Brian Johnson: Art Director & Designer in Omaha, NE

Working with creative teams and stakeholders, I serve as the catalyst for digital and print initiatives. Developing on-brand concepts as well as design thinking, brand development, UX/UI design and creative concepts designed to engage and delight the customer.

As Art Director at Swanson Russell I manage a small team of designers and work closely with our account service, digital, strategy and video production teams to create results-driven, award-winning campaigns for: Unilock - JCB Excavators - Cattlemen’s Beef Board (Beef Checkoff) - National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (BQA) - JLG - AgSpray - the Power Tool Institute - IEEE GlobalSpec - AMVAC Chemical - KAUTEX - Reinke Irrigation - Northeast Community College - Hillcrest Health Services

At Riester, I serve the role of a hybrid Art Director for traditional print projects as well as digital/interactive projects. Working on concepts and projects for gaming and hospitality clients as well as healthcare and regional smoking prevention and smoking cessation clients. I bring a unique blend of big ideas and attention to detail down to the smallest pixel for Arizona Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease, Choctaw Casinos, Honor Health and Aramark.

At Mindspace I provided both conceptual direction and art direction on projects for Capital One®, Google® and Cedars-Sinai Hospital projects as well as hands-on design for digital projects for ASU, Mercer and Northwest Savings. I offered direction to the junior staff and support to Director level staff in the form of design reviews and revisions on the day to day projects. I also developed the branding for Mindspace’s in-house education platform, Fathom a flexible and scalable e-learning product.

As the Art Director At BIG YAM, the Parsons Agency I was tasked with creating concepts and advising designers and production artists in the production of campaign assets for our clients. While at BIG YAM I worked on regional and international clients such as Spooky Fast Customs, Pacific Links International, REEF Residences at Atlantis, RLC Labs, Muskoka Woods and Valley of the Sun YMCA.

At Bauserman Group I was responsible for art directing and designing of new concepts, advertising campaigns, branding projects, websites, logos and other assets for all BG clients. I worked closely with the creative director to develop concepts and visuals for clients in the construction/development, hospitality, golf clubs, jewelry/fashion, consumer services, and special events industries.