Open to Work · Available May 2026

Ryan Grant.

Marketing Strategist · AI Builder · Growth Operator

MSc candidate at Clemson, done May 2026. Before grad school I ran O'Nattys Apparel — my own streetwear brand. Two collections, end to end: design, manufacturing, customs, wholesale. Spent a year as Beer Sales Scout at Muskoka Brewery managing 100+ retail accounts across GTA East. Now I build AI agents, run executive workflows, and help teams work faster.

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0 Collections Shipped

$0M Media Strategy

0+ Retail Accounts

0+ Years Experience

Currently Building

Active projects.

Running in production or actively being built.

Live · Client Build

Vansco Quote Tools

Custom quoting tool built for a client to speed up their sales process. Replaces back-and-forth spreadsheets with a clean web interface that generates priced quotes on the spot.

Next.jsJavaScriptClient Work

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Runs Daily

AI Executive Assistant

Personal chief of staff running every morning. Outlook + iCloud + Drive + LinkedIn → Claude → Telegram briefing. Continuously improving.

n8nClaude APIPython

Simulated

Simulated CRM

A fully functional CRM built from scratch. Tracks leads, manages pipelines, logs interactions, and shows deal health at a glance. You don't need Salesforce for a tight sales process.

JavaScriptPythonDashboardSales Ops

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Simulated

Simulated Accounting Dashboard

An internal finance dashboard for small teams: P&L summaries, cash flow visualization, invoice tracking, and monthly trend charts. Replaces messy spreadsheets with a clean, readable app.

Chart.jsJavaScriptFinanceData Viz

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Live

Command Tracker

Tracks and explores CLI commands in a clean interface. Built to stop looking up the same commands twice.

JavaScriptVercelProductivity

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Live

Applied AI Experience 2026

Full conference site for an applied AI event: speaker lineup, keynotes, breakout sessions, student panel, and sponsors. Built solo.

HTML/CSSJavaScriptEvent Site

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About

Builder by nature.
Strategist by training.

I'm a marketing strategist and AI builder finishing my MSc at Clemson University (May 2026). Before grad school, I built and ran O'Nattys Apparel from scratch — my own streetwear brand. Designed two full collections, ran manufacturing and customs, handled sales myself. Taught me more about sales, brand, and product-market fit than any classroom.

Most recently I spent a year as a Beer Sales Scout with Muskoka Brewery, managing 100+ retail accounts across GTA East, building shelf presence, running event activations, and learning how consumer brands actually move product at ground level.

At Clemson's Career Innovation Lab, I'm applying Claude API, Python, and n8n to build AI tools that solve real workflow problems. Strategy without execution is a doc that sits in a folder. I care about the part where it ships.

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Speed to Execution

I build fast. Real projects, real code, real results. Not decks that sit in folders.

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Strategy-First

Every tactic connects to a business objective. I don't execute without knowing why.

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AI-Native

I use AI as a force multiplier across research, automation, and creative workflows.

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Operator Mindset

From managing wholesale B2B accounts to running field activations, I get things done.

Ryan Grant Speaker · Applied AI Experience

Experience

Where I've worked.

Field work, internships, entrepreneurship, and research. Hands-on at every stage.

2025

Founder, Grant Consulting Grant Consulting

2025 – Present

AI agents, automations, and team workflows. Built this portfolio, personal AI assistant, skill .md systems, SaaS products, and iOS apps via Xcode. I build what teams need to move faster, then deploy it.

Claude APIPythonn8n MCPAutomation

2026

GenAI & Business Solutions Intern Clemson Career Innovation Lab

January 2026 – Present · Clemson, SC

Building generative AI tools and automation workflows for career development use cases. Applying Claude API, Python, and n8n to create production-ready solutions. Shipping tools that get used.

Claude APIPythonn8n Prompt EngineeringStreamlit

2025

Sales Merchandiser Muskoka Brewery

May 2025 – August 2025 · GTA East, ON

Managed retail shelf presence, executed in-store merchandising across 100+ accounts including LCBOs, grocery chains, and specialty retailers. Built campaign assets for the Veer Non-Alcoholic Beer launch. Coordinated event activations at the CN Tower waterfront and street festivals.

Retail SalesMerchandising Event ActivationAccount Management

Marketing Coordinator Intern Durham Youth Services

May 2025 – July 2025 · Durham Region, ON

Led marketing execution for the Orange Door Project, a partnership with Home Depot targeting domestic abuse awareness. Coordinated multi-location in-store activations, checkout campaigns, and community outreach across Durham Region.

Non-Profit MarketingCommunity Outreach Campaign ExecutionHome Depot Partnership

Marketing Specialist Centre for Conscious Awareness

January 2025 – April 2025 · Remote / Toronto

Developed and executed content and email marketing strategy for mindfulness events. Delivered sold-out event campaigns through segmented email flows, social content, and community engagement. Managed the full marketing lifecycle from strategy to post-event reporting.

Email MarketingContent Strategy Event MarketingSold-Out Events

Beer Sales Scout Muskoka Brewery

May 2024 – April 2025 · GTA East, ON

Prospected and managed 100+ retail accounts across GTA East. Built shelf presence for Muskoka's core SKUs and seasonal releases. Executed sampling events, secured new distribution points, and drove sell-through via in-store merchandising and relationship management.

