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PRINTGraphicsPublishing

Title:
The Cowl: Welcome Back Issue 2009
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Designed in Illustrator CS3, Photoshop CS3, InDesign CS4
Purpose:
Newspaper/Magazine full color cover-fusion that bled onto the back page
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The Cowl: Winter Sports Preview 2009
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Took photos, designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in InDesign CS4 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color insert cover
Title:
Braddigan: Love, Light and Melody
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Took photos, designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for Brad Corrgian of Dispatch
Purpose:
11"x8.5" color cover graphic
Title:
The Cowl: Winter Sports Preview 2008
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Took photos, designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color insert cover
Title:
Fall TV Preview
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
Color 11"x8.5" graphic to compliment corresponding article
Title:
Summer In Review
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
Color 11"x8.5" graphic to compliment corresponding articleLogos
Title:
The Cowl: 11/29/2009
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Designed in InDesign CS4 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color front page
Title:
PSRI Focus: Issue 1
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Designed in Illustrator CS3, Photoshop CS3, InDesign CS4
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Independent Study project combining marketing and design. Created a photo magazine from scratch. Click for magazine preview.
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U2 Rolling Stone Cover Concept
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
4 color-concept magazine cover
Title:
The Cowl: Preventing Swine Flu
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Designed in Photoshop CS3 and InDesign CS4 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color front page
Title:
The Cowl: Style Guide 2009-2010
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Designed in Photoshop CS3
Purpose:
8.5"x11" color insert cover
Title:
The Cowl: Winter Sports Preview
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Developed concept for performance, designed poster in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
8.5"x11" color poster
Title:
The Cowl: Winter Sports Preview
Process:
Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color insert cover
Title:
The Cowl: Winter Sports Preview
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
11"x17" color insert coverAdvertisements
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Sister's of St. Joseph logo
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
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Vector Logo
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Cane & Bonniface logo
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
Vector Logo for NY law firm
Title:
Enchante Perfume Box Design
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for class
Purpose:
Box Design
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Future Friar Executives Logo
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
Vector Logo
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Taste of the Town logo
Process:
Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
To be used as B&W logo for weekly resturaunt review feature
Title:
Enchante Perfume Box Design
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for class
Purpose:
Box Design
Title:
Enchante Perfume Box Design
Process:
Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for class
Purpose:
Box Design
Title:
Enchante Perfume Box Design
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for class
Purpose:
Box Design
Title:
ESPN: VIP Nation
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for class
Purpose:
Color postcard style ad
Title:
Sisters of St. Joseph
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
Color newspaper print ad
Title:
Pepsi: Forever Young Ad
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
11"x17" color print ad
Title:
TheCowl.com
Process:
Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
5.5"x8" color print ad
Title:
Pepsi: Refresh Everything Ad
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Designed in Illustrator CS3
Purpose:
11"x17" color print ad
Title:
Providence College S.A.R.T.
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
Purpose:
8"x5.5" black/white print ad
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Sisters of St. Joseph
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, layout in Quark 8 for newspaper
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Color newspaper print ad -
WEBDesign and DevelopmentExperience
Title:
Providence College Board of Programmers Site
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Designed and developed using Illustrator and Photoshop CS3, developed with HTML, CSS and jQuery
Purpose:
To create a website for the Providence College Programming Board
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Meghan St. John Portfolio Site
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Designed and developed using Illustrator and Photoshop CS3, developed with HTML, CSS and jQuery
Purpose:
To create a portfolio website for a college student
Title:
The Scowl Offical Website
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Designed and developed using Illustrator and Photoshop CS3, developed with HTML, CSS and jQuery
Purpose:
To create a functional website for the parody issue of The Cowl, The Scowl
Title:
A Vaghi Family History Website
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, Main Content developed in Flash CS3 with ActionScript 2.0 and coded in Dreamweaver using HTML and CSS
Purpose:
To create and interactive flash website with an HTML base
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Sonyas Clothing Store Website
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, coded in Dreamweaver using SHTML, CSS and jQuery
Purpose:
To create a website for Sonyas Clothing in Cranston, Rhode Island
Title:
Cowl Advertising
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, coded in Dreamweaver using SHTML, CSS and jQuery
Purpose:
To update potential advertisers about current ad rates, policies, dates of publication and other information.
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Webbed Grads
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Designed in Photoshop CS3, coded in Dreamweaver using SHTML, CSS and jQuery
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Business Concept- Worked at a marketing agency for two years building, updating and maintaining websites for clients like ATT, Live Nation, SOCT, Sheaffer, Bic, New Milford Hospital and Disney.
- Extensive experience in HTML coding with CSS, incorporation of Server Side Includes with SHMTL, PHP, Javascript functionality including jQuery, Flash, ActionScript and XML. Also experienced in cross browser compatability testing, SEO and W3 Validation.
- Involvment in concept, design and development of websites has provided a wholistic knowledge of the restrictions, capabilties and potential of the web.
- Extensive experience in email marketing using "old school" table based structure to ensure best possible rendering across all email clients.
- Fluent in HTML and CSS languages
- Knowledgable in jQuery, Flash, Actionscript, PHP and XML
- Understanding of Apache, MySQL and Linux
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WRITINGArticles
All articles were published in The Cowl, Providence College's Student Run Newspaper
- Taste of the Town - 10/29/2009
- St. Dominic Weekend Strengthens PC Family - 10/8/2009
- Get Guilty Album Review - 1/29/2009
- Buddy Cianci Was the Man of the Hour - 4/28/2008
- 2008 Fall TV Preview - 9/18/2008
- Bruce Springsteen: Still Young at Heart - 3/13/2008
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ABOUTWelcome!About me
Hello
My name is John and I...
>> Well, I'm a businessman who loves design,
>> a designer who prefers PC's (and attends PC)
>> a PC user who hates gaming
>> a non-gamer who builds computers
>> a computer builder who loves sports
>> a sports enthusiast who loves to write
>> a writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of his college newspaper (that one makes sense)
>> an Editor-in-Chief who is currently obtaining a degree in marketing
>> and builds websites in his spare time because it's fun...Go figure.I really don't know what any of that equates to, but I love doing it all.
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...or download my resume to view my recent life in a nutshell.
ContactI am a versatile, well rounded leader who displays excellence not only in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, but in real-world business situations as well. While maintaining a 3.85 GPA at Providence College, I juggled various leadership positions including being Editor in Chief of the school newspaper, photography editor of the school yearbook, a coordinator various Providence College Campus Ministries, and a radio DJ while holding a part-time work study job. Working the past two years at a marketing firm in Prospect, CT, my initial job as an assistant web developer expanded to include various design, strategy and client management responsibilities with clients like Triad Healthcare, Special Olympics of Connecticut, and The Home Depot.
I am motivated, creative, and have a wide and varied skill set including expertise in web design and development, digital imaging, management, advertising, public relations, and marketing strategy. Most importantly, though, I am genuine and thoughtful. I respect people and look to compromise rather than argue. While I am capable of expressing myself, I view business as an opportunity to create new, enriching experiences for people which means that people, first and foremost, are the most important part. When it is so easy to get lost in a sweeping sea of technology and digital communications, I never lose sight of the importance of personal connection and the ability to learn from one another and work with one another to achieve common goals.
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