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I’m Ryan Doggendorf.

The kids in middle school used to call me “dog”. I didn’t mind much, but as I grew I realized how it matched a bit of my character — from loyalty to a keen sense of the detail to loving big ideas that you can sink your teeth into.

It actually kind of fit.

Now, I don’t prefer that anyone call me dog at all. But, it felt intriguing as the start of my business name.

You must know, I’m in the middle.

Not politically, but metaphorically and physically.

I live in a “flyover city” St. Louis. But in this city I’ve been influenced by CalArts professors who gallop when they see wild design, co-workers who have shared insights from the FCBs, BBDOs and even the way too long VMLY&Rs. When you mash all that together you get the best of the coasts.

Surrounded by all this wild design thinking and smart agency ideas I found my love for branding and advertising. Through my work at a few full service agencies I realized that big ideas are nothing without all the little details that turn anything you throw in front of me into a highly caffeinated beverage.

That’s what I’m here for, to fight the boring, the copycats, to wake people up so they pay attention.

Whether it’s building a brand, screaming about it from the rooftops or other useful tactics, we should chat. Together we can figure out your needs, your right to win, pull a team of smart misfits together and make it happen.

To any future clients or cohorts still reading — let’s have fun, blow some stuff up (literally if you want) and make the next thing we do better than the last.

DROP ME A LINE if you want to create something together.

WORK EXP.





HLK
Creative Director ✕ 2024–PRESENT



Rodgers Townsend / DDB
Creative Director ✕ 2023–2024



Fort West
Creative Director ✕ 2021–2023



HLK
Creative Director 2015–2021



Manifest
Creative Director 2015



Moosylvania
ACD / Art Director  2006–2015



UMSL
Adjunct Graphic Design Professor ✕ 2010














ALWAYS ABOVE THE LINE — NEVER BELOW THE BAR — 






Branding

Adaptive Identity
Brand Positioning
Brand Expression
Motion Principles




Creative

Campaign Concepts

Packaging Design
Integrated Campaigns
Campaign Concepts



Interactive

Digital Branding
Design Systems
Website Design
Product Design




Production

Video + Television
Photography Direction
Creative 3D Rendering
Illustration + Art







INDUSTRY / BRAND EXP.


Whether it’s a start up, a known-classic or an agency I’m ready to tackle projects solo, bring a team together, or work with yours.


Agencies
Draftline, Agency 123, Fort West, Column Five Media, HLK, Bruton Stroube Studios, Anti-Agency




Beverage
Bacardi, Sapporo Beer, Budwieser, Bud Light, Grey Goose, Bombay Sapphire, Dewar's, 42 Below, Southern Distilling Co., Highline Spirits, Hatuey Beer, Limestone Branch Distillery




Food
Danone, McDonald's, Powerbar, Honey Bunches of Oats, Panera, Strange Donuts, Southwest Diner, Bailey’s Restaurants



Lifestyle
Universal Studios, ABC Family, AT&T, State Farm, Pearl iZUMi, Build-A-Bear, Capital One, Edward Jones, Winchester, Browning, Mattress Direct, Unbridled Books, Riverfront Times, Webster University



Technology
Intel, Bayer Traits, Pratt & Whitney, Biogen, BYJU's, Osmo, MiTek, Worldwide Technology



Cannabis
Teal, High Five, Bad Pony




Pet Care
Purina, Nature's Variety, Freely



Non-Profit
Arch Grants, 88.1 KDHX, SK8 Liborius, Foundry Art Center

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