Education
- Southeast Community College - Lincoln Nebraska
- A.A.S Graphic Design Media Arts
- 2021 — Spring 2023
The GDMA program is an accelerated 2 year program covering many aspects of graphic design. We focused heavily on learning design programs and software which I became proficient in. We also had a focus on client relationships, speaking to specific audiences and creating design briefs. Accountability and time management was a key part of being successful throughout my education.
Experience
- Associates Builders & Contractors; Graphic Design Intern
- 2022
As a graphic design intern at ABC, I was responsible for designing and developing their website for their Lincoln branch. In addition, I created a social media campaign that would be launched every Thursday for all of 2023, as well as several other promotional campaigns. Team collaboration and time management was a big part of this job and aided in my growth as a designer.
- Sonic; Manager
- 2020-2024
During my time as a manager at Sonic, I was responsible for leading my teammates and monitoring production. As well as working closely with employees, I was also involved in customer service. Being in communication with guests helped to build my problem solving and communication skills. Each day I was responsible for counting money and making records of the day.
- Junior Saltdogs; Umpire
- 2018-2020
As an Umpire for the Junior Saltdogs, I was responsible for controlling the flow of the game and de-escalating heatedsituations between team members. I was also responsiblefor officiating the games and was a leader to my teammates.This experience helped me learn how to work as a team aswell as taking responsibility for the game, scores, and fellowteammates.
- John Breslow Ice Hockey Center; Graphic Designer
- 2022
At John Breslow Ice hockey center I was in charge of our design system. That included updating it to be less ink on the printers and keeping our brand consistant through many expansions and changes that the Rink went through that year. I also updated our physical event calendar at the end of every month.
- Ebekka Design: Graphic Desinger
- 2024
I worked as a Graphic Designer for Ebekka I created menu's for resturaunts as well as updated many websites to more competitive and modern looks as well as updated there UI for a better user experience.
Skills
- Figma
- Indesign
- Illustrator
- Xd
- Photoshop
- HTML 5 and CSS 3
- Time Management
- Client Relations
- Web Development and Design
- UI & UX Design
Contact
- Samuel D. Johnson
- (402) 601 1909
- SamuelDJ2@protonmail.com