Ben S Johnson
Creative strategist and multidisciplinary designer
Case Studies
Food Integrity Campaign
Creative Services
Food Integrity Campaign
- Services: art direction, user experience, visual design
- Projects: responsive website, campaign identity, social media assets, brochures, signage
Calvert Impact Capital
Case Study: Creative Services
Calvert Impact Capital
- Services: art direction, user-experience, web and print design
- Projects: brand identity refresh, social impact and annual reports (web + print), collateral, ads, and infographics
Florida State Parks
Creative Services
Florida State Parks
- Services: art direction, illustration and graphic design
- Projects: program logo designs, illustrated "Critter" sheets, Junior Ranger materials (brochures, trading cards, coloring books, etc), posters, park signage and more.
Bridge the Gulf Project
Creative Services
Bridge the Gulf Project
- Services: art direction, brand identity, website planning, user experience, visual design
- Projects: responsive website, brand identity, social media assets
Projects by Type
Web: User Experience & Visual Design
Selected Work
Web: User Experience & Visual Design
- Clients: Everytown for Gun Safety, Earthjustice, Food Integrity Campaign, Not In Our Town (Stop Hate), ReThink Media, Aspiration Tech, Citizens Engagement Lab, Good Ventures, Calvert Impact Capital
- My roles: art Direction, information architecture, user experience (responsive/mobile planning, wireframes), visual design
Print Design
Selected Work
- Clients: Calvert Foundation, Food Integrity Campaign, Salesforce Foundation, US Ignite, CBS, FSLSO, Florida State Parks, Guardian ad Litem, Florida Dept. of Education, Tishamingo, Spanish Moss Foundation
- My roles: art direction, graphic design for reports, brochures, posters and more
Illustration
Selected Work
Illustration
- Clients: Florida State Parks, Tishamingo, South Sudan Law Society, Fair Trade USA, Florida Department of Education
- My roles: art direction, illustration
Brand Identity
Selected Work
Brand Identity
- Clients:Trisomy 18 Foundation, Blueprint NC, Florida State Parks, East Coast Greenway, Calvert Impact Capital, Aspiration, ReThink Media, Slow Money, Freecycle.org
- My roles: art direction, brand identity, logo design, moodboards, brand/logo usage guides
Social Media, Ads, & Infographics
Selected Work
Social Media, Ads, & Infographics
- Clients: Dalai Lama Fellows, Boreal Manitoba, Food Integrity Campaign, CETF, Salesforce Foundation, Global Teacher Prize, US Ignite
- My roles: art direction and graphic design for meme images, infographics, animations, social ads and more
I have a passion for collaborating on projects that are socially meaningful and have a positive impact. I'm motivated by helping organizations over-achieve by doing more with less.
Who I've worked with
With almost 20 years of experience as a designer, I’ve worked on countless projects for a wide array of client types. As my career has evolved, my focus has become working with cause-based organizations or campaigns including nonprofit, government, arts, education, social innovators, and mission-driven businesses. Some to note:
- Alliance for Climate Education
- Animal Welfare Institute
- Aspiration Tech
- Bridge the Gulf Project
- Blueprint North Carolina
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- California 4-H
- California Newsreel
- Calvert Foundation
- Citizens Engagement Lab
- Dalai Lama Fellows
- Earthjustice
- East Coast Greenway
- Fair Trade USA
- Fission Strategy
- Florida Department of Education
- Florida State Parks
- Food Integrity Campaign
- Good Ventures Foundation
- Government Accountability Project
- Greenpeace
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Levis Strauss Foundation
- Melville Charitable Foundation
- Moms Rising
- Not In Our Town / United Against Hate
- Open Philanthropy Project
- Playworks
- ReThink Media
- Salesforce Foundation
- South Sudan Law Society
- Story of Stuff Project
- Trout Unlimited
- Trust for Public Lands
- US Forest Service
- US Ignite
How can we work together?
Most often my role is as creative director and consultant, working to craft visual storytelling for an organization or campaign. I enjoy leading the creative process from start to finish, including art direction, digital strategy, user-experience, and visual design. I've teamed up to help produce websites of all types and sizes. I'm also able to execute high quality brand identity or print design as well as create custom content.
Drop a line and let’s talk about how we might collaborate.
- 850.544.9339
- ben@bensjohnson.com
- LinkedIn.com/in/bensjohnson
Other things to know
Some places I've lived: Asheville, NC (now home); Oakland, CA; Berkeley, CA; San Diego, CA; Athens, GA; Atlanta, GA; Tallahassee, FL (hometown) ...plus five months hiking the Appalachian Trail and living in the woods (2005).
Some favotire things: art with my daughter, the scenic route, trail "running", thrift stores, live music, craft beer, campfires, maps of all kinds, cryptozoology, and making the perfect cup of coffee the hard way.