About

John Montgomery is an experienced and award-winning freelance art director + graphic designer based in Toronto, interested in story-telling in all forms, providing creative direction services to corporate and editorial clients. He approaches all work with equal parts creativity and strategy, leveraging a skill for organization to create comprehensive design solutions.

He has previously worked with ALLCAPS Content, Canada Soccer Media & Entertainment, Fiera Capital, Harbour Publishing, the Doug Wright Awards, Reader's Digest Canada and Sélection, Canadian Business, MoneySense, Toronto Life, Financial Post Magazine and Taddle Creek magazines, as well as worked with the University of Alberta’s New Trail magazine, Nelson Education, the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and the Ontario Association of Architects. John has been nominated for several National Magazine Awards—including winning silver for cover of the year in 2016—and has been nominated for a number of Alberta Magazines Awards—winning three in 2024 for Cover of the Year (Gold), Art Direction for a Single Issue (Gold) and Feature Design (Silver).

He has spoken numerous times on magazine cover design for the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, Magazines Canada and the International Regional Media Association, and has also done consultations with publications on what they can do to help improve their design for AMPA’s Pros On The Road series. John has been a judge for the National Magazine Awards and the Alberta Magazine Awards multiple times, and was an editorial category judge for the Society of Illustrators’ 62nd annual. He is also teaching Illustration Entrepreneurial Studies and Emerging Markets in Sheridan College’s Honours Bachelor of Illustration program, as well as Graphic Design I and Software II at Seneca Polytechnic in the Graphic Design program. He’s currently taking on new freelance clients.

Contact him at john [at] johnmontgomery.ca.