CJ Johnson Jr., also known as CJ Johnson and Clarence Johnson Jr., is an award-winning creative, brand strategist, keynote speaker, and author helping businesses turn cultural insight and emerging technology into meaningful growth. His work connects strategy, storytelling, and human behavior to help organizations earn attention, build trust, and turn that trust into action.
As founder of Rogue Dynamics, CJ leads brand strategy and creative innovation for a portfolio spanning four of the top ten Fortune 500 companies and more than 200 small businesses and technology startups worldwide. He helps clients clarify their positioning, strengthen their stories, and put AI to practical use across marketing and business operations. His approach combines a filmmaker's eye, a strategist's discipline, and a creator's understanding of what makes people stop, care, and engage.
That perspective began far from the boardroom. CJ started as an independent horror filmmaker, learning how to build tension, create memorable imagery, and move an audience with limited resources. Those foundations shaped his work in photography, visual storytelling, and digital media. Through social commentary and a distinctive creative voice, he built an audience and developed firsthand experience navigating the relationship between culture, community, and influence.
Today, CJ brings that experience to both client work and the stage. With more than 100 speaking appearances, he addresses the future of marketing, practical applications of AI, creative leadership, and community building. His talks connect big ideas with real-world decisions, helping audiences understand what is changing, why it matters, and how to respond.
CJ's work and perspectives have been featured in Forbes, Adweek, GQ, Men's Health, and Fox News. He has served as a Mental Health Coalition Ambassador, Google Next-Gen Tech Policy Leader, Founder Institute Mentor, and Adweek Creator. These experiences inform his belief that innovation works best when it remains grounded in people, their needs, ambitions, and everyday realities.
He is also the author of The Maguire Method, a four-principle framework for pursuing success and happiness in the modern world. Bringing together personal reflection, practical guidance, and humor, the book extends a theme that runs throughout his career: meaningful progress requires clarity about who you are and the courage to act on it.
Whether advising a founder, shaping a brand, speaking to an audience, or creating behind the camera, CJ connects ideas across disciplines and turns them into a clear direction. His goal is to help people and organizations build work that matters, reaches the right audience, and creates lasting value.
