Johan Brand

Current

• Strategic Creative Director at Playgroup

Past

• Executive Producer at Playgroup
• 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

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Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Johan Brand’s Summary

I am passionate, full of energy, drive and excitement. I have strong and diverse experience within the creative industry spanning a multitude of high profile projects & brands. I am quick-thinking, proactive, hands-on, and a creative problem-solver with a unique blend of skills within design, technology & business.

I believe in the concept of play and its ability to unlock creativity and stimulate innovation.

I lead talented teams of strategists, designers and developers in the production of campaign work, brand & business innovation, games, microsites, web portals, intranets and software applications.

My involvement and guidance is critical in all phases of a project from inception to completion; in client relations as well as encouraging the team to deliver quality at all times. The result is long lasting client relationships and industry award winning work including Peoples Choice Webby, several FWA SOTD's and numerous Gold Horizon Awards.

In addition to leading accounts and projects, I also play a key role in shaping the company as well as supporting individual employee development.

Current clients include; BBC, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler Business Innovation, BT, Unilever, Sony, ITV, IMG, WWF, Norwegian Design Council.

Johan Brand’s Specialties:

Innovative ideas & concepts backed up with top-notch research, strategic creative direction, excellent understanding of usability, good knowledge of interactive/software development from a design, information architecture, interaction design and technical perspective.

Johan Brand’s Experience

• Strategic Creative Director

  Playgroup

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  June 2009 — Present (6 months)

• Executive Producer

  Playgroup

  (Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  February 2008 — June 2009 (1 year 5 months)

  The role required that I was borderline schizophrenic,dividing my time as part creative strategist & creative director, part account director, part technical director, part business savvy negotiator. Mix that in with a good portion of innovation & business development to drive Playgroup forward and you can see I got to challenge and develop my well rounded talent.

• 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 Groups:

Gründerskolen Alumni

•    Boston University Alumni
•    TED: Ideas Worth Spreading
•    Digital Gurus London - The Community for Digital Media Folk
•    Major Players
•    Play
•    Viralagency.com
•    INTERACTIVE NARRATIVE

Johan Brand’s Honors:

Student Exhibitions:
128 Studio Edinburgh, Mansfield Place Edinburgh, Juvenarte Oslo, BAA Gallery London Heathrow Airport

Student 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.

Johan Brand’s Contact Settings

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