ourrug [r-rug] aka Russell Smith

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Web Analyst for The Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD), Principal at ourruginteractive and "Smith" of Smith & Richmond

Freelance Opportunities

Smith & Richmond: a lean, two-person shop consisting of Russell Smith and good friend Andrew Richmond.

Currently available for freelance contracts involving, but not limited to:

Graphic Design

  • Full range of graphic and print design collateral

Web Development

  • Website domain name/web hosting consultation
  • Website design/development
  • Blog installation, setup and maintenance
  • Web analytics setup, maintenance and reporting analysis
  • Flexible monthly website maintenance plans
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) analysis

We are currently busy working on an e-Commerce website for a small Leslieville, Toronto start-up, in consultation with Windfall Clothing on rolling out a company blog and involved for the past two years on a monthly maintenance contract with The Ontario College of Art & Design Faculty Association (OCADFA).

Some Past Clients Include:

INFO Financial Inc.

“I wanted to take a few minutes to thank ourruginteractive for the work that you have completed on our Website. Your ability to take an idea from an industry that you were unfamiliar and design a Website to suit its needs was simply impressive. The website you designed is exactly what we had envisioned.

We finally have a site that provides our current and potential future clients with an accurate portrayal of who we are and the many services that we can provide to them”.

- Roddy Laing, Associate Manager

Gattefossé Canada Inc.

“Gattefossè was looking for a site with speed and functionality, but we also wanted our customers to have the ability to find our product information easily. Encapsulating all of these elements, we were looking for a clean, fresh design.

ourrugInteractive certainly met all of these expectations in an efficient, cost effective and timely manner. They were able to listen and understand our needs and to provide us with a site which our customers should find easy to navigate and valuable to visit”.

- Joseph Duszczyszyn, President & CEO

Tom Robles

“Russell Smith has been most helpful in collaborating with me in creating my own Website. His easygoing manner, in addition to his broad knowledge of Website creation helped me save time and provided me with new ways to create a highly functional, user-friendly, and attractive Website.

Consulting with Russell has provided me with new skills and tools that I can use to further advance my own Website-creation skills. In this way, he has empowered me to help myself”.

- Tom Robles, B.Ed, Teaching Assistant, OCAD

Personal Bio

Russell is the Web Analyst at Canada's largest art and design University, proprietor of his own web design, development and analysis shop, Faimui founder and a new father of one!

Using this blog as a means to express ideas both relating to his personal and professional life.

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