JT Johnson is a creative producer and digital strategist who combines creativity with sharp cultural insight. She brings significant experience working with nonprofits, philanthropy, city governments, and media, focusing her work on justice, gender and racial equity. JT helped launch The League in 2017 and currently serves as Director of Cultural Strategy.

JT has wide-ranging media experience, having worked in broadcast news, media relations, and PR. She worked for CNN and Discovery Communications as an assistant to on-air talent, as a photographer for Washington, DC's CBS affiliate, as a writer and content producer for NBC Washington, and finally, as a TV & film reviewer and how-to writer. 

She has served as a public relations generalist and content creator for major nonprofits and foundations, including the ACLU of Maryland, the Open Society Institute of Baltimore, Baltimore City Health Department, Howard County Health Department, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and Higher Heights. She’s also put her content creation skills to work for grassroots efforts, such as supporting local organizers in Maryland as they pushed for community oversight of policing following the death of Freddie Gray and publishing a popular listicle entitled "5 Reasons Feminists Should Join the Fight for Justice in Ferguson” in 2014.

At the Make It Work Campaign, she created digital content that wove together policy and pop culture, reaching millions. She has provided digital strategy to a range of organizations and has been credited with making a campaign hashtag trend globally.

JT is a graduate of Syracuse University with honors and holds a B.S. in TV/Radio/Film production with a focus on documentary production. She minored in Entrepreneurship and African American Studies. She holds a certificate in public relations from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in London.

JT lives in Brooklyn where she watches her weight in Netflix and Hulu hours and spends inordinate amounts of money on Cat and Jack for her niece.