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I help tech startups, professional services, and ambitious businesses stand out, scale up, and make their mark without all the faff. Or the agency cost.

What’s keeping you up at night?

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tech startups

Need to look as credible as your bigger competitors? Want to scale fast, reach the right customers, and build products your users actually want? I've helped tech start-ups create brands that punch above their weight, backed by SaaS and apps that actually deliver. From first impression to final click, I'll get you there.
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professional services

Still wrestling with systems from the dark ages? Tired of looking just like everyone else in your sector? I've helped lawyers, engineers, accountants, and financial services companies who are keen to do something different by ditching their 'heritage brand' and enter the 21st Century. Believe it or not, you're not alone.
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kick-ass businesses

Moving at lightning speed but never have time to think straight? Your success outpacing your systems and brand? Let's align everything—from your look and feel to your backend operations—with where you're headed. Because tomorrow's growth needs today's foundations.

How can I help?

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Tech That Means Business

From slick customer apps to robust backend systems. SaaS, native, web, or enterprise—whatever your business needs to thrive. All explained in a way that doesn’t mean you need a computer science degree to use it. That’s a guarantee.

Content & Communication

Messaging and storytelling that makes folks stops and think, that sounds like it was—and actually is—written by a human. Visual storytelling that grabs attention and keeps it. All crafted to perfection.

Brand & Identity

Not just another pretty logo—we're talking about the whole kit and caboodle from strategy to visuals. A brand story told proper. No faff, no waffle.

Digital Presence

Websites that work as hard as you do. A personal presence online that showcases your unique approach and expertise that turns visitors into leads and leads into real-life, authentic, loyal customers and clients. Imagine that.

A Sounding Board

More than all that, though, I’m a great listener. And a great ideas generator. So even if you’re not ready to jump in with a solution or are a bit reticent to sink investment quite yet, then a couple of hours thrashing it out is a great place to start. And an excuse for a brew. (Not that I need one.)

Who are you anyway?

Fair question. I’m Ryan, the founder and creative behind Dead Keen, my new solo studio.

A straight-talking Yorkshireman with a knack for creative solutions and ideas that stick like superglue. After ten years running an agency, I've now gone solo to help businesses stand out in crowded markets and connect with their audience. Going it alone means I can truly spend time with my clients. No big team, no corporate nonsense—just me and a selection of trusted collaborators delivering creative solutions that actually work (you know, rather than the kind that sound amazing on paper but sink without trace).

I love a good story

My path into design and development wasn't conventional. I've always been fascinated by, and studied, languages—from English to German, French to Japanese, even British Sign Language. Might seem odd for someone in tech and design, right?

But here's the thing: every brand speaks its own language. Design is visual communication. Code is how we talk to computers. Marketing is how we connect with humans.

After a lifetime of studying both human and computer languages, I've learned that success comes down to translation—taking your complex ideas and turning them into something your audience gets. Whether it's crafting the perfect user interface, writing code that works, or telling your brand story in a way that resonates, it's all about speaking the right language at the right time.

That's why my clients trust me to communicate their vision. Because I don't just understand languages—I understand the humans using them. And that's the difference between good and unforgettable solutions.

Fancy first dibs?

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