B2B SalesAccount Management Territory ManagementField Marketing

2024

Community Engagement Intern betstamp

January 2024 – March 2024 · Toronto, ON

Drove user acquisition and community growth for a sports analytics startup. Built engagement campaigns, managed social channels, and supported affiliate partnerships. Firsthand experience in growth marketing for a venture-backed consumer tech product.

Community GrowthSocial Media Affiliate MarketingUser Acquisition

2021–23

Founder & CEO O'Nattys Apparel

2021 – 2023 · Ontario

Founded a streetwear brand at age 19. Designed two full collections, ran overseas manufacturing, handled customs, logistics, and sold the line myself.

EntrepreneurshipWholesale B2B Brand BuildingProduct Design

Projects

More things I've built.

Real tools, real code, real users. Built because the problems were interesting and the solutions didn't exist yet.

Live · Solo Build

Creator Analytics Dashboard

Live analytics dashboard built for my friend Nolan's Instagram & TikTok, a men's self-improvement creator pushing toward 10K followers. I scraped and analyzed 60 videos, built outlier-corrected KPIs, and wired in a RAG-powered AI chat (Claude API) that answers real strategy questions about his content. Hook scoring, engagement trends, sprint tracker, gap alerts, all in a single static file he can open from his phone.

Chart.js Claude API RAG JavaScript Data Visualization AI Chat

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Runs Daily · Built from Scratch

Grant Consulting: AI Agent and Automation Studio

AI agents, automations, team agents, custom builds: portfolio sites, skill .md files, SaaS products, and Xcode deployments. I build what teams need to move faster.

Claude API Python n8n Streamlit Telegram Bot Automation

Live · Used by Entire Cohort

Clemson MSc Marketing Hub

Built a central resource hub for the Clemson MSc Marketing class of 2025-26: course materials, research links, deadlines, and collaboration tools in one place. Nobody asked for it. The cohort uses it daily. Shipped in a weekend because something this obvious needed to exist.

HTML/CSS JavaScript Solo Build Community Tool

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Community Campaign

Orange Door Project

Marketing lead for Home Depot × Durham Youth Services domestic abuse awareness campaign. Multi-location in-store activations across Durham Region, checkout counter campaigns, and community partnerships. Executed across 8 weeks during summer 2025 internship. Real community impact, real execution.

Campaign Management Retail Activation Non-Profit Home Depot

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Prize Winner · U of G Mar 2025

Like, Share, Compare

Co-organized a mental health panel event at University of Guelph exploring social media's impact on wellbeing. Research poster presented. Kahoot prize winner. Covered social comparison theory, digital wellness, and intervention design.

Mental Health Event Organization Research Prize Winner

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Case Studies

Strategic work.

Graduate-level marketing strategy applied to real brands: behavioral economics, media planning, and growth frameworks.

Amazon DSP · Gratitude Mattresses

$12.5M

Awakening the Flywheel

"Revenue up 79.8%, but driven by price, not volume."

Proposed a $12.5M Amazon DSP media strategy targeting +20% organic rank improvement. Diagnosed a hidden unit volume decline (−14.7%) masked by a price hike driving apparent revenue growth. Restructured the funnel: $5MM Awareness / $3.8MM Consideration / $1.2MM Conversion, with custom audience segments and DSP-specific creative briefs for each stage.

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TD Bank · Behavioral Economics

40%

The Default Nudge

"40% of Canadian millennials have under $500 saved."

Designed a behavioral economics intervention using default-choice architecture: auto-transfer 5% of payroll to a locked savings account, opt-out only. 600 simulated participants, P<.005 significance, 2-year quasi-experimental design. Applied Thaler & Sunstein's nudge theory to a real financial services context to drive measurable savings behaviour change.

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Atelier Design & Development · Greenville SC

2×

$250K to $500K Revenue

"A design-build firm with capacity, not clients."

Built a comprehensive GTM strategy for a Greenville, SC design-build firm targeting 2× revenue in 18 months. Identified a $400M–$1.2B SAM in the luxury residential renovation market. Modeled a 60-project annual capacity scenario with tiered service lines, referral infrastructure, and digital brand positioning to attract higher-value clients.

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Vansco Inc. · Wire Harness Manufacturing

$650M

Breaking the 95% Dependency

"95% of revenue from a single customer: Eaton."

Developed a full GTM strategy for a wire harness manufacturer with dangerous OEM concentration. Target: reduce Eaton dependency to <75% by 2028. $650M addressable market identified across industrial, EV, and defense segments. Built complete go-to-market sequencing, sales motion, and channel strategy to diversify the revenue base.

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Entrepreneurship

O'Nattys Apparel.

At 19, I built O'Nattys Apparel from nothing into a streetwear brand placed into boutiques across Ontario. No co-founder. No funding. Just a product idea, a Shopify store, and the willingness to cold-call boutiques and market operators until they said yes.

I designed the hats in Photoshop, managed overseas manufacturing relationships, handled customs and logistics, built a wholesale pricing model, and ran two complete seasonal collections, the SS 2023 White Collection and SS 2024 Black Collection. The brand had a distinctive identity and a real customer base.

Two years of operation compressed years of real business education: sales, ops, supply chain, brand, and capital management all at once.

Full Collections

Boutique Distribution

Age 19

Founded