Chicago, ILAvailable for work

DannyMaller.

Graphic Designer 15+ years
Digital & Print Corporate & Freelance
Web & WordPress + AI tooling

Fifteen years of graphic design across digital, print, and brand, corporate in-house and freelance. I also use AI to build things that would otherwise require a developer.

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Experience
15+ Years
Specialty
Digital Design
Based in
Chicago, IL
Contact
danny.maller@gmail.com
Recent Work · AI-Assisted

Designed it.
Built it. Launched it.

A selection of recent projects where I used Claude.ai to take work further than design alone. Fully live, client-facing sites and tools built from scratch and in active use today.

Claude.ai
Used across all 3 projects

A designer who can ship the whole thing, not just the comp.

Ortega Construction website
01 / 03
Marketing Site
Ortega Construction

Full marketing site for a Chicago-area general contractor. Service showcase, filterable project gallery, client reviews, and service area map. Mobile-first, production-deployed for a freelance client.

ortegaconstructionchicago.com↗
Ortega Quote Tool
02 / 03
Business Tool
Ortega Quote Tool

Internal estimating tool that generates professional PDF quotes on the fly, replacing a fully manual paper process. Delivered alongside the main marketing site.

quotes.ortegaconstructionchicago.com↗
TypeSort app
03 / 03
Web App
TypeSort

Inventory management for letterpress studios. Log moveable type by typeface and point size, then paste copy to instantly check case coverage. Characters short are highlighted in red.

typesort.dannymaller.com↗
Design Work

Corporate & freelance.

Digital, print, and brand work built across fifteen years of in-house and freelance experience. WordPress sites, campaigns, identity systems, and motion for national and local clients.

SlowPhoto Child Theme
Freelance · WordPress / Brand
SlowPhoto Child Theme
The Athletic Training Room
Corporate · WordPress / Brand
The Athletic Training Room
Pampered Chef
Corporate · Digital / Print
Pampered Chef
Wedding Suite
Freelance · Print / Identity
Wedding Suite
Animation
Motion Design
Animation
Shrimply Amazing
Freelance · Interactive Catalog
Shrimply Amazing
All Campus
Corporate · Digital / Email
All Campus
PHC The Project
Corporate · WordPress / Brand
PHC The Project
Nielsen Massey
Corporate · Email Design
Nielsen Massey
About

Fifteen years of making things.

I'm a Chicago-based graphic designer with fifteen years of experience across in-house corporate roles and freelance work. My focus is digital: websites, WordPress builds, campaigns, and UI, alongside print, brand identity, and motion for clients ranging from national consumer brands to local businesses.

More recently I've been using Claude.ai to handle the development side of web projects. Things that would otherwise require a developer. It lets me take a project from concept to a working, live site on my own, which has been useful for clients who want one person to own the whole thing.

Good design solves problems. That's been true whether the output is a print campaign, a WordPress site, or a custom web tool.

Digital Design
WordPress, web graphics, UI mockups, social, display advertising
Web & App (AI)
HTML/CSS/JS, Firebase, functional web tools built with Claude.ai
Brand & Identity
Logo systems, brand guidelines, visual language, packaging
Print
Campaigns, collateral, brochures, mailers, event materials
Motion
Animated graphics, intro sequences, social video
Software
Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects, Figma, WordPress
Contact

Let's work together.

Available for freelance projects and in-house roles. WordPress sites, digital campaigns, brand identity, print, or anything that needs both a designer and a builder.

Available for new work