• Me.

    Welcome! This site will help you learn more about the work I do.

  • My name is Ron.

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    I create value, community and a sense of action among online and offline audiences.

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    More specifically, I:

    • Drive revenue and audience activity
    • LeadĀ marketing and design teams
    • Tell stories
    • Create branded experiences

    I am a life-long New Yorker.

    In my spare time ...

    I'm into books, bands, poets, art, DJs, people, cooking (I read Jacques Pepin's La Technique by age 9), crate digging, film, ideas, and more. But not necessarily in that order.

  • Digital Content for Web

    Longer-form videos that are embedded within a program's home page, or short videos that introduce sections of a web page.

    ā€œTake a Standā€ Music Video for Purim Holiday

    "Take a Stand" celebrates the Jewish holiday of Purim and Queen Vashti, an unsung heroine of the holiday who said "No" When asked to perform a humiliating act. I was the executive producer of the video project.

  • Social Media Content

    Used for organic and paid promotional posts.

    92Y Fitness Ad for 2019

    I am the director and executive producer for this ad. The goal was to get an early start at building leads for the New Year fitness season.

    LGBTQ Shabbat Dinner Ad

    I animated elements from a Photoshop image I created to produce this video.

    92Y Health: Outdoor workout with Trainer Raven Jelks

    I shot and edited the video.

    92Y Camps: 5 Things to Know About Charlotte Braham

    The initial plan was to shoot a video of Charlotte, but she was terrified of the camera and it showed on-screen! She was more comfortable with still photos, so I captured a few shots and used Adobe After Effects to animate the graphic and text elements.

    92Y Health: Street Workouts with Trainer Jeff Gutierrez

    I shot and edited this video. I used a filter in post-production to provide a "gritty" look without appearing over-produced.

    92Y Health: Why and How to Perform Kettlebell Snatches

    I shot and edited this video. Shooting in slow motion highlights the complex movement involved with this exercise.

    92Y Health: Two Things You Can Do During a Snowstorm

    A fun way to let online audiences know that 92Y's gym was still open -- even though other businesses were closed that day.

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    92Y Health: Fitness Day, 2018

    The sun provided beautiful lighting and Trainer Raven Jelks is a professional dancer, so the pressure was on me to deliver a good Insta shot 😃

    92Y Camps: The Day Before ...

    I visited 92Y's Rockland County campgrounds for a meeting and decided to shoot a few scenes as a way to create excitement around the start of summer camp, which was the next day. I performed light editing.

  • Experiential Marketing

    Successful large-scale brand activations are guest experience projects that require the coordination of many moving parts. And the results are highly rewarding.

    92Y Street Fest

    92Y Street Fest is a 20-block outdoor party with 50,000 guests, more than a half-dozen Broadway performances, a global food tasting, immersive arts and health experiences, giveaways, an afternoon-long roster of musicians, and a prominent list of sponsors. I co-produced Street Fest for three years.

  • Creative Installations

    92Y May Center is a five-floor, 44,000-square-foot facility with a large amount of wall space that was populated with cork billboards. The objective was to update the space aesthetic by replacing the billboards with LCD monitors and large decals. We designed the first wave of decals with copy that can be considered an abstraction of most gym members’ fitness journeys: ā€œSTARTā€, ā€œBRING ITā€, and ā€œGOALSā€. The copy also resonates with a person’s workout for the day. Gym members experience the visual journey as they walk through the facility. The high level of customer satisfaction earned the marketing team permission to create additional installations. I wrote the copy and managed the design, proof and installation phases of the project.

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    ā€œSTARTā€ DECAL

    Located near the stairway entrance to the workout studios.

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    ā€œBRING ITā€ DECAL

    Located at the entrance to the cardio machine studio.

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    ā€œGOALSā€ DECAL

    Located at the entrance to the basketball courts.

  • Print Pieces

    A sample of brochures, flyers, and other print projects

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    92Y Camps Print Brochure, 2019 Season

    Nine pages, including four spreads; 9"H x 6"W, folded. I created the copy and managed the project.Ā View the entire brochure.

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    92Y Camps Time Out New York Family Magazine Ad, 2019 Season

    9.92"H x 16.17"W. I created the copy and managed the project.

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    92Y Camps Newspaper Ad, 2019 Season

    18.42"H x 11.92"W. I created the layout and copy.