Involved With     Melanie Ryan  

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Professionally, I'm a Business Development Consultant. I specialize in working with professionals in architecture + design, art, placemaking and the culture that orbits them. 

My passion for the built environment has led to careers as Accounts Lead at a creative agency representing award-winning architectural clients to Marketing Director for a prolific Southern California real estate developer to Business Development consulting for clients positioning themselves in Los Angeles. 

I bring together the like-minded and uncover collaborations. 
I aim to work with innovators revered in their industries, that wish to expand brand positioning and nurture opportunities in untapped markets. As an independent consultant, I enjoy collaborating with PR agencies and organizations that promote urbanism oriented programming.

 

I graduated from Rollins College with my B.A Degree in Environmental Studies and Urban Design and I especially seek out people and projects for improving public space and material solutions; in the city-dwelling environments I'm often in.    

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I also co-founded a "moonlight design studio" called OPEN for humans, with my architect partner Todd Sussman,  here  is a link to his professional portfolio. With our studio together, we focus on developing our own residential projects including our first home we designed together located in Echo Park, nicknamed; The Jungle Gym House, featured in Architectural Digest and dwell. 

*I stay "first home" because we are already on the hunt for another ground up project.   

Business Development + Strategic Partnership Consulting

for a diverse range; mostly built environment, but not limited to:

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 a r c h i t e c t u r e

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u r b a n i s m 

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 s u s t a i n a b i l i t y

 

c u l t u r a l   i m p a c t

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In all consulting partnerships - working with each other includes:  

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• Identifying and developing new opportunities for growth

• Audit on internal culture + systems + goals

• Guidance for creative solutions to land projects

• Access to my vetted resources A + D industry contacts  

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Email me to discuss your next idea

melanie@involvedwith.com