Ryann Kivel

Ryann started her career at the US's largest dental marketing firm, PBHS, culminating as Manager of Content and Social Media - a division of the company that she proposed, launched and managed. After five years at PBHS, she joined Therapydia, a venture-backed physical therapy startup in San Francisco, eventually to become Director of Marketing.

Despite her early career success as a marketing leader, extracurricular design studies at California College of the Arts and formative brand and UI design projects inspired her to specialize in visual design.

In 2013, Ryann began serving freelance design clients full time. Over the years, she’s worked both in-house as a website designer and as a freelancer for Etna Interactive, an agency specializing in aesthetic medical practices.

In 2020, she made a decision to pivot to the outdoor & recreational sports industry to better align with her passions outside of work. She served as a visual designer for Slingshot Sports, the global wind and watersports brand, including producing and designing their full suite of 2023 product catalogs and redesigning their popular learning platform, FoilAcademy.com.

She is currently working full time as a Creative Designer for Burton Snowboards and taking on a limited number of freelance projects that excite her.

Ryann is an active member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and also spends much of her free time painting, illustrating and designing. Outside of creative work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, snowboarding, trail running, riding her motorcycle, wingfoiling, sailing and any other excuse to get outdoors.

Sonoma State University - English Literature
California College of the Arts - Graphic Design
School of Motion - Motion Design

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