Creative direction / Motion design
Perspective.
Craft. Direction.
I’m Ryan Mauro. I bring a maker’s understanding to the bigger picture—shaping the vision, aligning the team, and guiding motion and storytelling from the first conversation through final delivery.
Selected work.
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A wider perspective.
Career & recognitionA foundation in design.
A practice built through making.
A growing view of the whole.
From illustration and interactive design to motion, team leadership, and creative direction.
Three Bronze Telly Awards
Databricks Overview video: Art Direction, Motion Design, and B2B.
Team recognition · Atomic Kid StudiosSilver Collision Award
Pitney Bowes Refresh Campaign · Marketing & Communications: B2B Campaign.
Team recognition · Atomic Kid StudiosAssociate Creative Director — Motion Graphics
Atomic Kid Studios · Milford, CTWorking directly with clients and producers to guide motion design and post-production from the initial brief through delivery.
Role details
Developing creative treatments and animation concepts, directing internal and freelance artists, and collaborating with copywriters, art directors, illustrators, voice talent, and animators.
Associate Director, Motion Design
VMLY&R / VAULT · New York, NYLeading the New York motion team, combining creative direction, hands-on design, and collaboration across offices and disciplines.
Role details
Partnering with producers, creatives, and editors on campaign work, pitch visuals, sizzle reels, and case studies.
Two Cannes Lions shortlists
Social & Influencer: Brand Storytelling for AMC’s Into the Badlands; Sustainable Development Goals: Reduced Inequalities for World Humanitarian Day.
Team recognition · VML
Earlier career & recognition
Senior Motion Graphics Designer
VML / VMLY&R · New York, NYCreating motion graphics for integrated campaigns, new-business pitches, and social content, with teams across New York, Kansas City, Chicago, and Seattle.
Silver Horizon Interactive Award
2013 competition · Video: Motion Graphics / Effects · ULAX Liberty Cup 2013.
Ryan Mauro DesignCommunicator Award of Distinction — Silver
Film/Video: Employee Communications.
Daymon WorldwideSenior Motion Graphics Designer
Daymon Worldwide · Stamford, CTLeading animation and video projects from kickoff to delivery, working with stakeholders on creative, budgets, and timelines.
Interactive Designer
Daymon Worldwide · Stamford, CTSupporting video and digital development across microsites, email campaigns, and branded content. Building a foundation in front-end development and WordPress.
Freelance Graphic Designer
The Creative Group · Hartford, CTSupporting agency and in-house teams across web, multimedia, and print design.
Creative Director
Ryan Mauro Design, LLC · Stratford, CTA continuing space for professional collaborations and independent creative exploration, alongside my employed roles.
Education & internships
Graphic Design Intern
Daymon Worldwide · Stamford, CTPrivate-label packaging, line extensions, and production file preparation for national retailers.
B.S., Graphic Design
Sacred Heart UniversityDivision I varsity lacrosse; Student Athlete Advisory Committee; RISE and Read Aloud volunteer programs.
Student honors
- 2008 · Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition: Student Show — James Dean, graphite.
- 2008 · Illustration West 47 — Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles.
- 2008 · First Place, Advanced Category — Sacred Heart University Student Art Show.
- 2006 · First Place, Introduction Category — Sacred Heart University Student Art Show.
The Hotchkiss School
High school
Independent practice
Outside the brief.
Motorsport, digital artwork, and experiments in image-making. A space to follow my own curiosity.
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