Query Johnson

Brand Designer

United States8 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Led design initiatives for major brands like Amazon and Microsoft.
Expert in creating high-quality visual assets and guidelines.
Proven ability to manage complex projects and teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Visual Design expert in the SaaS and E-commerce industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Graphic DesignVisual Design

Other Skills

Design ReviewIllustrationAdobe PhotoshopProject PlanningProject ManagementEmployee TrainingQuality AssuranceCommunicationSketchingTypographyPhotoshopDigital IllustrationInDesignWeb DesignPage Layout

About

Visual Design and QA Lead with a demonstrated history of raising the design bar across a multitude of Amazon, Microsoft, and Cloudflare IP. Proven ability to take on Producer and Project Management roles that can effectively connect design and marketing teams. Skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Animate as well as proficient in project and team management tools such as Jira, Sharepoint, and proprietary resources.

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Cloudflare

2 roles

Brand Designer

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Assisted in the concepting and implementation of the company's Brand Refresh. This included brainstorms, design pitches, critiques, and new asset roll out across the website, printed collateral, and banner ads.
Utilizing the new Brand Refresh, I worked together with leadership to design a look and feel for in-person trade shows and events.
Created Event Design Guidelines, messaging guidelines, and an asset repository to be used by event teams and vendors across the globe.
Continually partner with our brand and creative team to design core assets such as Ebooks, Whitepapers, articles, product sheets, and other long-form content - in both printed and digital formats.
Create bespoke illustrations and diagrams to effectively communicate products and brand ideas.
Partner with our integrated marketing team and content writing teams to ensure our event messaging focuses on the right stories and content to engage customers.

Graphic DesignDesign ReviewVisual Design

Designer

Nov 2021 – Jun 2022 · 7 mos

Microsoft

Designer

Apr 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Redmond, Washington, United States

Create Photoshop and Adobe XD templates for use across the site.
Lead reviews with senior creatives.
Introduced and implemented processes to improve team's prioritization and resource efficiencies in weekly syncs.
Facilitate the asset migration of thousands of images on the Microsoft.com site to a new DAM and platform for multiple locales (SG,US, cont...).
QA pages to ensure correct use of imagery to maintain consistency across the site.
Create reference material to ensure better workflow efficiencies.

Amazon

2 roles

Visual Designer/Event Designer/Design QA Lead/Producer

Promoted

Aug 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs

Insisted on highest standards for all creative coming from a global design team (GPS) with nodes in the U.S., India, Romania, and China (40+ designers).
Worked closely with Art Directors to provide QA support to check and ensure style guides are clear and easily applicable across all regions and locales.
Provided additional services to business partners and Art Directors across the organization to ensure graphics pass rigorous Amazon.com landing page design review.
Created and reviewed all graphics for Prime Day 2019 on Amazon.com home page.
Prioritized and managed timelines of creative request workflows for GPS NA team.
Worked closely with design leads and creative directors on projects to proactively clarify requirements and use cases, actively sought out clarification when there was ambiguity.
Worked across teams to create strong relationships with stakeholders and senior leadership teams.
Communicated project status with design team and stakeholders regularly.
Created and put repeatable processes in place that help the team plan and manage multiple parallel projects.
Facilitated the training, internal design QA, and project management of the team's HTML5 animated banner initiative.
Supported the launch of Textures and Hues in US, UK, and Brazil and supported their design needs and gave guidance on ways to make them sustainable.
Continuously created and improved training materials and training sessions to develop best practices on creative techniques, managing workflows, risk management, and how to build effective working relationships with our business partners.
Ensured our global GPS teams had the necessary tools and latest informational updates to ensure consistent creative.
Helped guide teams across the organization, based on performance metrics, to turn low-touch graphics into no-touch graphics through automation.
Created a “Style Guide for Style Guides” to assist Art Directors to easily translate style guides to be production ready.

Visual Designer

Aug 2015 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

Created high-volume graphics for desktop and mobile, off-site and on, to guide business to the site and drive product revenue.
Produced on-site retail graphics for desktop and mobile that adhered to Amazon brand guidelines.
Helped to maintain and implement brand identities for Amazon's online storefronts.
Worked closely with the Toys Art Director and team to produce the "Summer Toy List" seasonal event on the Toys page.
Assisted in producing graphics for Prime Day 2016 and 2017 traffic drivers and landing page.