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  • Associate Instructor, Communication
801-448-2295

Biography

A versatile communications, PR and marketing pro with more than 22+ years in advertising, public/media relations and journalism. For the past two decades, John has overseen all kinds of advertising/video, marketing, content and PR efforts for Love Communications, one of the leading agencies in the Western United States. 

An integral part of the Love team, John has overseen public awareness efforts and integrated marketing campaigns for clients past and present, including The Downtown Alliance, United Way of Salt Lake, United Way of Treasure Valley, the Salt Lake Tribune, KSL-Channel 5, the Utah Department of Health and City Creek Center, to name just a few. Today, he still does a little copywriting, orchestrates some PR, coordinates content and video projects and dabbles in agency management.
 
A collaborative, results-driven manager with years of experience in leading professional teams and supervising individuals in deadline-oriented situations, John is the architect of numerous and award-winning communications campaigns for varied clients since the late 1990s. He was recognized as AAF-Utah “Professional of the Year” in 2013.
 
Since 2014, he has served as an Adjunct Instructor for Communication classes at the U on a part-time basis, most recently Fall Semester, 2022. He's scheduled to return to teach in Fall Semester, 2023. John is a U of U graduate with a degree in English and Communication, a previous member of the U's Alumni Association Board of Directors, and a previous president of the U's Young Alumni Association Board of Directors. 

 

 

Love Communications Bio

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