ANTHONY RAMSAY LinkedIn Instagram Substack

Creative Engineering + Communications, based in Ontario, Canada

KW Rising · Media, Kitchener-Waterloo

Waterloo Region,
in your pocket.

Hyper-local entertainment and media, celebrating Kitchener-Waterloo through authentic storytelling and the culture that makes it unique.

01

Brand strategy

Content, social, lifestyle, entertainment, community and culture: a meeting point for the whole region to connect over real events. KW Rising is for everyone in Waterloo Region, whatever your age or background, and it keeps the tone welcoming and positive: what's on, who's doing something worth seeing, and where to be this weekend.

  • Positioning and voice
  • Audience and community
  • Content pillars
  • Event programming
  • Partnerships
02

Visual identity

Developing the visual direction of KW Rising's content: one consistent look and voice across 900 posts.

  • Art direction
  • Image selection
  • Music and sound
  • Copywriting
  • Post and story templates
03

Audience by city

67% in Waterloo Region
27KFollowers

Web Design
& Branding

Websites designed in-house, and managed.

patoispal.com

Patois Pal

Learn Jamaican Patois through games, real conversations and the culture behind the words. The site for the app. patoispal.com ↗

  • A Built by Ramsay product
  • Design and build
  • Privacy and support pages

Lovers Arc

Coming soon.

  • A Built by Ramsay product
  • Site in the works
playwhiskerhollow.com

Whisker Hollow

A cozy cat sanctuary simulator for all ages. The site for the game, with the cats rendered straight from it. playwhiskerhollow.com ↗

  • A Built by Ramsay product
  • Design and build
  • Privacy and support pages
gallerypoints.com

Gallery Points

Client galleries for photographers at all stages of their career. Drop in a whole shoot and send one link. gallerypoints.com ↗

  • A Built by Ramsay product
  • Made for photographers
  • Concept, design and build
events.kwrising.ca

KW Rising Events

The events calendar for Kitchener-Waterloo, updated daily under the KW Rising brand. Music, arts, community, sports and nightlife in one feed, with a weekly email and a way for anyone to submit an event. events.kwrising.ca ↗

  • Design and build
  • Daily listings across five categories
  • Grid and list views
  • Event submissions
  • Weekly email

Audio production
& sound design

Creating sonic landscapes and audio experiences that resonate. From music production to sound design for digital experiences.

Waves

An LP, released October 18, 2017. Thirty-one minutes, written, recorded and produced alone, with a video for every track.

  • LP · 2017
  • 31:00
  • Written, recorded and produced
  • A video for every track
Waves album cover

Metropolis

Released in 2013. Twelve tracks written with W. Smith, B. Bahab and C. Latham, produced with Dutchboy, Zayd, Nova and Astral Black. Mixed by Megalith, with additional mixing by Ty Danelly.

  • 2013 · 12 tracks
  • Do It · Dark City · Home
  • Money Meeting · Holla · City Lights
  • Love Games · Vampire · Rainy Daze
  • Super Villain · Spirit Bomb · Top of the World
Metropolis album cover

Things I've
shipped.

Ideas shipped as apps. The concepts, including the brand, front end and back end developed individually in-house.

Have an idea you'd like to bring to life? Contact me.

01 2K+App downloads 5On the App Store

Patois Pal

Learn Jamaican Patois through games, conversations and cultural context. Three seasons of lessons, four challenge modes, Jamaican Dominoes, an AI translator that explains the slang, and a Culture tab on Jamaica's history, food and landmarks.

  • iPhone and iPad
  • Education
  • Free, with Pro and season passes
  • Three seasons, four modes
  • Story and Survival modes
  • AI translator, Culture tab
Patois Pal

Squeegee Paint Studio

Place wet paint on a canvas, then drag a rubber blade straight through it and watch dollops stretch into long ribbons of colour. Submitted to the App Store.

Coming soon
  • In review with Apple
  • Eleven canvases to pull through
  • Apple Pencil pressure changes the paint
  • iPhone and iPad
  • Free, with one optional purchase
Squeegee Paint Studio app icon

progressive by ramsay

A progressive overload training log designed like a Braun instrument. After the last set of an exercise it asks one question: could you have done more? That answer sets your next session, so you walk into the gym with every target already filled in. Lifting, calisthenics and cardio, fully offline.

Coming soon
  • Headed to the App Store
  • iPhone
  • Health and Fitness
  • One-time purchase, no subscriptions
  • Fully offline, no account
  • One question sets your next session
progressive by ramsay app icon

Loc'd In

A care companion for locs, from the first few weeks to freeform years in. Retwist, wash and detox timing that follows your stage, a care log with cost tracking, fifteen loc-safe recipes, a photo timeline and a stylist finder. Everything stays on the device.

  • iPhone and iPad
  • Lifestyle
  • One-time purchase, no subscriptions
  • Private, on-device only
  • Reminders for overdue care
  • Stylist finder on Apple Maps
  • App Store ↗
Loc'd In on the App Store

Games

I've always been passionate about games. They create a kind of magic for the imagination that nothing else quite does, and as an avid gamer, building them was always going to follow. Here are the games I've developed, available on the web, on iOS, or both.

Pothole Fury

Dodge the potholes. Survive the road. Every pothole's a hazard, every ramp's a stunt, every cop's a chase. Race five real cities and see how far your fury takes you, from Kitchener-Waterloo to the world.

Available on iOS and browser

Play in the browser ↗ App Store ↗
  • Kitchener-Waterloo, Toronto, New York
  • Los Angeles, Miami
  • Ramps, barrel rolls, stuck landings
  • Police pursuits, Nitro to outrun them
  • A garage to unlock and paint
  • Shake to barrel roll on iPhone
  • Free, with in-app purchases
Pothole Fury poster

Whisker Hollow

A cozy cat sanctuary simulator for all ages. Cats nobody else would take find their way to your gate. Take them in, work out who each one is, build the place around them, and watch them make it their own.

Available on iPhone and iPad

App Store ↗ playwhiskerhollow.com ↗
Whisker Hollow cats around a phone showing the game

Big Labels

Coming soon

Lovers Arc

Coming soon