Jon Brong
Art & Design Director – Formerly at Stance & RVCA
- Role
- Art & Design Director at 1981a
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jon Brong
Art & Design Director with 15+ years of experience leading brand creative, visual identity systems, and culturally resonant storytelling across lifestyle, performance, sport, and premium consumer brands. Proven ability to define creative vision, guide seasonal direction, and translate brand strategy into cohesive, omni-channel execution across product, campaigns, and content. Known for building strong teams, shaping creative systems, and partnering cross-functionally to deliver thoughtful, elevated work that balances craft, culture, and commercial goals.
Experience
Art & Design Director
Jan 2012 — Present · Long Beach, CA, US
1981a is a multidisciplinary design studio with a focus on sport and performance in lifestyle categories. Working in collaboration with sport licensing of MLB and NBA, along with performance brands such as Puma, Russel Athletic, Stance Socks, Slam Magazine as well with high profile Athletes, Artist and Creatives- Creative conduit to various athlete\'s collections such as Dwayne Wade, Donovan Mitchell, Francisco Lindor and Ronald Acuna Jr- Developed relationship and built apparel collection with prestigious artist such Barry McGee, Wes Lang and Takashi Murakami.
Education
The Art Institute of California-Los Angeles
Associates Degree, Graphic Design
2001 — 2003
ArtCenter College of Design
Graphic Design
2004
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