Hey! I’m Johnivan Darby

A visionary and performance-driven graphic designer and a key member of the leadership team, combining modern design, storytelling, and creative strategies to develop brand awareness, increased product adoption, and create a fiercely loyal customer base. Exceptional communication, inspiration, and presentation skills.  

• Thought leader, with 9+ years’ experience: Working on in-house, as well as client-facing creative projects, creative leadership, developing and executing creative vision, and building and developing high-performing teams. 

• Artistic Skills: Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Video Production, Illustration, Copywriting, Storytelling, Storyboards, Video editing, 2D animation, Layouts, Logo Design, Flash Animation, and Typography. 

• Project Management: Extensive experience executing full-lifecycle creative projects from planning to completion. Delivering projects on time and within budget while accomplishing project objectives. 

• Trusted Partner:  Interacting with key stakeholders, including clients and senior leadership. Ensuring alignment, and providing advisement on creative direction, ideations and opportunities, and scalable process improvements. 

• Technical Skills: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects), Microsoft Office (Excel, Word), Canva, WordPress.

• Awards: Most Notable Alumni - Phi Kappa Theta, Judith Life Ikenberry Fine Arts Award - The Illinois Club