Summary
Jeremiah Johnson is a creative technologist and electronic musician who blends two decades of front-end development, sound design, and interactive art to build culturally resonant digital experiences. He has led creative-technology work for global brands at Barbarian and now shapes design and code at Final Form while running the pioneering low-tech music label 8bitpeoples, which he founded in 1999. A Columbia Computer Science graduate with an NYU ITP master’s, he bridges rigorous engineering and experimental practice—shipping prototypes, installations, and campaigns that mix emerging tech, performance, and nostalgia for early computing aesthetics. His writing on programming music for 8-bit platforms was published by O’Reilly, and his projects have been exhibited internationally and covered by WIRED and The New York Times. Comfortable as both mediator and maker, he often serves as creative director, tech lead, and UX strategist on the same project, helping teams translate bold concepts into feasible, surprising work. Based in Tucson, he’s also an avid hiker and performer who has taken his low-fi compositions to audiences in more than 20 countries.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MPS, New Media & Interaction Design, MPS, New Media & Interaction Design at New York University
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Columbia University
Swedish, Spanish