JASON JOHNSON

First thing you should know about me is I’m not a fan of writing about myself.

That being said, here it goes.

I’m an award-winning Creative Director/Art Director/Designer who has provided brand-building and increased sales results for a wide range of clients from cars to corn dogs, from multi million dollar budgets to “I’m calling in a favor” projects. In the end, I treat them the same. Im a believer that if you have to preface creative with what the budget was, the concept was flawed in the first place.

I’ve got a pretty unique background from my time as a U.S. Army Paratrooper in Iraq, to my time as an X Games athlete, to raising a family, which is far away my greatest accomplishment.

Along the way I’ve been truly blessed to work with some of the best talent in the industry. From copywriting partners, directors, photographers, animators, producers, and brand managers. When you surround yourself with great people you end up with great work. While having fun doing it. I mean how many can say they called Janusz Kaminski while coaching 3rd base at their kids little league game?

I lean on all my life experiences to help me see things from a lot of different points of view. One thing I know is that the best way to showcase a brand, is to be able to view from multiple perspectives. If I draw a 6 on the ground the person facing me is gonna see a 9 and that’s important to remember.

Work I’ve done for clients has won ADDYs, One Show Pencils, Clios, CMYK, Beldings. However, winning a pencil box for the best drawing of a viking ship in 3rd grade is still the one I was the most excited about…seriously.

I’ve been on AMC’s “The Pitch,” which followed me through the advertising pitch process for Skyy Spirits. My work’s been featured in CMYK magazine, Playboy Magazine (cause some people buy it for the articles) and I’ve been a guest speaker at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.

HOBBIES: My dogs · Fishing · Wood Working · Cooking · Shooting · Online Racing · Supercross · Did I mention my dogs

Favorite Quote: John 19:30 “It is finished.” – Jesus

CLIENT LIST

AWARDS / FEATURES

Addy

One Show

Belding

Communication Arts

CMYK

Creativity Magazine

Playboy

Featured on AMC “The Pitch”

EXPERIENCE

Innocean Worldwide Huntington Beach, Ca.

Kovel/Fuller Culver City, Ca.

Ingram Micro Irvine, Ca.

Sha Sha Irvine, Ca.

Big Bang Idea Engineering Del Mar, Ca.

Davis Ellen Los Angeles, Ca.

EDUCATION

Art Center College of Design Pasadena Ca.

US Army Combat Engineer (Airborne)

Ft Benning Ga.

Glendora High School Glendora, Ca.

SKILLS

Adobe Suite, Photoshop. Illustrator, InDesign, Figma, UX Design, SEO, Word, Excel

TV Production, Logo Design, Typography Design

Team Leader, Corporate Presentations, Public Speaking

US Army Headquarters Squad Leader Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Oh, and I memorized every track on the F1 circuit…almost.