Jorie Johnson

Well, hello friends! I’m Jorie. (;

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A Bit About Me:

JORIE JOHNSON
Designer • Model • Advocate
Spinal Cord Injury Survivor

"Hustle & Slay”
Owner & Chief Curator
MS ILLINOIS United America Title Holder!
The IVY Member: Member Through Nomination
HONORS SOCIETY: Esteemed Member Through Nomination

Designer • Stager • Event Experiences • Design Business Owner • Fashion • Influencer • Social Media • Prisoner Advocate

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Degrees - Investigation, Enquiry & Analysis in:

** The College of Communication: JOURNALISM/MEDIA COMMUNICATION & TECHNOLOGY

~Rigorous Studies in the Following Six Areas:
Communication and Culture
Communication and Health
Communication and Organizations
Interpersonal Communication
Mediated Communication and
Technology Rhetoric and Public Communication

**The College of Communication: HISTORY
Focus - 18th & 19th Century African American Economic Struggles and Advances & 20th Century US & Global Wars.

Experienced Events Dreamer-Curator-Idea Generator + Event Implementor
Staff, Team & Volunteer Sourcing, Interview Cycle Management, Onboarding, Training, Development and Mentoring Specialist
Operational Expertise in Curating Systems/Processes/Policies and Procedures.
Vendor, Sourcing and Relationship Management, Day-of Planning

BUILDER: Creative Ideation through Production
CURIOUS: Box 3 Thinker
PROJECT MANAGER || PROGRAM DEVELOPER
EXTREMELY HIGH EQ: Discernment
FLEXIBLE: Change Management, Ability to Adapt
EMPATHY: Awareness || Kindness
PROBLEM SOLVER: Calm Under Pressure
TALENT SOURCING: Full Cycle || Culture Onboarding
MERCHANDISER: Brand Specialist || Mystery Shopper

Creative, Educated, Engaging, Easygoing, Flexible, Coachable, High Energy, Tenacious, Professional, Proven-Effective Leader & Dreamer here!
*Experienced with Measurable, Highly Honorable and Evfecrive Results in Change Management, Process Development and Implementation, Project and Program Creation and Management & Extemely Effectual Team Builder.
***Extremely High Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Empathy and Awareness.***

Expert Skills In:
• Social Media Influencing & National Brand Campaigns
•Full Cycle Event Experiences
•Brand Influencer/Promoter/Ambassador to endless
*Expert People Developer and Culture Elevator with Extremely High EQ.
*Branding Expert
*Designer & Staging Expert of Events and Spaces
• Events: Weddings, Luxury, Intimate Executive Dinners, Events for Under-Resourced Families, Massive IL State Prison & Jail Initiative, Clothing Pop-Up Shoppes, Experiential Holiday Design Curation for over 80k People!
• Runway Model for Charity
• Promotional Model
• Brand Influencer/Promoter/Ambassador
• Talent Acquisition & Developing
• Culture & Branding Expert
• Vendor Relationship/Management
• Designer of Spaces & Events (Certified)
• Merchandising (Certified)
• Proven Leadership

I feel what strongly differentiates me from other people/leaders is my incredibly strong discernment and extremely high Emotional Intelligence/EQ. I’m a Diffuser who possesses Elite Leadership and Trauma training. I truly care about people as individuals and have a unique management style centered around individualizing each person that I have the pleasure of overseeing. I have had great success utilizing these same skills effectively getting my vision across, leading up/down/laterally, building and maintaining thriving, happy teams and successful vendor management. More focused on the collective culture than being “right”.

Seasoned Project/Program Developer and Manager, Events and Space Curator and Designer with over a decade of knowledge and experience in the Events and Design spaces.

Spent a decade building spaces, programs, ministries and event experiences for the poor and the incarcerated

Built a robust Children’s Clothing Ministry bottom up

Cared for death row inmates at Angola Prison in Louisiana.

As a Marketing, Fashion & Design Industry Expert and Social Media Strategist, I have influenced or led on the Runway, Instagram Campaigns and in the Curation and Staging of personal spaces.

Expert Merchandising Skills including Mystery Shopping

Besides curating a Children’s Clothing Store and Comprehensive Ministry from creative ideation to the opening of its doors and building a multitude of Pop-Up Shoppes serving job seekers that boasted relevant services such as below cost, on-trend, business attire and free hair, makeup and LinkedIn head shot photo opportunities. I’ve recently become experienced in a multitude of varying Mystery Shopping endeavors and have received a plethora of Merchandising Certifications.

I am proud to have earned Journalism/Media Studies and History degrees from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and am ecstatic to be completing a very rigorous design and staging intensive through CSP International.

Strength Finders:
Individualization
Activator
Achiever
Strategic
Futuristic

Proud ENFP!

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