Daran Kandasamy

Current
  • Senior Designer at HSBC
Past
  • Web & Interactive Specialist at Bates 141
  • Senior Graphic Designer at Mazarin (Pvt) Ltd
  • Senior Designer at ICT Internet Presence
  • Art Director at Cyber Studio
Education
  • Gateway College International
  • Kent Academy of Digital Science
Connections
27 connections
Industry
Graphic Design
Websites

Daran Kandasamy’s Summary

Experienced in Print, Packaging, Flash, Web Design, Branding and Identity. Experimental skills in photography as well.

Daran Kandasamy’s Specialties:

Branding and Identity, Web Design, Graphic Design and Illustration.


Daran Kandasamy’s Experience

  • Senior Designer

    HSBC

    (Public Company; HBC; Financial Services industry)

    October 2008Present (1 year 2 months)

    Senior Designer at HSBC's internal advertising arm, Global Publishing Services. Responsible for Quality Assurance checks of guidelines, policies and advertising standards as well as being responsible for the Colombo design team as team lead. Mostly involved in conceptual advertising work to improve the look and feel of HSBC globally.

  • Web & Interactive Specialist

    Bates 141

    (Marketing and Advertising industry)

    October 2006October 2008 (2 years 1 month)

    Responsible for everything related to the web.
    As a creative role, am involved in implementing websites for clients and coming up with new web-related ideas involving blogging, flash media, etc.
    On a technical role, am involved in maintaining the IT infrastructure, as a volunteer IT Administrator, on a day-to-day basis making sure everything runs smoothly.

  • Senior Graphic Designer

    Mazarin (Pvt) Ltd

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    April 2006October 2006 (7 months)

    Was responsible for creating user friendly and creative interfaces for custom-made software packages and all other internal promotional and advertising materials including packaging, web interfaces, and adverts.

  • Senior Designer

    ICT Internet Presence

    (Graphic Design industry)

    20052006 (1 year )

  • Art Director

    Cyber Studio

    (Design industry)

    February 2002October 2004 (2 years 9 months)

    Joined as a Junior Designer working myself up to a more challenging and responsible role as an Art Director. Was responsible in leading a team to achieve goals in a timely manner and to bring about new ideas of concept and creative thinking into projects ranging from packaging to web interfaces.


Daran Kandasamy’s Education

  • Gateway College International

  • Kent Academy of Digital Science

    Diploma , Web and Graphic Design


Additional Information

Daran Kandasamy’s Websites:

Daran Kandasamy’s Groups:

  •    HSBC Group

Daran Kandasamy’s Honors:

Silver Award, The Chillies 2007, Interactive Media: Website


Daran Kandasamy’s Contact Settings

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