Ryan is a group creative director slash copywriter working at the intersection of storytelling and innovation; living with the ongoing irony of being bad at writing bios, yet needing one of his own.

25 years a creative, he began this ride as a car designer*. Over the past 15, he’s earned the trust of some of the world’s most valuable brands, including Intuit, Apple, Volvo, American Express, Cadillac, Lincoln, Stella Artois, Absolut, and ESPN.

His work has appeared on the Super Bowl, the Oscars, the Grammys, online and out in the world. It’s been featured in Rolling Stone, The LA Times, Hypebeast, and in the family group chat now and again.

He’s held post at Grey, Sid Lee, Hudson Rouge, Publicis, and more. Today, he’s holding it down at R/GA, leading multidisciplinary creative teams across all things Intuit TurboTax.

Ryan leads with strategic vision, creates with purposeful craft, and believes the best ideas are stupidly simple, which, more often than not, makes them stupidly smart.

When he’s not making ads, or envying the ones he wishes he did, he’s probably training to call himself a runner, chasing the scent of spent fuel and burnt rubber, or endlessly fine-tuning the hydration of his pizza dough.

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Ryan O’Keefe
Group Creative Director, Copywriter
Brooklyn, NY

917.318.4463
ryanpatrickokeefe@gmail.com
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