Hi I am Ryan Mayer
—also known creatively under the moniker ‘Bluehaus’—a Canadian Brand Strategist, Brand Designer & Digital Artist,
based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Working closely and collaboratively with businesses of all sizes, agencies and entrepreneurs, I provide strategic and creative branding, design, interactive, and advertising solutions that help you stand out in a crowded marketplace and connect with your ideal audience. I also draw on the talents of my collaborative network of very talented colleagues when needed to bring your brand and stories to life. I am forever curious, and I love to learn! Especially about everyone’s passion, specifically why they started their business and do what they do. My focus is on delivering purpose-built creativity that works to help driven companies create maximum impact in the world. Annnnd I have a helluva time doing it! I am currently the Founder & Principal Creative at Bluehaus Creative, a strategic Brand + Design Studio started in 2010. Before venturing out on my own, I worked for various small and medium-sized agencies, corporate in-house and contract positions, working with clients of all sizes, many industries and all around the world. I can also be found with my face buried in a new digital art piece/creative photo manipulation where I can bring unrestricted internal and often surreal ideas out into the real world. I’m forever curious and question everything, so this is a place for me to work out ideas and learn new techniques and skills. Some of these projects are in my Digital Art section and Instagram page. Be sure to like, share and let me know your thoughts on them when you stop by there. When I’m not creating awesome solutions for extraordinary people, I can be found in the gym at 4:45am with my amazingly beautiful (and strong) wife, in the kitchen cooking up some (ideally) delicious meals or enjoying a beer or perhaps more likely, a fine whiskey or bourbon in someplace dimly lit and atmospheric. I also don’t drink coffee or pop and love skim milk but don’t drink it often. I know, I’m all kinds of complex. I’m glad you’re here! I hope my work and this site brightens your day and helps you smile a little more. Thanks for dropping by! Ps. And hey, you’re looking really great today!
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Work Experience
Founder & Principal Creative @Bluehaus Creative
2008-01 - Present · 16 year and 7 months
Bluehaus Creative is a strategic design and branding studio with strategic insight, brave work, curiosity and passionate minds that partners with ambitious companies and agencies to create bold brands and bring new concepts and ideas to life. • Supervises creative direction of overall strategic vision; • Spearheads the strategic branding and rebranding of several companies' brand identities; • Manages the entire creative process and workflow for numerous brands and all the elements they require; • Collaborates with clients to create an initial vision, conceptualize designs, manage and complete several design projects simultaneously and consistently meet their needs, deadlines and requirements; • Drives all aspects of ensuring creative delivery at the top quality level expected by the clients; • Developed a solid customer base of new and existing clients by maintaining customer satisfaction and quality along with receiving many recommendations and referrals; • Creates proposals and provides estimations for projects; • Adept at researching and crafting highly successful marketing campaigns for a wide variety of clients and industries; • Responsible for all budgeting and scheduling of client work, milestones and deliverables; • Works with and manages a small team of contractors to provide job assignment/scope and workload balancing to ensure that the project objectives, budgets and timelines can be met; • Build, maintain and manage multiple partners/vendors relationships through networking and referrals; • Monitor analytics of websites, digital ad campaigns, and social media and make optimizations based on data; • Oversee and art direct photoshoots with and without talent working with photographers, stylists, and production designers; CLIENTS INCLUDE: Government of Alberta, City of Edmonton, CAREERS, Melcor Developments, SMS Equipment, Cameron Corporation, MacEwan University, Kitchen Partners, Alberta Foundation of the Arts