Greg Johnson
937-671-7807 • gregcreative@me.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-johnson-9783288/

 

 

Professional Experience
 

EssilorLuxottica, Cincinnati, Ohio

Apr 2017 – Present
Marketing Specialist, Coding

Created email for desktop and mobile devices utilizing HTML, CSS, Email on Acid, Litmus, Photoshop, and other software tools for Target Optical, Sears Optical, Pearle Vision, Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, Oakley, Costa, Contacts Direct, Glasses.com, and more. Fulfilled other roles as needed, including new position resume reviews, interviews and recommendations for hires. Worked on both the Salesforce and Oracle Responsys platforms including deployment setup, email coding, troubleshooting and development as the senior email coder for EssilorLuxottica North America including working with teams in Cincinnati, New York, Milan and other locations through Skype and Microsoft Teams.

Art Institute of Ohio, Cincinnati

Oct 2013 - Jan 2016
Design Program Coordinator
Managed the Design department which included: Graphic Design, Web Design & Interactive Media, Advertising and Interior Design. Prepared budgets, scheduling of students and faculty, organizing class offerings, faculty training, student progression and retention. Tracked and completed official paperwork associated with accreditation, grades, retention, classes, and other duties required by the position, including department planning, lesson plans, instruction, attendance and teaching duties for three classes per quarter.

Art Institute, OIP&T, Kaplan College, Miami-Jacobs College 

April 2011 – September 2011, August 2013-October 2013; January 2016,

Adjunct Instructor

Responsibilities at different locations during this time. These tenures included instructing students in the Associate and Bachelor degree programs for all design areas and  included the usage of HTML5, CSS3 and Dreamweaver. Also taught the development of interactive interfaces and project management, project communication, team interaction, marketing and advertising, package design, page layout, digital photography, illustration and portfolio development and included the development of curriculum and content for the graphic design classes and instruction. Two of these adjunct tenures lead to department chair positions.

 

OIP&T/Kaplan College, Dayton, Ohio

Oct 2002 – Oct 2010

Department Chair 

Managed administrative duties, scheduling, educational content, facility and supply management, supervised 4 full time and 10 adjunct faculty members and taught sixteen contact hours each quarter. Classes taught ranged from 3D modeling with Lightwave 3D, Introductory web design using HTML, CSS, Animation, Computer Graphics (Quark, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop), Advanced Photoshop and Illustration.

Mountainside Media, Huntington, West Virginia

Feb 2001 – Jan 2002

Web and Print Graphic Designer 

Built and maintaining websites for clients, created graphics for video, web and print including brochures and convention displays. Other responsibilities were training & teaching clients in computer/program usage and client side web maintenance. Also involved in think tank strategies for marketing, web design and advertising for clients including the West Virginia Governor’s cabinet media and advertising.

Zoomnet/OneMain.com/Earthlink,  Portsmouth ,

Ohio Feb 2000 - Nov 2000

Webmaster/Web Graphic Design/Web Development 

Developed a redesign of the West Virginia State Parks websites. Redesigned and maintained Zoomnet’s website with a customer friendly interface to promote products and services, Designed local and regional business websites working with the clients to promote their companies to the proper audience in an easy to use interface. Developed graphics and design for Zoomnet advertising including convention displays and marketing media. Worked with the regional team to develop larger websites to accommodate extended business in the Mid-West area.

 

Education
 

Master’s of Fine Art (MFA): Interdisciplinary Art

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont
 

Master’s of Art (MA)
Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
 

Bachelor’s of Art (BA): Commercial Emphasis

Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky

 

Skills
 

• Troubleshooting & Problem Solving

  • Identification of issues and problems to develop plans for quick solutions including efficiency improvement and establishment of consistent workflow procedures. Troubleshooting of hardware and software issues including network and wifi.

• Marketing & Publicity

  • Development of strategic plans and implementation for promotion, identity and branding for a target audience. Effective communication and problem solving as a designer, a communicator and strategist. 

• Customer Service/Teaching/Training

  • Extensive experience working with clients on web and print projects from conception to completion. Professional instructional experience teaching computer software and hardware, art and design. Instructional excellence in teaching and training groups of any age.

• Software & Hardware - Adaptive learner with the ability to self teach new software and hardware systems

  • Communication & Social Media

    • Slack, Skype, Teams, Zoom, Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, Instagram, 

  • Design

    • Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, After Effects, Bridge, Lightroom, Premiere, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Google softwares, and others.

  • Graphic Design:

    • Identity and Logo Design, Print, Web, HTML, CSS, CMS

    • Print and prepress, email and web development

  • Physical Output

    • 2D Printing, 3D printing, Vinyl and Laser Cutters, Engraving & CNC

  • 3D Printing and Model Development

    • TinkerCad, Blender, Lightwave, Maya, and others
       

Recognition and Community Service

• Warren County Career Center Advisory Board, 2013–16

• Publicity Director for Dayton Society of Artists, June 2013-October 2015

• Greene County Vocational School Advisory Board, 2007–08

• Member of Kaplan University Graphic Design Advisory Board, 2003

• Recognition of Excellence, Kaplan Education Corporation, 2003