Morgan Johnson is an artist and designer, living and working in Brooklyn, NY. * She specializes in branding and product design for tech, apparel, editorial, and e-comm clients; telling stories and problem-solving by way of websites, interactive design, and marketing. Her design approach is equal parts analytical and creative.
Currently, Morgan is the founder and creative lead of Always on Deadline, a full-service design and technology studio. In 2019, she founded Leigh NY, an apparel brand bridging vintage and contemporary silhouettes. Leigh has been published in Vogue, Beyoncé, InStyle, and BOF.
Previously, Morgan was an Associate Art Director at Condé Nast and a Digital Designer at Ralph Lauren. She has worked with large companies like Google and Netflix, to robust design teams like Opening Ceremony and holds a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (with a minor in Art History).
Outside of design, she enjoys strong coffee, amateur gardening, sewing/machine knitting, running, biking, and deep diving on the interweb.
Leigh NY (Art Direction).
Netflix Queue (Animation).
Always on Deadline (Visual Identity, Web Design).
Netflix Queue (Visual Identity, Animation).
Leigh NY (Art Direction, Apparel Design).
Condé Nast, Self Magazine (Illustration).
Laquan Smith (Textile Print Design).
Netflix, Skip Intro Podcast (Brand Identity).
Leigh NY (Art Direction, Apparel Design).
Condé Nast, Self Magazine (Illustration).
Dwyane Wade (Web Design, Front-End Development).
Google (Illustration).
Leigh NY (Art Direction).
Opening Ceremony (Visual Identity, Illustration).
Elisa Johnson (Web Design, Front-End Development).
Personal Project (Illustration).
Netflix Queue (Visual Identity, Animation).
ALWAYS ON DEADLINE