, TAXI, BBDO and FCB.

Experience Experience: Have nearly 20 years of copywriting/ideating experience, as well as experience overseeing creative teams and leading accounts and pitches.

Passionate: Love the challenge of finding innovative, unexpected and meaningful ways to solve client problems and reach consumers.

Relentless: Never settle for the easy way out. Always keep pushing the creative. Can’t stand the word can’t.

Work that Works: Enjoy winning awards. But enjoy creating work that gets results even more.

Interests: Started a sports blog, am the human IMDb and am an amateur stand-up comedian.

You can e-reach me at ryangrosman@gmail.com