About Ryan
Ryan Felix is a designer, strategist, and entrepreneur with over 14 years of experience helping organizations translate complex missions into clear, compelling brands, websites, and stories.
As founder of Loop: Design for Social Good, Ryan built and led a creative agency for more than a decade, known for bold, purposeful work that helped nonprofits and social impact organizations communicate with clarity, credibility, and heart. From climate justice to LGBTQ+ rights, his work has supported global movements and real-world change.
Over the years, his work has helped organizations increase visibility, strengthen donor and community engagement, and modernize how complex issues are communicated across digital platforms.
Ryan has partnered with organizations across Canada, the U.S., and internationally—including UNICEF, WWF, Oxfam, United Nations, Planned Parenthood, and the World Economic Forum—supporting work at local, national, and global scale across diverse teams and stakeholder environments.
At the core of his practice is a belief that design is not just about how something looks, but about how it moves people, shapes decisions, and drives action. This perspective guides how Ryan approaches strategy, creative direction, and leadership, balancing ambition with practicality and values with real world constraints.
Experience
My expertise and experience gained over the years.
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Business Development
Ryan leads business development across agency and consultancy settings, from identifying opportunities to managing client relationships, proposals, and budgets. He aligns strategy, creativity, and client needs to win the right work and deliver it with integrity.
His experience spans early stage engagements to multi phase projects with international organizations and distributed teams, with a strong focus on building long term partnerships.
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Operations
Ryan has built and run creative organizations, shaping vision, strategy, and operational systems. He has led hiring, team development, digital growth, and end to end project delivery.
He supports multidisciplinary teams with clear roles, sustainable workloads, and repeatable processes, using documentation and transparent communication to improve how teams work together.
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Storytelling
Ryan uses storytelling as a strategic tool to help organizations communicate clearly and humanely. His work translates complexity into meaning, allowing brands to speak with confidence, empathy, and purpose.
He designs messages that work across audiences, from internal teams and partners to funders, policymakers, and the public, ensuring clarity across channels and contexts.
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Brand & Web Design
Ryan leads brand and web projects from discovery through delivery, collaborating closely with designers, developers, and stakeholders. He facilitates discovery, guides creative direction, and ensures outcomes are both strategically grounded and visually refined.
Often acting as a bridge between leadership, communications, and technical teams, he aligns vision, constraints, and execution to meet high standards for quality and impact.
Across every collaboration, Ryan brings the perspective of a founder, the discipline of a strategist, and the sensitivity of a storyteller.
Clients
A selection of clients I’ve had the privilege to collaborate with over the years.
Organizations focused on health systems, mental health, public health, and care delivery.
- CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) — Toronto, Canada
- Epilepsy Toronto — Toronto, Canada
- HQ Toronto — Toronto, Canada
- Katrime Integrated Health — Winnipeg, Canada
- NurseReady — Toronto, Canada
- OpenBiome — Boston, United States
- OpenLab — Toronto, Canada
- Planned Parenthood Toronto — Toronto, Canada
- St. Michael’s Hospital — Toronto, Canada
- The Royal’s Institute of Mental Health Research — Ottawa, Canada
- Touchstone Institute — Toronto, Canada
- Transforming Faces — Toronto, Canada
- Trellis HIV & Community Care — Kingston, Canada
- Women HIV & AIDS Initiative — Toronto, Canada
- Human & LGBTQ2S+ Rights AIDS Committee of Toronto — Toronto, Canada
Community & Social Impact
Organizations providing frontline services, shelters, food access, and community support.
- Dixon Hall — Toronto, Canada
- Feed Ontario — Toronto, Canada
- Interval House — Toronto, Canada
- Kennedy House — Toronto, Canada
- North York Women’s Shelter — North York, Canada
- The 519 — Toronto, Canada
Environment, Climate & Sustainability
Organizations working on climate action, conservation, food systems, and sustainable development.
- AquaAction — Montréal, Canada
- Climate Disaster Project — Victoria, Canada
- Community Forests International — Sackville, Canada
- Environmental Youth Alliance — Vancouver, Canada
- Exposure Labs — New York, United States
- Global Greengrants Fund — Boulder, United States
- Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology — Honolulu, United States
- International Institute of Sustainable Development — Geneva, Switzerland
- Pollution Probe — Toronto, Canada
- Ride Solar — Charlottetown, Canada
- Rose Foundation — Oakland, United States
- SolarShare — Toronto, Canada
- Waterloo Global Science Initiative — Waterloo, Canada
- World Economic Forum — Global
- WWF — Toronto, Canada
Global Development & Human Rights
Organizations focused on global development, civil liberties, refugee protection, and rights-based work.
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association — Toronto, Canada
- Canada World Youth — Ottawa, Canada
- Cuso International — Ottawa, Canada
- Defend Defenders — Kampala, Uganda
- Oxfam Australia — Melbourne, Australia
- Oxfam Canada — Ottawa, Canada
- Oxfam Québec — Montréal, Canada
- Righting Relations — Ottawa, Canada
- UNHCR Canada — Toronto, Canada
- UNICEF Canada — Toronto, Canada
- WUSC (World University of Sciences Canada) — Toronto, Canada
Youth, Education & Leadership
Organizations supporting youth development, education, training, and leadership pathways.
- Digital Opportunity Trust — Ottawa, Canada
- HerStart — Toronto, Canada
- Jays Care Foundation — Toronto, Canada
- KidSport — Canada
- Lighthouse Labs — Vancouver, Canada
- Teach For Canada – Gakino’Amaage — Toronto, Canada
- U For Change — Toronto, Canada
- Youth Challenge International — Toronto, Canada
Arts, Culture & Media
Organizations working in film, theatre, storytelling, and cultural production.
- Reelworld Film Festival — Toronto, Canada
- The Shoe Project — Toronto, Canada
- Theatre Consultants Collaborative — Toronto, Canada
Indigenous Communities & Partnerships
Organizations rooted in Indigenous leadership, communities, and cultural knowledge.
- Haisla Nation
- ENGAGE Youth – Guyana
- Qupanuaq — Nunavut, Canada
- Umingmak Centre — Nunavut, Canada
Foundations & Social Innovation
Funders, foundations, and innovation hubs supporting social impact ecosystems.
- Brant Community Foundation — Brant, Canada
- Catherine Donnelly Foundation — Toronto, Canada
- Centre for Social Innovation — Toronto, Canada
- Community Foundation of Mississauga — Mississauga, Canada
- Donner Canadian Foundation — Toronto, Canada
- Gairdner Foundation — Toronto, Canada
- Impact Hub — Ottawa, Canada
- McConnell Foundation — Montréal, Canada
- MLSE Foundation — Toronto, Canada
- Tapestry Capital — Toronto, Canada
- William H. Donner Foundation — United States
Universities & Research
Academic institutions and research-driven organizations.
- Carleton University — Ottawa, Canada
- University of Toronto — Toronto, Canada
- York University — Toronto, Canada
Food Systems & Nutrition
Organizations focused on food security, nutrition, and equitable food access.
- Double Up Food Bucks — Detroit, United States
- Fair Food Network — Detroit, United States
- Lucky Iron Fish — Toronto, Canada
- Michigan Good Food Fund — Detroit, United States