danielle swank

  • ux director

    • Ongoing

    Portfolio

    ia & ux

  • GreenCupboards
  • Kenco
  • FreeFlow
  • design

  • FreeFlow
  • Reddish
  • Chattablocks
  • Gemini
  • development

  • FreeFlow
  • Powell
  • Gemini
  • Sears
  • Sears
  • creative direction

  • All
  • Kenco
  • Kmart
  • project management

  • Shop
  • Hit
  • Kenmore
  • Kmart
  • Kmart
  • Sears
  • about

    I am a 9-year web development, graphic design, and information architecture veteran. By day, I am a UX Director at ARS Interactive, thinkars.com. By night, I am a javascript ninja. I also teach the occasional class in web development or wordpress.
    ARS, is a 200+ interactive agency where UX is defined in very broad terms. I'm responsible for some of the design, some of the server-side development and all of the client-side development for our clients (Sears, Kmart, Kenmore, Craftsman, Whirlpool, PBS, and Proctor & Gamble). I specialize in making micro admin systems that hook into larger legacy admin systems and overcome their original limitations.
    When not sleeping, I'm working on node.js applications. Currently, I'm building a visual social news reader, love.freeflow.io, in my spare time. I've also recently helped build a redis database monitor, administrator and visualizer for managing redis stores, reddish.freeflow.io and participated in Node Knockout, the-indecisives.nko2.nodeknockout.com.
    BTW: I also know PHP, MySQL, Photoshop and Illustrator and have a background in art and print design. I also used to be a volunteer fire fighter and renegade bronze caster (but those are different stories). Motto: Anything you can do, I can do better with Javascript.

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    ia & ux

  • GreenCupboards Ad Placements

    • Summer 2010
    • live site
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    GreenCupboards Ad Placements
    site structure and ad placements

    Information architecture and user experience focused redesign for GreenCupboards.com.

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  • Kenco Companies Wireframes

    • Fall 2010
    • live site
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    Kenco Companies Wireframes
    high-fidelity wireframes

    Re-architected a several hundred page legacy website into five seperate but related websites to better fit the needs of the business.

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  • FreeFlow Web App User Flow

    • Spring 2011
    • live site
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    FreeFlow Web App User Flow
    low-fidelity wireframes

    User flow wireframes for my.freeflow.io, a web-based social media aggregator.

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    design

  • FreeFlow Site and Logo Design

    • Summer 2011
    • live site
    FreeFlow Site and Logo Design
    live site screen shot

    Design of love.freeflow.io – a magazine-like social news aggregator that seeks to provide an aesthetics and content oriented interface aimed at relevance to the user and ease of consumption.

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  • Reddish Site and Logo Design

    • Summer 2011
    • live site
    Reddish Site and Logo Design
    home / login screen

    Logo and site design for Reddish – a real-time GUI for the redis key-value store.

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  • Chattablocks Site Design

    • Spring 2010
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    Chattablocks Site Design
    live site screen shot

    Design and front-end development for Chattablocks – a local news and goverment information aggregator. The site collects public records, crime reports and news stories and is designed to assist in discovering what's happening around you.

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  • Gemini Command Game Design

    • Fall 2011
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    Gemini Command Game Design
    start start screen shot

    Designed and developed an online real-time multi-player game as part of Node Knockout – a 48 hour node.js programing competition.
    Of the ~300 teams that started my team placed in the top 25 overall and top 10 for design.

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    development

  • FreeFlow Node.js Development

    • Summer 2011
    • live site
    FreeFlow Node.js Development
    live site screen shot

    Developed a real-time social news aggregator that extracts and inlines shared content. Written in coffeescript using node.js, socket.io, underscore, backbone, and redis.

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  • Powell Realty and Auction Development

    • Winter 2008
    • live site
    Powell Realty and Auction Development
    welcome page

    Designed and developed a custom CMS that integrates with local MLS data. Written in PHP.

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  • Gemini Command Game Development

    • Fall 2011
    • live site
    Gemini Command Game Development
    start start screen shot

    Designed and developed an online real-time multi-player game as part of Node Knockout, a 48 hour node.js programing competition.
    Of the ~300 teams that started my team placed in the top 25 overall and top 10 for design.

