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.
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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