Dan brings things to life.
He designs joyful products like a conversational AI tutor for elementary schoolers; creates award-winning animations that have played in international film festivals and amassed billions of views; edits videos for major brands including Nickelodeon, Fox, and Mattel; and juggled for like 30 seconds one time, but you weren't there, so you'll just have to take his word for it.
Featured projects
Super Teacher
AI Tutoring App
The first AI tutor designed especially for kids, so every family can have a private tutor. I’m Head of Product and UX. It literally taught my daughter to read. So Lucy, if you’re reading this, thank Super Teacher!
CASE STUDY: Redesigning app navigation to help students and parents find content that’s just right, and scale the app from launch to 100,000+ students learning and 500,000+ hours of tutoring delivered.
Super Teacher
for Schools
Fully differentiated instruction for classrooms, so every student gets attention. I’m Head of Product and UX. Let’s help schools help teachers help kids.
CASE STUDY: Designing dashboards and analytic tools so teachers can track class progress and help every student learn at their own pace. Adapting Super Teacher from a consumer app to a product used by 50+ schools nationwide (and counting!)
Driver Studios Productions
Video production studio that partnered with Sesame Street, DreamWorks, Fox, and more. I was VP of Product and Creative from 2011-2022, where I led video creation, managed an international team of designers, and voiced a dinosaur.
CASE STUDY: Redesigning Cool School’s art style to scale the YouTube channel from launch to 2 billion views and expand into interactive apps, a book series, and merchandise.
Motion Graphics + Animation
Using animation to bring brands to life. I’m a Lead Animator working with Adobe Suite, but I also do stop-motion and frame-by-frame animation if you’re old school.
SAMPLE WORK: Motion graphics assets for Thomson Reuters, brand identity for Betafence, and 75+ animated marketing videos for HarperCollins.
Video Editing +
Content Creation
Telling stories to build an emotional connection. I’m a Lead Video Editor working with Adobe Suite, and have created web series, commercials, TV segments, social content, and more.
SAMPLE WORK: Digital content and commercials for Sesame Street, Fox, Thomas the Tank Engine, Nickelodeon, Cool School, and more.
For Kinder Times Branding
Award-winning brand collaborating with children's music legends Raffi and Laurie Berkner. I’m Head of Creative and Branding, where I developed the look of the series, and animate every episode. Yes, I’ve voiced one of the mice.
SAMPLE WORK: Building an audience across 2 albums, 2 books, and dozens of videos.
Personal projects
Award-Winning
Short Films
Short live-action and animated films that have played at international film festivals on big screens and won competitions including a $10,000 first prize. Now you can finally experience them the way they were meant to be seen: in tiny embedded videos on your phone.
NWAR
Animated Series
A series that I write, illustrate, animate, and direct, which played at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and became the longest running Channel 101 series in history after a 4 year run (that’s the video competition where Rick & Morty and Broad City originated). I hope you like puns!
Writing and
Humor Essays
Short stories and humor essays that I’ve written for McSweeney’s, College Humor, Cracked, and more. Learn how a conga line is like a cult, experience Rude Goldberg Contraptions, groan at extremely convoluted wordplay, and beyond.