Dru Kelly - Interactive Web Designer

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As technically adept as he is artistically proficient, Dru has been at the forefront of the web design and development industry throughout his entire career. He continually evolves his skill in both the art and science of online media, and is always on the cusp of emerging technological and creative trends.

Dru holds a B.S. in interactive media design from The Art Institute of California. When he's not doing breakthrough creative in his projects, you'll find him bridging the left brain/right brain gap by checking out the latest in independent film, cooking in his kitchen, listening to music or honing his photography skills.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree; Interactive Media Design
(Oct 2001 - Dec 2005)
The Art Institute of California - San Diego
7650 Mission Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92108
www.aicasd.artinstitutes.edu

Professional Affiliations

San Diego Ad Club
www.sandiegoadclub.com
American Advertising Federation
www.aaf.org

Certifications

Interactive Media Certified
Print, Multimedia, Web Design
San Diego Continuing Ed

References

Available upon request.

Noted Works

Applications

PC and Mac proficient
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Fireworks
Dreamweaver
Flash
TextMate
Final Cut Pro
After Effects

Scripting Languages

(X)HTML
CSS (Cross-browser compliant)
JavaScript (Prototype, Scriptaculous, MooTools, JQuery)
Actionscript (Flash)
PHP & MySQL
Ruby on Rails

Other "Know-Hows"

Blogging
WordPress/Movable Type/Expression Engine
CMS
Joomla/DruPal
Social Networks
Digg, twitter, friendfeed, flickr and many more
Email Marketing
ExactTarget/Blue Hornet/Vertical Response
CRM
Salesforce/JuiceMetrIQs

Work Experience

Senior Designer
Castle Advertising/EDU Interactive (Feb 2008 - Present)
2470 E Street
San Diego, CA 92102
www.castlead.com | www.eduinteractive.com

Oversees all web design projects for Castle Advertising & EDU Interactive to ensure websites/emails/interactive projects have a unique and on-strategy design and functionality
Designs online creative projects that fit within budget and meet client expectations
Expected to oversee traditional work produced by art directors/designs to make sure offline creative enhances the online creative brand
Research opportunities in relation to new creative applications and technologies
Maintain in-depth knowledge of industry, current events and trends

Web Designer
Juice Media (May 2007 - Feb 2008)
7860 Mission Center Court, Suite 201
Sa n Diego, CA 92108
www.juicemedia.com

Create e-mail newsletters (HTML/Rich Text/Plain)
Design landing pages, web sites and banner ads
Optimize interactive videos for the web
Draft design plans, style guides, site maps and wireframes

Production Designer
Geary Interactive (Oct 2005 - Apr 2007)
450 B Street, Suite 950
San Diego, CA 92101
www.gearyi.com

Create highly-usable UI and web sites
Build web sites utilizing HTML/CSS to make them functional and usable
Create banner ads
Draft design plans, style guides, site maps and wireframes

Production Assistant/Web Maintenance
Einstein Industries (Oct 2004 - Oct 2005)
6675 Mesa Ridge Road
San Diego, CA 92121
www.einsteinindustries.com

Maintain web sites by updating content
Build landing pages using HTML/CSS
Create Flash headers

Dru Kelly - Interactive Web Designer.