Skills / Bio
Skillset
Web
Technologies
- HTML5 & CSS3
- JavaScript (ES6+) & TypeScript
- React.js, Vue.js, Next.js
- Node.js, Express.js
- Sass, Less, Tailwind CSS
- JSON, REST APIs, GraphQL
- Headless CMS, WordPress, Drupal
- Git, GitHub, GitLab
- Full-Stack Development
- Web Performance Optimization
- Accessibility (WCAG standards)
- Responsive & Mobile-First Design
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Cloud Deployment (AWS, Netlify)
Design &
Illustration
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom
- Figma, Sketch
- Procreate, Adobe Fresco
- Digital Illustration & Asset Creation
- Branding & Identity Design
- Print Layout & Design
- Sketchnoting & Visual Facilitation
- Wireframing & Prototyping Tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Miro)
- Motion Design (Adobe After Effects, Principle, Lottie)
- Accessibility Design
Video Production
& Editing
- Filming & Lighting Techniques
- Video Editing (Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro)
- Motion Graphics (After Effects)
- Storyboarding & Scripting
- Color Grading
- Social Media Video Formats
Project
Management
- Agile, Scrum, Kanban
- Project Planning & Timeline Management
- Team & Talent Management
- Stakeholder Communication
- Remote Collaboration Tools (Slack, Asana, Trello, ClickUp, Jira)
User Experience &
User Interaction
- Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch
- Rapid Prototyping
- Wireframing
- User Testing & Usability Studies
- Design Systems
- Interaction & Experience Design
- Accessibility & Inclusive Design
- Customer Journey Mapping
Marketing &
Promotion
- Campaign Strategy & Development
- Digital Marketing (SEO/SEM, Social Media, Email)
- Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
- Analytics (Google Analytics, Hotjar, Mixpanel)
- Content Marketing
- Ad Platforms (Meta, Google Ads, LinkedIn)
- Marketing Automation (HubSpot, Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign)
Bio
Whew! You've made it this far. Thanks for sticking around.
I'm Dan — a creative director, web developer, and visual thinker with over two decades of experience making things that actually work. Websites, brand identities, illustrated children's books, live graphic recordings, motion graphics, videos. If it communicates something to someone, I've probably made one.
The common thread isn't the medium — it's the approach. I believe the best creative work starts with understanding what genuinely moves your audience, then engineering exactly the right solution to reach them. Not trend-chasing. Not box-checking. Clear thinking and craft.
Before all of this, I studied music composition and film scoring at Berklee College of Music — which, it turns out, is surprisingly good training for anything that unfolds in time and needs to hold someone's attention.
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Education
The University of Chicago
Graham School: Project Management Certificate Program
Chicago Booth Davis Center for Leadership
Course Completion
Berklee College of Music
Music composition with a concentration in Filmscoring, summa cum laude
Minor in conducting