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, 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: Digital, online videos, social media, branded content, TV, cinema, radio, print, XM, OOH, DM and POS at such shops as Leo Burnett, John St., TAXI and FCB.

Experience Experience: Have 18+ 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