WORK EXPERIENCE
Arts Contributor (Freelance)
CRACK Magazine/Berlin Art Link/Berlin Loves You
04/2013 – Present
www.crackmagazine.co.uk
Arts-related journalism; visiting shows, meeting artists, conducting interviews and
working closely with editorial team.
• Regularly creating artist profiles. Sourcing and connecting with a range of
international artists.
• Reviewing exhibitions for both print and blog formats.
LOUIS
LABRON-JOHNSON
--www.louislabronjohnson.com
Oranienstrasse 10/11
Kreuzberg, Berlin,Germany
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BA (Hons) Illustration:
First Class Degree
09/2008 – 06/2011
University of the West of England, Bristol
Applied Arts Foundation Diploma:
Distinction Award
09/2007 – 06/2008
Exeter College, Exeter
SOCIAL SKILLS
Adept at dealing with the pressures of
deadlines in a good-humoured way, and am
at ease in situations where I am out of what
would be considered the ‘comfort zone’.
Can work with people from other fields of
expertise and thoroughly enjoy collaboration
and working as part of a team.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Photoshop, InDesign, MS Office
Knowledge of SEO and social media including
Google analytics and keyword planning.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English: Native, German: B1 Level
Illustrator and Bookmaker (Freelance)
Self-employed
04/2011– Present
www.louislabronjohnson.com
Drawing and designing for publishing, editorial, advertising and animation.
Liaising with clients, managing finances, visually communicating ideas and concepts
and scoping project requirements.
• Creating limited edition hand-made books using a variety of binding techniques.
• Exhibited in several countries, worked with an international range of clients.
Copy Editor
SAND Journal, Berlin
08/2015 – 11/2016
www.sandjournal.com
Responsible for the copy editing of the entirety of every issue, working with
section editors, designers, and authors to ensure that the final edit of the journal
is immaculate.
• Proofreading, fact-checking, organisation and delegation of copy-related tasks.
• Ensuring that the formatting and style of the text are consistent, by checking
everything from spelling and grammar to the correct placement of text.
Editorial/SEO Copywriter
Affinitas/eDarling, Berlin
03/2013 – 06/2014
www.elitesingles.co.uk
Creation of articles for online magazine, website copy, SEO for content,
administration of several websites.
• Writing for websites in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
• Helping manage Facebook and Twitter pages.
Blog Editor (Freelance)
The Giggle Group, Bristol
01/2012 – 03/2013
www.thegigglegroup.co.uk
Weekly blog for animation studio that covers – among other things –
communication and social networking, technical animation issues, politics relating
to the creative arts.
• Knowledge of current events and animation.
• Liaising with studio, discussing topics and important news, relaying that
information to a non-technical audience.
Assistant Editor
Greenpark Publishing/Flavour Magazine, Bristol
08/2011 – 07/2012
www.flavour magazine.co.uk
Researching and writing copy, embarking on press trips and restaurant reviews,
editing contributors’ copy, liaising with advertising / design teams, working to tight
deadlines under pressure.
• Occasionally assuming overall editorial responsibility in editor’s absence.
• Multiple international press trips, including India and Italy, to research and report
on cuisines, cultures and landscapes.
• Interacting with public, government officials, PR agents, chefs and journalists.
• Multiple trips to restaurants for reviews.
• Confident in writing and communicating with clients, as well as the magazine staff.
• Knowledge of both food and the publishing industry as a whole.
• Singlehandedly running a side operation called Greenliving Magazine.
