Abigail Johnson Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Manage 4 direct reports consisting of 3 Graphic Designers and 1 Senior Designer• Present high level campaign creative concepts to leadership • Facilitate weekly design team meetings and quarterly design workshops to improve and evolve the capabilities and skill sets of the design team • Partner with external agencies to produce creative for various creative campaigns • Oversee campaign creative development to ensure design consistency across tactics • Create and implement new creative processes to improve team efficiency and design quality • Initiate, create, and manage a new collaborative file structure and design archive for entire marketing department for efficient file access across departments • Created and implemented a new campaign brief layout which better aligned the cross-functional teams to ensure steps in the campaign launch process were not missed and deadlines were met • Act as the hiring manager for graphic design function • Promoted from Senior Designer to Graphic Design Manager for exceeding goals and supporting company culture • Represented the design team in interviewing and selecting an external agency partner that aligned with corporate goals, philosophies and brand • Led design team in finding and implementing a new interactive design software to evolve our interactive capability due to Covid • Design a variety of projects for digital, print, environmental, video, animation, etc. • Perform the same roles and responsibilities as listed below for the Senior Graphic Designer at Abbott

Mn

Leighton Interactive, St.Cloud,MN, 2017-present- Designed infographics, ebooks, posters, etc.Klimek and Kassela, CPAs, 2015-present• Created a brand identity system• Designed logo, buisness cards, letterhead, envelopes and marketing items.Major Mechanical, Inc., Maple Grove, MN• Designed, coded, and launched company website.St.Cloud All City Colorguard• Designed the season t-shirt.Various• Designed various wedding and baby shower invitations, programs, and Thank You cards in several styles.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Was formally St. Jude Medical- Manage design, strategy, and production process of all print pieces and high visibility launches for Cardiac Rhythm Management from conception to completion including design templates, drafts and project specs to create eye-catching layouts for effective branding by the agreed upon deadline.- Design a variety of projects such as emails, large domestic and international conferences, print collateral, banners, flyers, booklets, app screens, digital ads and much more simultaneously.- Maintain print vendor relationships and price negotiations to attain the best results and pricing for each client while also staying within budgetMentor and lead graphic designers and junior designers to build a motivated and results-oriented team.- Facilitate the art direction of projects while collaborating internally as well as with clients to conceptualize and brainstorm creative solutions that can be translated across various media platforms.- Creatively seek out new products and design inspiration while staying current on cutting edge industry knowledge.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Created journey maps for product teams across the enterprise tosolve customer pain points• Designed and implemented a design standard for alljourney maps• Developed interactive journey maps• Managed Personalized Support Kit all the way from conceptthrough product development and delivery to UHC member- Won a Silver Aster Award (healthcare marketingaward) in 2017 for my Personalized Support Kit design• Designed additional projects such as pitch materials, logos, emails,packaging, infographics, booklets, and app screen design

St. Cloud, Minnesota Area

• Created the packaging for chapstick tubes and other promotional items.• Designed logos for local and national companies.• Created a custom cooler for a financial institution.• Designed custom phone stands, print mateial and web ads for Samsung and other companies.•. Supported the marketing and sales department in meeting customer needs.

• Designed a variety of print materials to encourage participation in events and share information.• Filmed and edited the SCSU Campus Safety Video on SCSU website.• Created logos that represent events and departments on campus.• Designed other promotional items such as postcards, business cards, table tents, digital imagery, etc to promote activities and provide information on services of campus departments.St.Cloud Police Department• Created logo for St. Cloud Police Department’s “Eye on the South Side Program”