Holly Johnson

Part of the leather department production team. Responsible for transforming full leather sides into the required parts for sewing assembly. This includes, cutting, edge painting, lamination, splitting leather, skiving, subassembly, hardware and logo embossing. Other job requirements include, the creation of templates for consistent logo stamping, quality control of materials used in part assembly, self driven ability to assess workflow and production, an ability to communicate with the rest of the production teams, precise and confident decision making and creative ability to problem solve. As part of the department I also have a shared responsibility for maintenance and upkeep of all of our equipment and machinery.

Responsible for creating promotional art within the convention brand for merchandise products such as buttons, t-shirts and sweatshirts. Helping the lead Artist expand the design style of the convention's brand, using trend boarding and market research; specifically using interviewing and internet trending research. Created a popular button series for the convention as well as hoodies and the 2012 convention member badges.

Manages and runs the Room Parties department for Anime Detour. Handles customer requests/program applications, hotel room assignments and customer care. Manages the staff who run the day to day tasks of the department. Responsible for the department budget, budget proposals and all orders for the department such as; food, signage, posters, office supplies, buttons and other expenses of the department. Responsible for maintaining all the documents and applications associated with the department. Sets the policies and rules for the program participants and handles all communications between the participants and the hotel to make the user experience smooth and worry free for the participating members.

Responsible for designing promotional art for the convention, in addition to convention signage.

Assisted staff artists in the creation of installations, costumes and props. Assisted with the construction of an installation piece, "Right on Lake Street" (http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/lakestreet), for the Minnesota History Center. Created Masks and Costume pieces for the 2007 performance, "La Natividad". Responsible for maintaining and organizing their inventory of props, puppets, and fabric, in addition to other general office duties. Helped coordinate and run the Saturday morning free puppet show for kids.

Responsible for the safety and care of children in our program from 6 weeks to 10 years old.

Additional Freelance art work: Wall Decor, animal paintings and decorations. Art for bulletin boards. Create coloring pages for the children and design craft projects. face painting for events.

Operate large format flat bed and roll to roll printers. Operate automated and manual cutters. Assembly and finishing processes for displays and large signage. Finishing processes include, lamination, trimming, premask, vinyl decal application, canvas stretching, trimming, grommets, spiral bindings, die cutting, stack cutting.