RYAN

REED

Available for creative projects and collaborations

Content Strategy & Production Lead
Production • Content • Systems

I lead content and production initiatives from concept through delivery—bringing together strategy, creative, and execution to produce work that actually performs.

My experience spans both hands-on content creation and large-scale media operations, giving me a unique perspective on how ideas get built, executed, and scaled within complex environments. I’ve worked across agency and institutional settings, developing content strategies, leading production, and building the systems that enable teams to deliver consistently high-quality work.


  • End-to-end content strategy and production execution

  • Multi-platform storytelling across video, digital, and social

  • Cross-functional leadership across creative, technical, and operational teams

  • Scalable content systems and workflow design

  • Experience across both agency and in-house environments

Trusted By

Selected Work

BEES & BARLEY

Branded Campaign Film & Social Content System

Clients: Twisted X Brewing Company & Keepers Harvest

Bees & Barley is a branded content campaign designed to position a collaborative product release as a story of craftsmanship and shared values, rather than a traditional promotional launch.

Set in the Texas Hill Country, the campaign focused on the human process behind the product — drawing parallels between brewing and beekeeping to create a narrative rooted in patience, locality, and craft.


Objectives:
• Elevate the collaboration beyond a limited-run release
• Highlight shared values between both brands
Create emotionally resonant, multi-platform content that could perform across both long-form and social channels
• Provide evergreen brand assets

Approach

We positioned the collaboration around human process rather than product features, drawing parallels between brewing and beekeeping to create an emotionally grounded brand narrative.

My role:
• Concept & Narrative Development
• Creative Direction
• Cinematography
• Editorial & Post Supervision

Execution

• On-location filming across brewery and apiary environments
• Controlled lighting setups to maintain tonal consistency
• Narrative-driven interviews structured around process, not promotion
• Editorial pacing designed for both long-form viewing and social adaptability

Impact

Created a cohesive content system that extended beyond the hero film, enabling consistent storytelling across social, web, and other brand channels

Deliverables


Primary Brand Film

Social Content

Launch Assets

Skillshare Course 

Course Production & Visual Design

Client: Skillshare

Collaborated with Skillshare’s remote creative and instructional teams to translate centralized creative direction into a scalable, on-location course production system.

Objectives:
Translate centralized creative direction into a cohesive and repeatable production system
• Deliver a visually elevated course aligned with Skillshare’s brand standards
Ensure visual and instructional consistency across a multi-lesson content series


My role:
• Location Scouting
• Visual Design
• Cinematography
• On-site Production Coordination

Execution
• Designed set aesthetics aligned with Skillshare’s brand tone
Developed repeatable lighting and camera frameworks to ensure consistency across multiple lessons and production days
• Coordinated production logistics to maintain schedule and efficiency

Impact

Delivered a cohesive, platform-ready course experience aligned with Skillshare’s brand standards and optimized for digital learning environments

Deliverables


Full Muti-Lesson Course Available on Skillshare

Public Lesson Segment

SMU Media Ecosystem Modernization 

Creative Infrastructure & Cross-Department Production Strategy

Southern Methodist University

Led a cross-department modernization initiative for a seven-figure media production ecosystem supporting campus-wide content and production needs. Bridged creative vision, institutional processes, and technical infrastructure to design a scalable, future-facing production environment.


Objectives:
• Align infrastructure with evolving academic and industry standards
• Improve cross-department production efficiency
• Evaluate and guide phased capital investments

My role:
• Strategic media operations leadership
• Capital equipment planning and procurement
• Vendor evaluation and proposal review
• Cross-functional stakeholder alignment

Execution

• Directed lifecycle strategy for a seven-figure media technology ecosystem
• Led planning and execution of studio and facility modernization initiatives
• Implemented improved inventory and checkout workflows
• Developed phased modernization roadmap and multi-year budgeting plans

Impact

• Improved cross-department operational clarity and production efficiency
• Established stronger alignment between academic, technical, and administrative stakeholders
• Defined a long-term production infrastructure strategy supporting scalable content creation
• Expanded industry partnerships to enhance real-world production capabilities