Douglas Johnston

Marketing Account Director / Web & Multimedia Content Producer / Manager

Northwest Territories, Canada

Current
  • Account Director at Outcrop Communications
  • Webmaster/Editor-in-Chief at DIYPlanner.com (Self-employed)
Education
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland
Connections
32 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Douglas Johnston’s Summary

Marketing/communications account director, specializing in media production. Project manager and producer focused on online marketing campaigns, website development (including CMS, intranet and database solutions), educational products, and audio/video productions. Skilled writer and designer, with university degrees in English, French and Education. The owner and editor-in-chief of popular productivity site DIYPlanner.com, and the creator of the D*I*Y Planner kits (downloaded collectively nearly a million times). Also interested in branding/identity trends, communications theory, management processes, and cognitive learning techniques and visualization.

Douglas Johnston’s Specialties:

Account direction, client liaison, media production, project management, e-learning, curriculum development, web development, information design, marketing, communications, graphic design, photography, videography.


Douglas Johnston’s Experience

  • Account Director

    Outcrop Communications

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    July 2006Present (3 years 1 month)

    Leader of division specializing in media projects such as online marketing campaigns, websites, videos, commercials, intranets, and e-learning products.

  • Webmaster/Editor-in-Chief

    DIYPlanner.com (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)

    August 2005Present (4 years)

    Webmaster, editor and writer for DIYPlanner.com, a community site devoted to productivity and creative techniques. Home to my D*I*Y Planner kits, a series of free printable templates to organise one's time, life and thoughts, now downloaded over 800,000 times. A part-time, non-profit project.


Douglas Johnston’s Education

  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

    B. Ed. , English/French High School Methods , 19921994

    Activities and Societies:
    Writing, drama, historical recreation
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland

    B. A. , English/French Double Major , 19871991

    Activities and Societies:
    Writing, design, historical recreation

Additional Information

Douglas Johnston’s Websites:

Douglas Johnston’s Interests:

Project management, writing (both non-fiction and fiction), productivity issues, education, design, photography, medieval longbow archery, Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes


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