HEY.
I'M JOSH FERRIN.
I MAKE THINGS. STORIES.
DESIGNS. MEMORIES.
WHAT I DO
I'm lucky enough to have made my passion my career: creating. I specialize in stories of all kinds: marketing, branding, design and things creative. I am a storyteller at heart and I specialize in finding the best way to connect brands with their audiences.
I do many things, but in the end, I just want to tell great stories.
BRANDS I'VE WORKED WITH>
02 PORTFOLIO
RECENT WORK OF WHICH I'M FOND
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03 Experience
2014-2018
VP Brand/Marketing
2012-2014
Creative Director
RAGNAR
Caretaker of the Ragnar Brand. Guided and developed all creative assets and campaigns. Rebuilt all merchandise designs that lead to 4x growth in sales. Crafted content strategy that lead to 500k+ cult-like following.
RAGNAR
Oversee all content & creative, represent the brand at executive level. Extended brand reach through content and new products & experiences to +3.4 million impressions. Developed and launched new products gained +35,000 participants & was profitable within 1st year.
2010-2012
Graphics Chief
2004-2010
Presentation Editor
GANNETT
Driving force for bolder designs with a focus on high-impact creative across all channels. Managed team of designers and copy-editors and never missed a single deadline.
DESERET NEWS/KSL
Development, design, execution of all creative assets. Responsible for redesigning legacy products. Essentially, I took complicated concepts and boiled them down into their essentials into the simplest, most compelling visual story possible.
CONTACT
Do you have a project that needs some killer creative? Let's make some stories together.