About Juozas Cernius
Juozas Cernius is a communications strategist, media producer, and creative workshop facilitator working with organizations tackling complex, real-world challenges.
Over the past decade, he has worked across Africa, Europe, and North America, supporting institutions such as UNICEF, UNODC, and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. His work focuses on translating complex programs, field realities, and technical processes into clear, coherent narratives that can be understood and used by diverse audiences.
His approach is grounded in field experience. Through interviews, observation, and close collaboration with teams, he identifies the underlying story within complex environments and shapes it into communication that is both accurate and engaging.
Alongside strategy work, he produces photography and film, managing projects from concept through to final output. This integration ensures that narrative thinking carries through into the final materials, not just the planning stage.
He also designs and delivers workshops on storytelling, communication, and program documentation for NGOs, students, and professional audiences. These sessions focus on practical application, helping participants clarify their own work and communicate it more effectively.
He was trained in fine art, holding a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. That background continues to inform his sensitivity to structure, composition, and meaning across all forms of communication.
Having lived and worked across multiple cultural contexts, including extended time in East Africa, he is comfortable operating across institutional, cultural, and geographic boundaries. Much of his work involves connecting these contexts around a shared understanding.
He is particularly interested in projects related to environmental systems, regenerative practices, and the relationship between people and the natural world.
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About Juozas