Ian Joshua Riley

Creative Director, Social Media Strategist, and Music Producer

Ian Joshua Riley

Creative Director, Social Media Strategist, and Music Producer

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I'm a highly caffeinated creative from Irvine, California currently living in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Following a good few years of recording, performing, and touring in a handful of indie rock bands during my twenties, I’ve spent the better part of a decade working in the music industry as a record producer, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, and session musician.

I gradually embraced a career pivot from full-time music industry work to multiple vocations in the realms of social media and digital marketing during several years of accumulating hands-on experience growing and maintaining the audiences and retention of business clientele for myself, as well as multiple successful brands and companies in, adjacent to, and outside of the music industry. I now specialize in helping individuals and companies seeking to create compelling user experiences expand the scope and reach of their projects by crafting and guiding their creative vision, or simply aiding in the development of their brand’s unique voice and online presence. Companies and brands I’ve worked for include Twitter, Warby Parker, and American Family Insurance, to name a few.

My skill set includes, but is not limited to:
• social media management
• copywriting
• content creation & moderation
• project management
• graphic design
• branding & identity
• search engine optimization (SEO)

Past lives include: criminal research analyst, barista, and English major. Currently: husband to my best friend and high school sweetheart, father to a beautiful baby girl, avid gamer, amateur fitness enthusiast, and aspiring baker. Very much looking forward to my mid-life crisis, which will hopefully entail me getting into either coffee or craft beer enough to make my own.

Let's create something awesome together.

What clients say about me
Ian sees the potential in what something can be and he immediately goes for it. On top of being my assistant engineer on several records, he saw where my company needed uniformity across our social media outlets, and quickly developed branding, content, and SEO that gave our web presence the massive overhaul it needed at the time.
Tim Jones (producer/songwriter; The Recording Academy “GRAMMY” Awards)
[Ian] has amazingly big visions for things and sets the bar high for himself and those he works worth. He has been a huge part of making the Atlanta scene what it is now.
Andrew "drû" Simmons (producer/content creator; musicbyDrû, VeggieTales)
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