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  • Sears Deal of the Day Admin

    • Winter 2011
    • live site
    Sears Deal of the Day Admin
    main application screen shot

    Developed a custom CMS to manage and update product information in real-time for the Sears Deal of the Day promotion. Interfaces between the Sears product API, third-rd party vendors and Sears.com. Written in PHP.

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  • Sears "Christmas in July" Website Takeover

    • Summer 2009
    • live site
    Sears
    concept screen shot

    Coded a website takeover for the 2009 Sears "Christmas in July" promotion. Liquid layout with parallax and custom jquery plugin development.

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    creative direction

  • All Aboard Toys Website Redesign

    • Summer 2011
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    All Aboard Toys Website Redesign
    psd mockup

    Creative direction for All Aboard Toys. Encouraged the use of large "emotional" images and focused the site redesign on the imagination and joy that toys bring into the life of children.

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  • Kenco Companies Design Comps

    • Fall 2010
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    Kenco Companies Design Comps
    psd mockup

    Provided creative direction for a redesign of Kenco's several hundred page legacy single website into five seperate but related websites to better fit the needs of the business. Focused on clean design that conveyed a modern image inline with Kenco's cutting egde logistics practices. Color coded the five sites to provide company seperation under the Kenco umbrella.

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  • Kmart Holiday 2010 RFP

    • Summer 2010
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    Kmart Holiday 2010 RFP
    rfp cover

    My team's proposal for Kmart Holiday 2010, "Live Your Christmas Story". 24-hr turnaround.

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    project management

  • Shop PBS Kids

    • Spring 2011
    • live site
    Shop PBS Kids
    live site screen shot

    Managed the front-end development of shop.pbskids.org. Tight deadlines made the launch of this highly customized Magento site challanging but it was delivered ahead of expectations.

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  • Hit Shop USA Website

    • Winter 2010
    • live site
    Hit Shop USA Website
    live site screen shot

    Managed the front-end developement for this very complex Magento ecommerce site. Custom widgets, custom checkout and multiple stores made this project challenging.

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  • Kenmore Site Relaunch

    • Winter 2009
    • live site
    Kenmore Site Relaunch
    site diagram

    Successfully launched the redevelopment of kenmore.com during the 2009 Holiday season.

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  • Kmart Back to Campus 2011

    • Summer 2011
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    Kmart Back to Campus 2011
    live site screen shot

    Managed the development of the 2011 Kmart Back to School online experience. Live product data updates from the Sears API, custom filtering, custom list building and sharing. Native experience on Kmart.com.

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  • Kmart Matchmaker Promotion

    • Spring 2011
    • live site
    Kmart Matchmaker Promotion
    live site screen shot

    Managed the development of the Kmart Matchmaker promotion. Dynamic product data updates from the Sears API, custom filtering, cute "matchmaker" drag and drop to display matching washer/dryer pairs, product carousel and slideshow.

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  • Sears Buy More Save More Promotion

    • Fall 2011
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    Sears Buy More Save More Promotion
    live site screen shot

    Managed the implementation of the Sears Buy More Save More promotion. Custom admin, JSON feeds, Sears API integration, custom "add to cart" bundling.

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  • ux director
  • GreenCupboards Ad Placements
  • Kenco Companies Wireframes
  • FreeFlow Web App User Flow
  • FreeFlow Site and Logo Design
  • Reddish Site and Logo Design
  • Chattablocks Site Design
  • Gemini Command Game Design
  • FreeFlow Node.js Development
  • Powell Realty and Auction Development
  • Gemini Command Game Development
  • Sears Deal of the Day Admin
  • Sears "Christmas in July" Website Takeover
  • All Aboard Toys Website Redesign
  • Kenco Companies Design Comps
  • Kmart Holiday 2010 RFP
  • Shop PBS Kids
  • Hit Shop USA Website
  • Kenmore Site Relaunch
  • Kmart Back to Campus 2011
  • Kmart Matchmaker Promotion
  • Sears Buy More Save More Promotion
    • Email - danielle@danielleswank.com
    • Skype - danielleswank
    • Google - +danielleswank
    • Phone - 931.284.9478