What follows is five years out-of-date. Currently I’m a Senior Writer on the New York Times’ marketing team, co-leading a creative group that’s focused on The Athletic, the Times’ sports publication.

Hi, I’ve written:

Ad copy for an iconic magazine, a Fortune 100 institution, and an American brand that defines American summers.

Concepts, messaging, manifestos, scripts, bios, credos, and more brand assets for heroic cybersecurity engineers, Ricky Gervais’ favorite band, counterfeit drug eliminators, the Washington Post Brand Studio, and one of Dwell’s favorite architects.

Content strategy for an elite academic institution and a deeply kind life coach, who consults for Chanel, Bain & Co., LinkedIn, Adidas, and Harvard.

News for The New York Times. Features for The Boston Globe. Reviews for Pitchfork. More reviews for The Atlantic. More features for New York Observer and Interview. And an oral history of The Shins’ Chutes Too Narrow, the album by the band who will “change your life," according to Natalie Portman’s unreliable character in “Garden State.”

What else?

I’ve produced podcasts for “the fastest growing VC you’ve never heard of.”

I have an M.A. in Journalism from NYU, where I learned from writers and editors at The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Slate, as well as a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and the city itself. While in school, I was a fact-checker at Vogue. 17-year-old Ryan didn’t see that coming.

I've DJ'd fashion shows, architecture symposiums, clubs, weddings, and impromptu Atlanta block parties.

I made a surf record. Another record—Southern's 11 Years—was featured on Bandcamp's homepage. I wrote that with three friends.

I, uh, ‘dance’ in this video for Kelly Clarkson’s “Tie it Up.”

I’m a long-suffering fan of the Florida State Seminoles, the Atlanta Braves, and common decency.

I was raised on Florida beaches. I've adulted in Nashville, Atlanta, Malibu, New York City, and greater Boston. And I’m curious if either of us needs a jacket. Likely, but it never hurts to ask.