I’m Alex Ry

Independent Creative





WORK / PRACTICE / ARCHIVE
Ry Logo
2019 Inspired by simple and iconic marks, this logo fits two letters into one, functioning as an efficient and playful shorthand for my extremely Polish mouthful of a last name. Role
Identity Design
Manning Drone Services
2024How do you bridge the gap between the technical and the meaningful? Manning Drone Services stradles a unique space in the market—offering both structural inspections for large commercial institutions and aerial documentation for meaningful moments. 

I developed a brand strategy that positions MDS as a trustworthy partner in capturing what matters (be it data or documentation). Playing with perspective, I designed a logomark, identity system, and website that ties together themes of trust, elevation, and digital mapping.

Client: Manning Drone Services Role
Identity Design, Digital Design, Brand Strategy
TikTok Creative Cards
2023I helped lead design for this digital tool—a deck of cards, aimed to help content creators and small businesses develop their brands on TikTok.

TikTok came to us with a wide breadth of content—
our goal was to distill this information into something clear, consise, and recognizably playful. Taking inspiration from the app itself, we utilized color and motion to guide users through the experience.

Client: TikTok for Business
Agency: Bandolier Media
Creative Direction: Nick Robalik
Design: Myself, Juan Roque, and Rachel Ko
Motion Design: Matt Houston
Copywriting: George Ellis
Development: Graham Lambertson
Role
Digital Design, Art Direction
La Bohéme
2022How do we go from tragedy to hope? From death to life? From loneliness to love? These are the questions the Detroit Opera explored in their 2022 production of ‘La Bohéme. This production was the first to stage it in reverse—inspiring the backwards É in the artwork.

Client: Detroit Opera
Agency: Lafayette American
Creative Direction: Meg Jannott
Graphic Design: Myself & Asha Cook

Awards: Graphis Design Awards, Communications Arts

Role
Graphic Design
Support Black Business
2022To launch TikTok’s 2022 Support Black Business accelerator program, the Bandolier team and I built a suite of digital assets with the mission of encouraging Black businesses to apply for the free, 4-week accelerator.

I led the design for the program’s sizzle reel and landing page, which captured over 3.5k leads (a 1,000% increase from last year) and accepted over 300 participants into the cohort (8x the participants of the year before). 

Client: TikTok
Agency: Bandolier Media
Creative Direction: Nick Robalik
Design: Myself
Copywriting: George Ellis
Motion Design: Landon Peterson
Development: Graham Lambertson
Role
Digital Design, Art Direction
Dilla Dills
2022A limited edition pickle celebrating the life and legacy of a Detroit icon: the one and only J Dilla. Brined, jarred, and packed to Dilla beats.

As a pickle girl myself, this was a dream to be part of.

Client: McClure’s Pickles
Agency: Lafayette American
ECD: Doug Patterson
Creative Direction: Sarah Bills, Philip Bator
Design: Myself & Cecilia Hong
Producer: Nellie Smydra
Social Strategist: Caite Marchione
Senior Account Executive: Yasmine Shitta
Project Manager: Timothy Gault
Role
Graphic Design
Sketchbook
Ongoing (2021-Present) Loose explorations and studies.

Category
Illustration
Commissioned and Personal Images
Ongoing (2013-Present) A few of my favorites.

Category
Photography

© Alex Ry, LLC. 2024
Available for select work
Say hello@alex-ry.com
Online: Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn
IRL: Washington D.C.