Art Director
Dhruv Chanchani works within the creative team at Maiden Media Group as the Art Director. Responsible for a variety of digital and print pieces for multiple clients, Dhruv utilizes his skills in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to create eye-catching visuals.
Dhruv’s prior experience is most notable in his position as a studio project manager at Pipeline PS where he acted as the liaison between art directors and finalized, print-ready documents. He created dielines, made changes and corrections, and performed digital quality control in order to ensure satisfaction for each client. Dhruv’s extensive knowledge of design programs enabled him to complete two 30+ page reports for SC Johnson executives.
In addition to his design work, Dhruv works as a freelancer for various projects including photography, videography, video editing, website development and management, and print design.
Dhruv graduated in three years from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication. During his time at RPI, Dhruv was honored with the Rensselaer Leadership Award.
Q/A Session with Dhruv
Because let’s face it. You WANT to know more about this guy.
Describe yourself in the length of one tweet.
A designer with a mild case of OCPD, a caveman-like love for the outdoors, and a most certainly unhealthy appetite for bacon.
Explain your role at Maiden in a sentence using no more than 5 words.
Think Disney’s Fantasia. Using software.
What is the best Halloween costume you’ve ever had?
I’m not going to name it, but let’s just say it involved spandex and a live rooster, and leave it at that.
Would you rather be required to ride a horse everywhere you went or have permanent roller skates on your feet?
I’d rather ride a horse everywhere I went. Showing up at a funeral or something in roller skates might require too much explanation, you know?
If you could join one band/musician (dead or alive) on their world tour, who would it be?
I saw The Strokes documentary “In Transit” a while ago and those guys are a riot.
If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?
Top Secret Danger Stuff (Since that’s what I had written on the cover of my 2nd grade journal, and I think it’s still accurate, really)