Yep, it’s really that simple. There’s a reason why the waterfall approach is a mainstay of web design: it works. After 15+ years of building WordPress websites, I have my process down to a science.
I’m Daniel Quinn—a technical lead, freelance WordPress developer, and former copywriter with a background in communications. For 15+ years, I’ve helped digital agencies, startups, and nonprofits all over the world build digital platforms that reinvent their business.
Kingfish Media hired me to develop the redesign for Ascot Group, a worldwide insurance / reinsurance company that operates in the USA, Bermuda, and the UK.
In this design, each section of the site features full-bleed photography from her collaborations, and we focused on building a robust collaborations gallery that pulls in assets from Flickr.
Spun off by grad students at Emerson College in Boston, Fringe Magazine (“The Noun That Verbs Your World”) was an alt-lit publication I designed and developed during my graduate years.
The goal in the Country Bank redesign was to create a website that looked fun and engaging, while remaining accessible, easy for site editors to administrate, and secure on the WordPress platform.
The Leap website relied on a robust, shortcode-driven templating system that allowed the agency team to construct portfolio pages with no technical expertise.
Bonnie Brunner and I redesigned the magazine’s website, enabling the staff to content-manage every aspect of their website through WordPress.
The redesign involved a migration of a website with over 100,000 posts—twenty years of content!—while making sure the transition to the new site was seamless for its paid subscribers.
Argus contracted me to develop Northeastern University’s new NU Crossing website, a promotional brochureware for sharing networking events within the university.
My approach in the redesign was to put the emphasis on the program’s very visual experience, as well as make it easier for the program organizers to collect applications.
The new GSS website is built on WordPress, taking advantage of the Gutenberg block editor to equip the GSS web team with a block library that enables them to build pages with zero technical intervention.
Bonnie Brunner and I designed Trademark Your Company for New York-based IP lawyer John M. Trani, who wanted to sell his legal services with a series of single-page forms.
Using stylized illustrations in an interactive slideshow, we created a visual narrative for the company’s experiential marketing app, My Digital Aloha.
When it comes to specialized work, hire battle-tested experts to get the job done right. I’ll build a platform that takes care of your brand, so you can get back to building your business. Don’t hesitate to get in touch. A consultation is free, and we can determine over a quick phone call if I’m a good fit for your project.
