Johan Brand

Current

• Producer & Head of Partner Services at Playgroup

Past

• Head of Digital at Cleara Group
• Project Manager at Cleara Digital Ltd
• Owner at Brand Media (Sole Proprietorship)

• Intern at Froghop, Boston, USA
• Director at 5 Past Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Sales Consultant at Office line Mac & carry AS, Oslo, Norway
• Consultant at Executive Consulting Norway AS, Oslo, Norway

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Education

• Boston University - School of Management
• Napier University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Company

Johan Brand’s Experience

• Producer & Head of Partner Services

  Playgroup

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2008 — Present (6 months)

• Head of Digital

  Cleara Group

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  January 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 2 months)

• Project Manager

  Cleara Digital Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2006 — January 2007 (4 months)

• Owner

  Brand Media (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Media Production industry)

  February 2001 — October 2006 (5 years 9 months)

  • Developed corporate websites and media-content.
  • Evaluated and recommended technical solutions for HD film production.
  • Conceptualized and produced visual profile for corporate clients.
  • Advised clients on product options and recommended IT-solutions.
  • Delivered sound recordings to BBC and NRK

• Intern

  Froghop, Boston, USA

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Games industry)

  March 2006 — June 2006 (4 months)

  Intership, part of the Advanced Entreperneurship Program at Boston University School of Management.
  
  • Evaluated and made recommendations on the company strategy.
  • Developed user interface for mobile phone applications.
  • Developed cross platform PC/Mobile game demo (showed at E3).
  • Developed a website for the TMA Consortium.

• Director

  5 Past Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  October 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 3 months)

  5Past is not currently trading.
  • Developed mobile-content concepts.
  • Analyzed the 3G mobile phone market and identified a mismatch in the operators’ price policy versus consumer willingness to pay.

• Sales Consultant

  Office line Mac & carry AS, Oslo, Norway

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; OFL; Computer Hardware industry)

  April 1996 — August 2003 (7 years 5 months)

  Identified customers’ needs, advised on product options and completed sales of Apple Macintosh computers and complete professional solutions such as video editing suits for commercial use.

• Consultant

  Executive Consulting Norway AS, Oslo, Norway

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2000 — February 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  • Examined and tested mobile phones that were currently in development.
  • Assisted in the development of a user interface for a mobile phone.

Johan Brand’s Education

• Boston University - School of Management

  Entrepreneurship 2006 — 2006

  • Awarded best business plan and presentation
  • Awarded best capstone presentation and paper
  • GPA: 4.0

• Napier University

  1st Class BA (Hons), Film, Photography and Imaging, 2001 — 2005

  Major project: Produced four final digital prints (30”x39”), which explore the photographic portrait and its ability to record the ‘surface’ of the sitter. Wrote a 40- page final year dissertation entitled: “Aspects of Time: An Enquiry into Artistic Manipulation of Time”.
  
  Minor project: Project manager for a team of six. Produced an 80-page professionally printed magazine and dual layer DVD presenting the final year students’ work, and texts contributed by professionals such as Jeff Wall. Published in an edition of 2000, ISBN 0-95247836-4-6.
  
  Other: Technical producer and editor, 15 min short film (18H)

Additional Information

Johan Brand’s Websites:

• My Company

Johan Brand’s Groups:

Gründerskolen Alumni

Johan Brand’s Honors:

EXHIBITIONS
128 Studio Edinburgh, Mansfield Place Edinburgh, Juvenarte Oslo, BAA Gallery London Heathrow Airport

AWARDS
Short Film Award: 18H won best Fiction in the Scottish Students on Screen Awards. ICI Student Digital Photographer of the Year 2003: Highly Commended.

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