Ryan Villanueva

Senior Design Specialist with 20+ years of experience in the management of the complete design process, from conceptualization to delivery. Strong working relationships and interacting professionally with clients, vendors and colleagues.

Senior Designer at Mayk (2022-04 – Present)

• Execute creative in multiple mediums by incorporating unique and contemporary design while maintaining the client's established brand standards, identity and program objectives
• Provide quality control, leadership, and direction; set typographic template for original multi-spread layouts, websites and social channels; maintaining integrity of brands
• Extensive knowledge of production: Created large scale print and digital media, store forms and POP advertising including preflight all final files before being sent to outside vendors, to ensure technically accurate

Art Director at FCB Canada (2019-04 – 2022-04)

• Execute creative in multiple mediums by incorporating unique and contemporary design while maintaining the client's established brand standards, identity and program objectives
• Attend briefing sessions from account managers and execute client objectives
• Provide quality control, leadership, and direction to designers; set typographic template for original layouts; maintaining integrity of brands
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with clients, presenting and understand their requirements and deliver quality projects within a short time frame

Art Director at Black Cat Advertising (2011-02 – 2019-03)

• Execute creative in multiple mediums by incorporating unique and contemporary design while maintaining the client's established brand standards, identity and program objectives
• Provide quality control, leadership, and direction to all graphic designers; set typographic template for original multi-spread layouts; maintaining integrity of brands
• Extensive knowledge of production: Created large scale print and digital media, store forms and POP advertising including preflight all final files before being sent to outside vendors, to ensure technically accurate
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with clients, presenting and understand their requirements and deliver quality projects within a short time frame
• Successfully directed the creation of visual assets with external resources such as vendors, illustrators, photographers, videographers and agencies
• Tracked and maintained all freelance artist invoicing and budgeting

Senior Designer at Kitchen Stuff Plus (2009-12 – 2011-01)

• Designed all new consumer packaging for retail brands
• Produced all in store display artwork using original die lines cardboard pallet displays supplied by each packaging printer and created small mock up samples as needed
• Provide quality control, leadership and direction to all graphic designers; maintaining integrity of brands
• Experience in promotions and photography direction
• Created advertising flyers, trade show collateral, signage and digital media, store forms and POP advertising including preflight all final files before being sent to oversea vendors

Designer at Swissmar / Swisspeak (2006-09 – 2008-03)

Designer at Cosmic Design (2003-03 – 2005-02)

Communications & Design - Major in Packaging – Ontario College of Art & Design