Alex Ry

Senior Designer

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Support Black Business
2022

Client: TikTok for Business
Agency: Bandolier Media
Creative Direction: Nick Robalik
Design: Myself
Copywriting: George Ellis
Motion Design: Landon Peterson
Development: Graham Lambertson

Digital Design
Art Direction
To kick off TikTok’s third-annual Support Black Business accelerator program, we built a captivating campaign with the mission of encouraging Black businesses to apply for the free, 4-week accelerator.

Working within the program’s established identity, I led design and art direction for the sizzle reel, landing page, and social rollout, generating over 3.5k leads (up 1,000% from 2021) and accepting 300+ participants into the cohort (8x the participants from 2021).

Station Ry
Ongoing (2023-Present)

Creative Production: Cara Ward
Design + Creative Direction: Myself

Identity Design
Brand Strategy
Art Direction
Packaging Design
Station Ry is a self-founded paper goods design studio, specializing in small-batch stationery and publications for the creative’s station.

I developed the brand strategy and messaging from concept to market. Then led naming, identity, typography and layout systems, packaging, social, web, and product. As a digital extention of the brand world, I publish semi-regular essays about the creative journey on Substack.

🌀 Purchase a pair of pocket journals over here 🌀

Powerful Panties
2018

Client: Khana
Founder & CEO:  Shayna Fowler

Identity Design
Art Direction
Photography
Brand Strategy
Working directly with the founder to develop Khana’s story and identity, I led design for the brand system, Kickstarter campaign, social, merch, and PR activations—taking it from a mere concept to a fully developed brand that compelled nearly 800 people to back and successfully fund the $75,000 Kickstarter campaign in 2018, garnering the attention of Forbes, Elle, Good Morning America, and Kourtney Kardashian.

Dilla Dills
2022

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

Graphic Design
Packaging Design
A 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.

I led design for the packaging, incorporating the classic McClure’s stripes into a record-like disk that functions as a nod to J Dilla’s vast catalog of albums. As a further play on the reference, I contributed to the idea to bring beats to the brine—labels include a QR code that directs consumers to a J Dilla Spotify playlist. 

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

Manning Drone Services
2024
Client: Manning Drone Services

Identity Design
Digital Design
Brand Strategy
Manning Drone Services stradles a unique space in the market—offering both structural inspections for large commercial institutions and aerial documentation for meaningful moments. 

How do you bridge the gap between the technical and the meaningful? 

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 built a full identity system and website that ties together themes of trust, elevation, and digital mapping.

Various Campaigns & Internal Brands
2022-24
Client: TikTok for Business
Agency: Bandolier Media
Creative Direction: Nick Robalik
Design: Myself

Identity Design
Art Direction
Digital Design
Led design and art direction for various TikTok for Business campaigns. Samples available upon request.

Emily Nystrom Photo
2024
Client: Emily Nystrom Photo
Design Lead: Myself
Bench Design: Rachel Ko

Identity Design
Brand Strategy
Emily Nystrom came to me for a visual identity that leaves a lasting and memorable impression.

In an over-saturated industry such as wedding photography, she differentiates herself as “soulful” and “photojournalistic.” Positioning Emily Nystrom Photo as a place for organic connection, I built a design system that feels like a walk in the park.

Each mark is  designed to withstand stamping and embossing, which Nystrom applies across snail mail and packaging.

La Bohéme
2022
Client: Detroit Opera
Agency: Lafayette American
Creative Direction: Meg Jannott
Graphic Design: Myself & Asha Cook

Awards: Graphis Design Awards, Communications Arts

Graphic Design
How 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. 

I led design for the key art. This production was the first to stage it in reverse—inspiring the backwards É in the artwork.
© Alex Ry, LLC. 2018-26

❇️ Available for hire
Say hello@alex-ry.com
URL: Substack, Instagram, LinkedIn
IRL: Brooklyn, NY