Kelly Johnson: Art Director
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Kelly Johnson: Art Director

Seasoned Art Director with 29 years of spearheading and collaborating in development and production of integrated strategy for advertising & marketing campaigns, product launches, print ads, collateral, web assets, interactive design and internal communications for clients including Jaguar Land Rover, Sharp Microelectronics, Schwab, TeleCheck, Waste Management and BMW.
15 years experience supervising press checks, photo shoots, contractors and designers.
Exceptional brand management aptitudes ensuring project delivery within time and
budget constraints.

Key skills include:
• Adobe Creative Suite • Brand Expression • Mentoring
• Digital Work Flows • Video Production • Client Relationships
• Listening Skills • Photography • Conflict Management

Experience

KLUBA CREATIVE, Vancouver, WA 05/2019 – Current
Freelancing Creative Direction, Visual Design and Technical Web Consulting
Freelancing design, art direction and technical website assistance for various clients and agencies.
Launched 5 different websites in less than 6 months.
Streamlined clients web editing process resulting in an internal production increase by 34%.

Jaguar Land Rover, Portland, OR 11/2013 – 05/2019
Senior UX Designer (10/2018 – 05/2019)
Oversaw all art direction, editing and production for future-facing user story videos. Edited video A/B user testing results for final review and analysis.
Established a streamlined approach to story boarding user journeys resulting in over 93
story boards in record time.
Recognition award by peers for quick response and being easy to do business with.
Assisted in multiple usability tests to improve IVI product release stages.

Senior Media Producer (06/2017 – 10/2018)
Provided art direction, design, editing, motion graphics and sound design for various start-ups within the Jaguar Land Rover Innovation Labs Incubator program and for internal company videos produced by the Portland office.
Produced over 14 pitch videos.
Directed set design for Regional Tata Innovista Awards Ceremony.
Contributed filming and editing to over 50 segments for quarterly videos.

Visual Design Team Lead (05/2016 - 06/2017)
Ensured consistency of both Jaguar and Land Rover brands throughout graphic asset generation within the cycles of In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) software development. Designed internal communication pieces for employees and owned the generation of traditional collateral produced for new managers and recruits.

Senior UI/UX Graphics Developer (11/2013 - 5/2016)
Designed and provided front-end code and user interfaces for multiple open-source product applications to GENIVI and AGL. Collaborated with international vendors providing graphics, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Established production flow from staging to live servers.
Launched first website for Jaguar Land Rover User Research Facility in Portland.
Company recognition for releasing an FM Radio product to the Open Source community.

Sharp Microelectronics of the Americas, Camas, WA 10/2012 - 11/2013
Web Operations Specialist
Managed and maintained all content and Google analytics for multiple sites with regular traffic
spanning the continents of Asia, North America, South America and Europe. Managed user accounts for CRM software.
Implemented a new site redesign on a Drupal platform.
Launched new internal site for Sharp employees.

Charles Schwab Inc., Austin, TX 03/2010 - 08/2012
Senior Creative Specialist
Developed front-end code for multiple Schwab micro-sites and landing pages in HTML, CSS and Javascript. Contributed 3D video assets and motion graphics for internal promotions.
Developed front-end code for Facebook employees internal 401k website.
Received Award of Excellence for work on Retirement Services segment.
Received Award of Excellence for helping deliver the Facebook employee portal.

AWARDS AND HONORS
APEX Award of Excellence for custom publishing magazine
Inclusion in Big Book of Logos by David Carter
Juror for Oklahoma State University Student Art Show
Addy, Silver, Bronze and Merit awards from the East Tx Advertising Federation 10th district

SOFTWARE COMPETENCIES
• Adobe After Effects • Adobe Photoshop • Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Premier Pro • Adobe InDesign • WordPress

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Lee Tilford Agency Lead Interactive Design/Sr. Art Director Austin, TX
Mark Deitch & Associates Sr Art Director/Creative Director Burbank, CA
Canon Communications LLC Art Director Los Angeles, CA
Nossi College of Design Guest Instructor Adv Advertising Nashville, TN
The Focus Group Sr Art Director Houston, TX
Ferrell and Spell Advertising Art Director Tyler, TX


EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Associates Degree (AA), Arts focus, Midland College, Midland, TX