Team | Deluxe Interactive Services, LLC

Jean Campbell

Co-owner / Creative Director

Jean attended the University of Montevallo, where she graduated with a degree in fine arts. Following college and marriage, Jean lived along the coast for several years where she dabbled in art and music. In the mid 80s, Jean returned to the Birmingham area with two daughters. Working in fine arts, music, and a new discipline: Digital artwork on the computer.

Jean worked with several leading software companies in the region, creating illustrations, animations, and web presences for clients such as United Cerebral Palsy, Digital Equipment Corp., and Intel.

Jean is currently a member of the Birmingham based trio known as After Two Glasses and provides guitar, lap steel guitar and vocals for the group as well original music.

With Deluxe Interactive Services, Jean can pull from a number of resources to create a solution for clients who are looking for something not quite the cookie cutter model.

Richard Kirby

Co-owner / Marketing and programming

Richard serves as the technical guru for DIS. In addition to his programming prowess, Richard is also a long-time writer with a background in marketing and journalism. He doesn’t just write code, he also writes the majority of the blog posts (and the site copy) for deluxedelivers.com.

Born in Anniston, Alabama, Richard grew up in the Birmingham area and attended Auburn University where he studied journalism. After college and several years in the newspaper industry in Mississippi, Richard returned to Birmingham and worked in marketing and the service industry before joining Jean with Deluxe Interactive Services.

Richard is working on two novels and plans to have them completed in the next year. In addition, Richard is active in the local music community. As a member of the Magic City Blues Society, Richard donates time and work to help bring great blues to the city. If you would like to donate or become a member of the MCBS, click here to find out how. He also contributes time to Dream Mecca / Daniel Day Studios, a venue that supports local musicians and artists.

With Richard’s diverse professional background, clients can make use of a wide variety of talents. In addition to web work, he can often be found creating layouts for print newsletters, working with social media, and figuring out that perfect way to get a client’s message across to a specific audience.

Melissa Carden

Content manager / Research

The newest member of the deluxe team and recent anthropology grad, Melissa Carden, brings a fresh perspective to Deluxe Interactive Services. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Melissa grew in and around the Birmingham area. After relocating south to get her degree from the University of South Florida, Melissa returned to the Magic City and now makes it her home. Melissa’s interests in human interaction, information categorization and efficiency make her an excellent and much needed addition to Deluxe Interactive Service group. She also brings a fresh ideas in both company working as well as job flow and design ideas.

Melissa loves cooking, gardening and working with animals and is active in the promotion of animal welfare and the organic food movement.