About Ryan.

Hey there! I’m a content marketer that’s worked with companies including Google, GoDaddy, Clearbit, Wistia, and Algolia.

I’m currently the Director of Content Marketing at Ahrefs. Check out our blog, YouTube channel, and newsletter, read by 284k SEO professionals.

Previously I was CMO at the content marketing agency Animalz, where I generated over 2 million pageviews for the Animalz blog, and ran workshops with companies like Andreessen Horowitz, Writer, Drift, Clearscope, Wynter, and BrightonSEO.

I’m a trustee of The Software Charity. We’re a British charity that aims to help other charities become more effective through the power of software. Our flagship product is an events management platform called SignMeUp.

I’m also the author of two novels, the host of the Ash Tales podcast, an amateur landscape photographer, and the guitarist for The Schrödinger Effect.

My resume.

A potted history of my recent roles. Learn more on LinkedIn.

Ahrefs (2023–Present)

Ahrefs.com is a very powerful toolset for SEOs and online marketers.

Director of Content Marketing (Aug 2023–Present)

Animalz (2018–2023)

Animalz is a B2B content marketing agency, serving companies like Google, Shopify, Algolia and Intercom. I joined as a content writer and left as CMO.

CMO (Nov 2022–Jun 2023)
VP of Content (Sep 2021–Nov 2022)
Director of Marketing (Jun 2020–Sep 2021)
Content Strategist (Jan 2019–Jun 2020)
Content Marketing Manager (Jan 2018–Jan 2019)

Cobloom (2015–2018)

Cobloom was a B2B content marketing agency. I joined as a writer and took an ownership stake when the company pivoted from reputation management to content marketing.

CMO & Co-founder (Jan 2016–Dec 2017)
Content Strategist (Jan 2015–Jan 2016)

Freelance (2011–2015)

I worked as a freelance copywriter and content marketer during (and after) university, offering a white-label service for agencies looking to outsource their content marketing.

Content writer (Jan 2011–Jan 2015)

My links.

This is a collection of my podcast appearances, webinars and talks, popular tweetstorms, and bylined articles (excluding many hundreds of ghostwritten articles for customers). This page is curated largely for personal use, but you may find the most recent links helpful too.

I have highlighted my favorite links with a ⭐: