Elizabeth Johnson
Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Director
Charleston, SC, USAWork Experience
Garden And Gun
Art Director, Creative Services
Managed a team of three designers for the marketing and creative services department of a leading southern lifestyle magazine and its e-commerce, real estate, and event management brand extensions
Designed sales and marketing materials and executed year-long campaigns to attract new and recurring advertisers, and identified cost-saving production solutions
Created and fostered partnerships with new local and national vendors to enhance the creative capabilities of Garden & Gun’s event, retail, and real estate extensions
Designed event collateral, installations, and advertiser integrations for Garden & Gun JUBILEE, a three-day ticketed event in Charleston, featuring Southern makers, influencers, chefs, musicians, and sports enthusiasts
Designed sales and marketing materials and executed year-long campaigns to attract new and recurring advertisers, and identified cost-saving production solutions
Created and fostered partnerships with new local and national vendors to enhance the creative capabilities of Garden & Gun’s event, retail, and real estate extensions
Designed event collateral, installations, and advertiser integrations for Garden & Gun JUBILEE, a three-day ticketed event in Charleston, featuring Southern makers, influencers, chefs, musicians, and sports enthusiasts
July 2015
- August 2016
South Carolina, United States
GQ
Associate Art Director
Conceptualized and designed cross-platform advertising sections, promotions, sales materials, and event collateral for a leading men’s fashion and lifestyle magazine, and provided art direction to junior and senior level designers
Directed photographers, videographers, wardrobe and prop stylists, celebrity talent, and models to lead and execute shoots in-studio and on-location for print, digital, and video advertisements
Managed, designed, and executed GQ Report promotional pages in coordination with the production and integrated marketing departments; designed UI for a department-wide project management website to improve productivity and processes
Coordinated with the business director, integrated marketing department, sales reps, and art department to manage a $1.6M+ custom creative budget
Directed photographers, videographers, wardrobe and prop stylists, celebrity talent, and models to lead and execute shoots in-studio and on-location for print, digital, and video advertisements
Managed, designed, and executed GQ Report promotional pages in coordination with the production and integrated marketing departments; designed UI for a department-wide project management website to improve productivity and processes
Coordinated with the business director, integrated marketing department, sales reps, and art department to manage a $1.6M+ custom creative budget
April 2015
- July 2015
New York, United States
Paper On The Avenue
Custom Printing & Sales Associate
May 2010
- January 2011
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Education
Parsons The New School For Design
AAS Graphic Design
August 2010
- Present
New York, New York, United States
Virginia Commonwealth University
Certificate in Urban Revitalization
August 2008
- June 2009
Richmond, Virginia, United States
The University Of Alabama
Bachelor of Sciences in Clothing, Textiles, & Interior Design
August 2004
- August 2008
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Skills
Adobe Bridge,
Adobe CC,
Adobe CS6,
Adobe DPS,
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Indesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Advertising,
Branding,
Digital Publishing,
IOS,
Iwork,
Keynote ,
Marketing,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Powerpoint,
Microsoft Publisher,
Microsoft Word,
Numbers,
Numbers,
Organization,
Pages,
Pages,
Print,
Production,
Project Management,
Publishing,
Typography,
Web Design,