Ryan F.

🏆 18+ Years of Design Experience Across Tech, SaaS, Finance, CPG. B2B, B2C, & More 🎯 Strategic Creative Direction & Marketing Design That Drives Results (Agency Background) ✅ Top 1% of Graphic Designers on Upwork ⭐ PROVEN RESULTS. TRUSTED BY CLIENTS. 💡 Great design doesn’t start in Figma—it starts with aligned goals, strategic thinking, and clients who understand that process drives performance. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "You won't find anyone better on Upwork. This is the peak." — Zach B., Marketing, KDA Inc. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Ryan played a key role in every step, from creating the vision, selecting and directing the photographer to guiding the creation of product renderings and, of course, the final layout." — Kyle R., Owner, Paintline, LLC ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "On this project, we initially struggled with providing a clear creative vision. Despite a tight timeline, Ryan went above and beyond, delivering not only the ads, but swooping in for some much needed support to define the vision and a strong design." — Leah M., Global Sr. Marketing Manager, Tosca Ltd. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Ryan is truly an exceptional designer and one of the best freelancers I have ever worked with. [...] He has tremendous personal accountability and is very efficient. I highly recommend him." — David S., Founder, True Progress ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚀 BEYOND DESIGN I lead bold, strategic creative that drives meaningful results. With 15+ years of experience, I’ve helped brands like Adobe, Nestlé, and Hulu build high-impact work that engages and performs. I connect brand strategy to execution so every project looks sharp—and works hard. I joined Upwork to offer top-tier design and direction without agency overhead. Whether you’re scaling a startup or growing an established brand, I’m here to help elevate your message and unlock potential. What can I help you with? • Building or revitalizing your brand with a bold, strategy-led identity • Crafting high-impact marketing materials—digital or print • Defining a clear creative strategy to guide your brand, campaign, or content rollout ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎨 MY SPECIALTIES • Marketing Campaign Collateral: Ads, Social Media, Brochures, Sell Sheets, Direct Mail, etc. • Brand Identity and Strategy: Logo Design, Brand Identity Systems & Positioning, Creative Direction. • Visual Communication and Storytelling: Infographics, Icons, Vector Illustrations, Presentation Design. • Digital Design: Website, Landing Page, UX/UI, and App Design. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎯 WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM ME • Bold Creative That Stands Out • Strategic, Results-Oriented Solutions • Highly Collaborative & Efficient Workflow • Clear, Responsive Communication at Every Step My hands-on, collaborative approach is rooted in respect—for your goals, your audience, and the process it takes to get the work right. Together, we’ll uncover your strengths, sharpen your message, and design solutions that resonate. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 WHY CLIENTS TRUST ME My work delivers measurable impact across industries. Whether launching a new brand or elevating an existing one, I bring creative leadership and strategic insight to solve real business challenges and drive results that matter. Here’s what sets me apart: • A Holistic Approach: I don’t just deliver design—I bring strategic thinking that helps you solve business challenges. • Proven Results: My designs have driven measurable impact for companies across diverse industries. • Seamless Collaboration: From our first meeting to final delivery, I prioritize clarity, timeliness, and adaptability. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📩 NEXT STEPS Have a project in mind? Let’s explore how we can bring strategy and design together to meet your goals. Send me a message or project invitation, and share as much detail as you can upfront. Helpful details include: ⭐ Your Objectives ━━ What are you aiming to achieve? ⭐ Your Expectations ━━ Deliverables, requirements, timelines, or challenges. ⭐ Your Vision ━━ Brand guidelines, visual references, or inspiration. ⭐ Your Budget ━━ Even a rough range helps guide the process. Once I have the details, I’ll outline a tailored plan to ensure your project receives the care and attention it deserves. Let’s bring your vision to life—reach out today! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤔 UNSURE WHAT YOU NEED? Not sure where to start? Let’s strategize! I offer a 1-on-1 consultation to help clarify your goals, refine your design priorities, and develop a clear action plan. By the end, you’ll have a focused strategy and next steps to move forward with confidence. Just click on my Design Consultation in my profile for more! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ BUSINESS HOURS: Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM (Pacific Time, Los Angeles) ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ MY UPWORK HIGHLIGHTS: • Collaborating with clients on Upwork since October 2018 • Maintained a 100% Job Success Score since April 2019 • Maintained "Top Rated Plus" status since July 2019