Maria Veneziano Johnson

Senior Manager, Creative Services @vineyard vines

Stamford, CT, US

Creative team Graphic Designer & Sr. Manager• Helps the team and designs full campaigns both print and digital• Manages creative team members, their design projects, and workloads• Sets up and leads creative brainstorming and ideation sessions• Creates digital seasonal campaign level emails for the Men’s, Women\'s, and Family• Designs digital campaign pieces such as emails & paid social• Designs campaign print pieces such as catalog, counter cards, coupons, buy books, and mailers• Art directs soft goods and on figure photography in studio and on location of product that is used for both online and print campaigns• Designs campaign print pieces such as catalog, counter cards, coupons, buy books, and mailers• Creates presentations for current and upcoming shoots and campaigns that is shared cross-functionally• Collaborates with the web team for homepages, landing pages, content spots, and ads• Works and creates compelling design work and photography for professional sport leagues and athletes: MLB, NFL, NCAA, Jim Nantz, Barstool, PLL, NHL, Kentucky Derby, Head of the Charles, PGA Tour golfers and Fanatics• Designs print and digital pieces for brand collaborations: Crocs, JAWS, Sperry, Tanner Smith, Mossy Oak, Boston Massachusetts Hospital, and Bright Pink• Makes brand promotional stickers that are given out at all the stores and with online orders• Helps manage and train freelance designers for a smooth transition into working with the company • Works directly under the creative team but also with marketing, social, PR, merchandising, wholesale and ecomm• Went from store employee to intern to now corporate employee• Since being at corporate started out as Jr. Designer, and was an Associate then a Sr. Designer prior to becoming Sr. Manager• Organizes philanthropy drives for department• Department social chair

University of Illinois at Chicago

Graphic Design/Industrial Design

Miami University

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Graphic Design