the nathan.works team

It’s all about people, and we have some good ones. Here are the brilliant minds behind our award-winning work.

Nathan Lee Johnson

Founder & Creative Director

Nathan Lee Johnson is the multidisciplinary creative engine of Nathan.works. With a journalist’s ear and a filmmaker’s eye, a designer’s precision and a writer’s poetry, Nathan leads the Nathan.works team as we make magic. Nathan speaks English, Spanish, and French.

Coffee: one pour of cream and a dash of simple syrup.

Suhey Campos

Designer

Suhey Campos is a graphic design and marketing professional based in Kansas City, MO. She received her Bachelor of Science in Strategic Communications: Integrated Marketing with an emphasis in Graphic Design in 2018 and has since worked on numerous projects for local organizations. She is driven by creativity and believes in having an open imagination to create authentic work. Suhey speaks English and Spanish.

Coffee: matcha latte with almond milk.

Jay W. Austin

Project Manager • Concept Developer • Photographer

Jay helps to manage projects, conduct research, develop concepts, and take photos during production. You'll hear him saying, "What would it look like if...?" relentlessly throughout a project.

He focuses his creative energy towards social and environmental justice, and his unwavering commitment to non-extractive storytelling techniques makes the project hit differently.

Jay co-produced Digging In, a Nathan.works production slated for release in 2023, and he’s not picky about his coffee.

Esai Saenz

Cinematographer

Esai Saenz is a filmmaker and music producer who specializes in producing content about the issue most important to him: the environment, and the political action required to save it. He has created video-based campaigns against factory farm pollution in Oklahoma and deforestation in Honduras, always bringing his agile, decisive style. As a versatile creative with a can-do attitude, Esai is an essential part of the Nathan.works team.

Esai speaks English and Spanish, and only drinks black coffee during our exhausting international video production trips. Otherwise he’s a water guy (from a reusable bottle!)