WIF 2008 - webdesign international festival - France

Jury

Jaydeep Dutta

Creative Director - Ray+Keshavan | The Brand Union - INDIA

Jaydeep, abbreviated to JD or Jay, heads a team of diverse, multi-skilled design professionals at R+K’s offices in Bangalore. JD has a degree in Communication Design, an MSc in Design Management and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, London.

A typographer by training, the world of brands is now JD’s adopted domain. Starting work with R+K in New Delhi, JD moved to Ogilvy where he was part of the team that launched one of India’s first big brands - the ICICI Bank in 1996. In 1998 he joined Publicis Worldwide as Senior Art Director at their outpost in Mauritius, and was instrumental in setting up one of the country’s first web studios. Clients included Moet, Grays, Brait SA and One&Only/Sun Resorts.

In 2000 he joined EuroRSCG Circle in Bristol, UK as their Art Director and led a number of brand initiatives in the web domain – from websites, to online marketing, minisites and ezines. Clients included Peugeot, Orange, Zurich, Goldfish Bank, HSBC, Save the Children and many more. After completing his MSc, JD co-founded the Ideasfoundry, a branding consultancy in Manchester UK,working with clients like Roche and 3M across UK, Ireland and SouthAfrica.

JD relocated to Banglore in mid-2007.

Areas of special are translating brand attributes to online experiences, web2.0, Indian mythology and history – and semiotics. JD loves cappuccinos with sweetners, trekking, maps and old French songs.