Hi, my name is John
Welcome.
My name is John W Hancock. I am a graphic designer for both web and print. Clean and minimalistic; this style of design can create a great impact for your message. Less elements on the page create more focus on the actual message of the design. This is why I design with a minimalistic style.
Portfolio.
On display below is a small showcase of some of my best works. Please take a look and if you like what you see, continue on down the page to learn more about me.
ZanCOM Computers Website
Designed and coded full XHTML/CSS/PHP website. Included creation of all pages and forms. Click here to download high-quality screenshot of homepage.
ZanCOM Computers Logo
Vector logo custom designed for ZanCOM Computers.
RetroSpect Website Template
Website Template designed for an Online Arcade script. Sold to dozens of clients. Click here to download high-quality screenshot of homepage.
Leave Behind Flyer
Flyer for Complete Office. Designed as a leave-behind when visiting customers.
Sales Presentation Documents
Sales Collateral for Complete Office Sales staff. Redesigned to be more professional and clean.
Product Catalog Cover
Cover for Complete Office's general line product catalog.
Billing Options Brochure
Brochure for Complete Office. Shows billing options for customers.
Complete Office Website
Full website designed and coded for Complete Office using a mixture of XHTML/CSS/PHP and a bit of Wordpress. Included creation of all pages within site. Click here to download high-quality screenshot of homepage.
About me.
As mentioned above, my name is John W Hancock. I am a graphic designer based in Seattle, Washington. I specialize in web and print design. My style of design is clean and minimalistic. Design is what I’m about, it’s what I do for work and it’s what I do in my free time.
Aside from being a designer I am also a complete tech geek, and proud of it! I am constantly checking out new gadgets and reading up about the latest technology. This has lead to having an excellent knowledge of computers and software. Often I am teaching others how to use their software, whether I have used it myself before or not!
I am a bit of an amateur photographer. Photography is a small passion of mine; I seem to have a natural gift for it. I try to keep it as a hobby though and have not sprung for the high-end DSLRs. My simple Point And Shoot camera however, still provides some excellent photos.
Most of my early knowledge of computers, design and web development has been self-taught. I have taken a few classes in High School that helped kick-start my learning, but after that I learned a lot on my own. A couple years after High School I took design classes at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and now have a diploma in Digital Design.
My career has mostly been spent employed at Complete Office, the largest independent office supply dealer in the Northwest. My job has been to manage their ecommerce site and the other half of my job was to create their marketing materials. Here I have gained much working experience as a designer. You can see the result of this experience in the portfolio examples shown above.
Well that’s my story! If you need some specific details about me you can continue on to the Resume section below.
Resume.
EXPERIENCE
Complete Office // February 2007 - Present
eCommerce Specialist
Manage eCommerce website - Includes creating account for customers, maintaining product listings, researching and resolving bugs, improving usability, training internal and external customers with site features both over the phone and in person.
Marketing - Create marketing collateral, Create and manage marketing campaigns, Create and manage email blasts.
Website Design/Development - Designed and developed front-end website, maintain current pages, update webpages with current content, design graphics for site, use analytics to determine effectiveness of pages.
Bible Chapel // 2002 - Present
Volunteer
PowerPoint Design - Design weekly PowerPoints for use with Sunday services.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Increased effectiveness of website
Complete Office started with a simple web presence. Website was redesigned from scratch to become a full site allowing potential customers to learn more about the company along with providing easy ways to provide feedback, contact the company, and to request a sign up to the online shopping site.
Improved account setup process
Designed custom web forms for Complete Office staff to use for account setups. Decreased setup time from 30 minutes down to 5 minutes.
Improved Customer Experience on Shopping Site
Created a way to improve listing of favorite lists on eCommerce Site so customers can quickly access their lists.
Most Popular Web Template
The RetroSpect web template (as shown above in portfolio) was created for a popular Online Arcade Script. The template quickly became the most popular template available for that script selling around 20 copies in one month. Template was created and sold freelance.
EDUCATION
Auburn Riverside High School // 2001 - 2005
High School Diploma
Industry specific classes - PC Repair, Computer Networking, Web Publishing, Microsoft Office Specialists
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh // 2008 - 2010
Digital Design Diploma
Graphic design program which included classes on the major aspects of design such as web and print design and typography. Also taught on the use of industry standard software such as Adobe Creative Suite.
KNOWLEDGE
Software
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Dreamweaver
Microsoft Office 2003-2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote)
Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7
DDMS/ECinteractive
Development
HTML 4, HTML 5, XHTML
CSS 2, 3
PHP (working knowledge)
MySQL (working knowledge)
Wordpress
Design
Web
Print
Logo
Branding