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Designer & Creative Director — experience, skills, and selected work.

Mario Johnson

Designer & Creative Director

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Multidisciplinary designer with 8+ years leading brand and product work for studios and startups. I turn fuzzy ideas into crisp, usable things — and ship them.

Experience

Creative Director

Studio North · Sofia

Lead a team of five across brand, web, and motion. Set creative direction for 20+ launches and rebuilt the studio’s design process end to end.

Senior Product Designer

Brightline · Remote

Owned the design system and the core checkout flows for a fintech app used by 200k people. Cut checkout drop-off by 18%.

Visual Designer

Freelance

Brand identities, websites, and campaign work for studios, restaurants, and early-stage startups.

Education

BA, Visual Communication

National Academy of Art · Sofia

Graduated with honours. Focused on typography and editorial design.

Foundation, Art & Design

Sofia College of Arts · Sofia

Skills

  • Brand identity
  • Product design
  • Motion design

Languages

  • Bulgarian Native
  • English Fluent
  • German Intermediate

Certifications

Interaction Design Foundation — UX

IxDF

Advanced Figma

Figma

Selected Projects

Orbit Shop

A fast, playful storefront for an indie hardware brand.