Joy Johnson

Founder + Executive Creative Director

Joy Johnson is the Founder and Executive Creative of Joy Creative Studio. For over twenty years, Joy has provided creative leadership across marketing and brand development, spanning digital and social channels, print and digital advertising, and more than 25 conferences and live events.

Before founding the studio, Joy led a creative team in the design and production of high-performing digital ad campaigns for some of the world's most recognized brands, including Procter & Gamble, Target, Chase, Disney, Walgreens, Nintendo, L'Oreal, Netflix, and Hershey's.

Today, Joy collaborates with clients she genuinely loves working with, with a particular focus on women entrepreneurs. Her work ensures a strategically designed, fluid visual narrative across every brand touchpoint, supported by two exceptionally talented creatives who bring it all to life alongside her.

Born and raised in California, Joy lives in Silicon Valley with her husband, two kids, and the undisputed star of the household: a six-pound long-haired chihuahua named Coconut Jewels Pizza, known to most as Coco. Joy is also a certified Barre3 instructor, drawn to the practice's philosophy of balance in body and empowerment from within, with an emphasis on how movement feels rather than how it looks.

Joy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in New Media Design from the Academy of Art University, San Francisco.