I'm Randy: a 28-year-old graphic designer from Cleveland, OH. (GO CAVS!)
I was born and raised here and I'm the youngest of three brothers. Big 'shout out' to my parents. They're pretty amazing people. I'm a little embarrassed to admit that they're my best friends, but mostly proud.
Some of my interests…
I love music, so I'm always looking for cool things that I've never heard. I really enjoy going to small venues to see bands perform. I love design, cheese popcorn, the beach, travel, dancing (not well), playing basketball, photography, bowling (again, not well), meeting new folks, being a friend, sappy movies, shopping, trying new restaurants (eating at old ones too) anything fun...and legal, count me in at least once.
I also enjoy volunteering my time to a few organizations. Though my journey is just getting started, lots of people have helped me along the way. I'm proud and thankful that I can give some of that back. I sincerely want to make a difference…somehow.
As mentioned, music makes my world better. Here are some of the artists that I've been listening to lately.
- Dwele
- Ingrid Michaelson
- Nada Surf
- The Postal Service
- Friendly Fires
- Kate Havnevik
- Brazilian Girls
- The Bird And The Bee
- Frou Frou
- Maxwell
- Phoenix
- Metronomy
- Feist
- The LK
- Kenna
- Owl City
- Pete Yorn
- Lady GaGa
- Grizzly Bear
- Ciara
- Royksopp
- Lupe Fiasco
- Arcade Fire
- 311
- Keri Hilson
- Lo-Fi-Fnk
- Paper Route
- Drake
- Matt & Kim
- Passion Pit
- Magnet
- Jamiroquai
Randy C Johnson
c : 216.233.2012
e : ciejohn@hotmail.com
Education
August 2000 — May 2004
The University of Akron. Akron, Ohio
Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree, Graphic Design Major, Drawing Minor.
Mary Schiller - Myers School of Art Scholarship Recipient.
Graduated : May 2004
August 1999 — May 2000
The University of Toledo. Toledo, Ohio
College of Arts and Sciences.
Bachelor's of Arts Candidate.
Experience
May 2007 — Present
Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE). Cleveland, Ohio
Graphic Designer
Designed brochures, invitations, direct mail, websites, online advertising and other marketing collateral, while providing creative support to all organizational departments.
Quoted and coordinated the print, production and mailing of designed marketing collateral.
Recruited and managed a team of six external freelance designers.
Conceptualized and drafted the framework for a new COSE
Graphic Design Internship Program.
May 2006 — May 2008
AIGA | the professional association for design. Cleveland, Ohio
Communications Chair
Served as creative director and designer, producing promotional print collateral for visiting speaker lectures, design competitions and other organization events.
Founded and coordinated "Be Creative" a joint program with the East Technical High School Visual Communications department that educates and encourages minority students to pursue creative careers, through a series of monthly keynote lectures by professionals in art related felds.
December 2005 — May 2007
University Hospitals. Cleveland, Ohio
Graphic Designer
Played a key role in the successful re-branding of University Hospitals and it's entities.
Participated as a designer on the award winning "In Our Words" website project.
Excelled as a member of the Marketing Communications Internship Committee.
November 2004 — November 2005
U - Store - It Corporate Headquarters. Cleveland, Ohio
Graphic Designer
September 2004 — November 2004
Dix & Eaton. Cleveland, Ohio
Graphic Design Intern
Prepared Presentations for client/agency meetings.
Designed the ICI Paints new business proposal brochure that helped secure the account.
Applications
Proficient In:
Acrobat, Freehand, Go Live, Illustrator, Image Ready, InDesign, Microsoft Word, Photoshop, PowerPoint (on both MAC and PC platforms).