Elizabeth Johnson

Freelance Graphic Designer & Art Director

Charleston, SC, USA

Work 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
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
April 2015 - July 2015 New York, United States

GQ Magazine—Conde Nast

Senior Designer

March 2014 - April 2015 New York, United States

GQ

Graphic Designer

March 2012 - March 2014 New York, United States

House Beautiful

Graphic Design Intern

August 2011 - December 2011 New York, 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,