JoshuaJohnson
Phoenix, Az
Senior Quality manager at Tuts+. I'm also a writer, editor, designer, developer, and all around Internet geek.
Experience
- Quality Manager
- Phoenix, AZ
Jan 2013 - Present - Tuts+
- I oversee qualitative expectations and content strategy for a staff of 20+ editors who in turn manage hundreds of content authors. I created this role at Tuts+ and have implemented several unprecedented quality-related benchmarks and improvements.
- Senior Editor
Oct 2009 - Present- Design Shack
- I was the senior editor of Design Shack, an online magazine focused on current/emerging design trends and technology. This site contains years of design-related discussions and tutorials written largely by myself and has an audience of over 30,000 daily readers (a following I built from the ground up).
- Senior Editor
- Phoenix, AZ
Jul 2012 - Jan 2013 - Mactuts+
- I started this site for Tuts+ and grew it from zero to between 30,000-50,000 daily page views. I managed a team of around thirty authors and published daily Mac-related tutorials.
- Senior Editor
Jul 2010 - Jun 2012- Mac.AppStorm.net
- I managed a team of over 30 writers and published daily original content relating to Apple and the overall computing industry. This site had an audience of over 40,000 daily readers.
- Art Director
- Phoenix, Az
Jan 2004 - Apr 2011 - Catapult Marketing
- Continuous design work and brand building for several major nation-wide brands and retailers. Focus was primarily on co-marketing (i.e. shopper marketing) campaigns in conjunction with a given brand and retailer.
Notable Brands: Mars Pet (Pedigree, Whiskas, Cesar, etc), Mars Candy (M&M’s Snickers, etc.), Splenda, Johnson & Johnson, Central Life Sciences Pet Products (Adams, Bio-Spot, Comfort Zone)
Notable Retailers: Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart, Fry’s, and Safeway.
- Official News Correspondent
- Phoenix, AZ
Jul 2010 - Present - KTAR - Radio Station
- Frequent on-air interviews relating to technological developments, particularly those relating to Apple.
- Phoenix, AZ
Jan 2004 - Present - Freelance Design
- I take on a full range of projects including church promotional materials, band promotion and web design, business card/logo design and 3D modeling.
- Phoenix, AZ
- Phoenix, AZ
- Photography
- I'm a wedding and portrait photographer/videographer. A small sample of my photographs can be seen here: http://500px.com/secondfret
- Phoenix, AZ
Education
- B.S. in Global Business (Marketing)
- Arizona State University - W.P. Carey
- Graduated with highest possible honors (Suma Cum Laude)
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