Ryan Lindner is a hands-on video creative lead who bridges strategy and execution to produce video campaigns that perform across social, organic, and paid media. With over a decade of experience crafting motion-driven stories for brands like NETGEAR, Cisco, and IBM, he combines creative direction, storytelling, and performance strategy to deliver videos that inspire, engage, and convert.
Ryan specializes in developing full-funnel video strategies that balance brand storytelling with measurable performance outcomes. From concept development and storyboarding to directing, editing, and motion design, he brings both creative vision and technical mastery to every project. His experience spans large-scale campaigns, social video systems, and scalable creative workflows that integrate AI tools for faster ideation, production, and optimization across platforms like YouTube, Meta, LinkedIn, and CTV.
Collaborative by nature, Ryan partners closely with marketing, content, and production teams to align creative output with business goals. He is passionate about maintaining brand integrity while pushing creative boundaries to craft videos that not only look great but deliver results.
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Specialties: Creative Leadership, 2D/3D Animation, Motion Design, Video Production, UX & UI Design, Branding, Copywriting, Scripting, Lighting, Post-Production, Video Marketing, Video Strategy, Interactive Media, and Social Media.
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David Ziegler-Voll | Flexcar
"Ryan is not only an amazing creative talent, but he has also been a trusted partner when it comes to all things storytelling, video, and animation. His contributions to our in-house creative team has saved our organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in production and agency costs. Ryan has a deep understanding behind the camera, (including but not limited to equipment, lighting, audio, composition), and also a deep proficiency with post production, (including but not limited to editing, color-grading, animation, After Effects, Premier, design). Ryan was instrumental in helping build out a complete video suite including identifying proper equipment and video related tech platforms, creating a highly-organized process, and mentoring junior team members on filming best-practices. Ryan has also served as a senior creative leader on my team making him an ideal director of art and creative. On top of this, Ryan is such a great human being to work with. Genuine, kind, curious, supremely good-natured… these are all traits and qualities that Ryan embodies."
Jess Poe | Jackson Life Insurance
"I worked with Ryan while I was at Jackson National Life Insurance. The goal was to develop nine animated videos - ranging from high level, educational/awareness, to very detailed and complicated explanations of annuities. To simply put it, Ryan hit it out of the park. He was a great partner who we could lean on for expertise, guidance and overall direction.
Ryan was very organized but what I appreciated even more was his strategic mindset. We had a goal in mind, but sometimes didn't know how to show via video,. Ryan would come up with great strategic suggestions that helped the production, timing, etc...
Ryan was a true partner throughout the entire project. I enjoyed participating in weekly or monthly check-ins as well as his understanding of what the objective/deliverable needed to be per meeting.
I was very proud of what we accomplished and couldn't have had a better partner throughout the process."
Sasha Faizullabhoy | NETGEAR
"Have worked with Ryan on over 20 product launch videos. From the initial concept, to script writing, style and storyboarding, animation, and final delivery, Ryan is excellent at distilling the key messages to create engaging marketing videos. He always delivers top quality and very creative work on schedule, budget and in alignment with corporate brand guidelines. It is a real pleasure to work with Ryan."
"Ryan is not only an amazing creative talent, but he has also been a trusted partner when it comes to all things storytelling, video, and animation. His contributions to our in-house creative team has saved our organization hundreds of thousands of dollars in production and agency costs. Ryan has a deep understanding behind the camera, (including but not limited to equipment, lighting, audio, composition), and also a deep proficiency with post production, (including but not limited to editing, color-grading, animation, After Effects, Premier, design). Ryan was instrumental in helping build out a complete video suite including identifying proper equipment and video related tech platforms, creating a highly-organized process, and mentoring junior team members on filming best-practices. Ryan has also served as a senior creative leader on my team making him an ideal director of art and creative. On top of this, Ryan is such a great human being to work with. Genuine, kind, curious, supremely good-natured… these are all traits and qualities that Ryan embodies."
Jess Poe | Jackson Life Insurance
"I worked with Ryan while I was at Jackson National Life Insurance. The goal was to develop nine animated videos - ranging from high level, educational/awareness, to very detailed and complicated explanations of annuities. To simply put it, Ryan hit it out of the park. He was a great partner who we could lean on for expertise, guidance and overall direction.
Ryan was very organized but what I appreciated even more was his strategic mindset. We had a goal in mind, but sometimes didn't know how to show via video,. Ryan would come up with great strategic suggestions that helped the production, timing, etc...
Ryan was a true partner throughout the entire project. I enjoyed participating in weekly or monthly check-ins as well as his understanding of what the objective/deliverable needed to be per meeting.
I was very proud of what we accomplished and couldn't have had a better partner throughout the process."
Sasha Faizullabhoy | NETGEAR
"Have worked with Ryan on over 20 product launch videos. From the initial concept, to script writing, style and storyboarding, animation, and final delivery, Ryan is excellent at distilling the key messages to create engaging marketing videos. He always delivers top quality and very creative work on schedule, budget and in alignment with corporate brand guidelines. It is a real pleasure to work with Ryan."
Carrie LaNou, MBA | Synchrony Bank
"I hired Ryan to produce some animated explanatory video concepts and they turned out great!! Ryan is friendly, professional and fun to work with. His creative input from start to finish was invaluable. I would definitely work with him again."
"I hired Ryan to produce some animated explanatory video concepts and they turned out great!! Ryan is friendly, professional and fun to work with. His creative input from start to finish was invaluable. I would definitely work with him again."
Paul Boyd | CNN Network
"I worked with Ryan on an extensive re-brand of CNN International's on-air "look and feel." After witnessing first-hand his dedication and attention to detail on every aspect of job at hand, I would happily team up with him any time. Ryan understands quality in design and it is demonstrated by work that he does."
"I worked with Ryan on an extensive re-brand of CNN International's on-air "look and feel." After witnessing first-hand his dedication and attention to detail on every aspect of job at hand, I would happily team up with him any time. Ryan understands quality in design and it is demonstrated by work that he does."