Danny Palmer
Freelance Creative Director And Art Director
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolDanny Palmer is a senior creative and art director with 14+ years crafting integrated campaigns, film, UX/UI, retail and environmental experiences for brands like Nike, Alaska Airlines, Getty Images and Google. As a freelance showrunner based in Portland, he manages teams of 50+ creative and production subcontractors, taking projects from concept through execution while balancing hands-on design and production oversight. He has led in-agency and studio roles—from Droga5 and Babcock & Jenkins to founding Proud & Disgusted—and has board and mentorship experience with Thesis Foundation and Emerging Leaders PDX. Danny pairs creative leadership with practical front-end chops, contributing to open-source docs and toolkits such as Middleman and the Susy responsive toolkit, showing an attention to build processes and web structure beyond pure art direction. A self-described optimist and label‑maker owner, he brings a wry, collaborative temperament and a knack for turning side projects into client-facing innovation.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Political Science, Writing, BA, Political Science, Writing at Calvin University
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Github Skills (10)
html10
responsive-design10
javascript10
front-end-development10
middleman10
documentation10
jquery9
css9
sass8
ruby6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
oddbird/susy
Mar 2012 - Jun 2012
Pre-grid responsive layout toolkit for Sass, now deprecated
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:185 commits in 2 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the Susy repository, which is a responsive layout toolkit. Their contributions involved setting up the Middleman static site generator and integrating HTML5 Boilerplate, indicating a focus on website structure and build processes. They added JavaScript plugins and implemented styling enhancements, which shows a good understanding of front-end development.
sassresponsive-layoutcsslayoutscss
middleman/middlemanapp.com
Mar 2012 - Aug 2012
Documentation for Middleman
Role in this project:Technical Writer / Community Contributor
Technical Writer / Community ContributorContributions:13 commits in 5 months
Contributions summary:Danny primarily contributed to the repository by adding and updating content related to community projects. Their work included adding links to websites and project templates built using Middleman, correcting markup errors, and ensuring the links and templates were accurate. They also updated URLs and corrected wording to reflect current project versions and project templates. This suggests a focus on improving the documentation and community resources.
middlemanrubyglossary
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