What Clients Say
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"Ryann was my go-to, taking the directives from Amazon XCM and turn them into our first ever entertainment marketing strategy. She built a mathematical rubric for deciding how to best spend the budget but was also flexible enough to pivot when the budget would change mid-stream. Ryann created world-class best practices and tools to ensure our brand was preserved and how we showed up in culture was consistent across the entire Amazon account team. Together, we executed over 50 product placements annually, across multiple continents, in multiple languages and with counterparts in many time zones. As products changed, so did Ryann's ability to find ways to highlight new product benefits within our entertainment marketing program. She always played nicely with other agencies (which is more unusual than you would think). Amazon was built on following what the data tells us. I knew I could always count on Ryann to rely on data over personal preferences in decision-making.
-Andrew Saunders, Head of Entertainment & Culture , Amazon XCM
"Ryann was a trusted advisor for many years during my time at Visa leading US Sponsorship Marketing. Ryann pushed me out of my comfort zone several times, leading to successful programs that drove meaningful impact not just to the brand, but to 100+ small businesses as well. I knew I could trust not just Ryann’s leadership on programs but her team members as well—she mentored and empowered her team to take charge and ensure projects were executed perfectly, including remotely with a product placement in Project Runway. I would be remiss to not mention how Ryann manages challenging moments with grace — one time upon learning of an issue at an event Ryann quickly came up with a game plan to solve it, got her team on the matter, and kept me updated along the way until the matter was solved. Especially as someone who was promoted into my role as we were already working with Ryann, I can really give a lot of credit of my success to Ryann helping me get up to speed, serve as a trusted sounding board, and really seeing me as a trusted partner.”
-Cassie Pissone, Senior Director U.S. Sponsorships, Visa
"I had the pleasure of working closely with Ryann Johnson at Endeavor and 160over90 for many years. She reported into me, because I trusted her to lead the agency’s largest clients by revenue, geographic reach and number of workstreams, including Visa, Amazon and USAA.
Ryann was the account leader I easily felt was prepared, polished and savvy enough to guide our most high-profile and complex client relationships. She consistently expanded her role within the Visa business and often took on a variety of incremental assignments to improve the agency’s cultural and commercial results.
What stands out as a unique quality of Ryann’s is her natural ability to identify, onboard, educate, inspire, promote and retain young talent, many of whom worked in separate offices from Ryann. In fact, over nearly seven years, not one of Ryann’s direct reports ever left the company for external job opportunities.
In my 25+ years in the marketing industry, Ryann stands out as someone I’m certain would be a valuable asset to any company looking to make an important hire. She also happens to be an extremely compassionate, honest and charismatic individual.
-Patrick Pierce, SVP, Endeavor
"Ryann is a true class act - an exceptional strategic marketer who goes way above and beyond the project scope for her clients and partners. A thoughtful creative who delivers concepts and programs that make sense and work, while effortlessly maintaining calm regardless of what’s happening behind the curtain. Her commitment doesn’t end once a project is complete but rather drives her to continually ideate and identify new and innovative opportunities for her clients. She is by far one of the best and most trusted partners I've ever worked with.
-Cristin DeVries, SVP, Brand Partnerships, CBS Network