Gillian is a Photo Art Director & Brand Designer based in the Bay Area, CA.
About Gillian
Gillian St. John is a Bay Area-based photo art director and brand designer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializing in visual storytelling for brands big and small. Currently freelancing at Apple and running her creative studio, Gist.
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Apple(Contracted by Magnit)
Photo Art Director (Current)
Photo Production Artist (2025)Founder, Art Director & Designer (2020 - Current)
Thread
Creative Director (2024)
Art Director (2023 - 2024)
Senior Graphic Designer (2022 - 2023)
Graphic Designer (2020 - 2022)
Sundance Institute/Sundance Film Festival
Environmental Graphic Designer (2019 - 2020)
American Chamber of Commerce, Brisbane
Design/Events Intern (2019)
Lunar Solar Group
Graphic Design Intern (2019)
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University of Utah
Graphic Design BFA
May 2019