Daniel S Dunnam
Sr. Product Designer
HelloI have many years of experience taking nascent ideas and turning them into award-winning products. Please watch the short case study videos showing some of my work.
Case Studies
PANNA
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Overview of my time at Panna, a VOD recipe SAAS, starting as a freelancer and rapidly growing to become Director of Design.
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iOS apps featured by Apple frequently, and selected as one of the “Best of the App Store” in three different years.
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2:00
SUCCESS ACADEMY
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I designed a new app that transformed the daily lives of thousands of teachers by digitizing cumbersome analog tasks.
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I worked closely with the school system as well as multiple development teams to go from concept to in-teacher's-hands in just 4 months.
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3:30
VERIZON FiOS TV
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The evolution of FiOS TV’s set-top box menu design.
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Pretty old work at this point, but I'm leaving it in because it's fun!
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I was awarded eight patents for UI design at Verizon.
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4:00
Work History
STORYTEL
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER (2022 - PRESENT)
- GROWTH Redesigned much of storytel.com, aligning it with the new brand identity and a content-first approach. Also unified the outdated sign up/checkout flow. On the app team, I leveraged user insights to optimize the on boarding flow for iOS and Android while aligning it with new brand.
- FUN FACT My voice was cloned for the new Voice Switcher feature, where users can listen to AI voices read books in addition to the original narrators. My AI avatar is “Daniel.”
SUCCESS ACADEMY
FREELANCE PRODUCT DESIGNER (2021 - 2023)
- Designed a new mobile app for thousands of teachers to improved student safety, and streamlined daily processes by digitizing what had been cumbersome analog tasks.
- Provided design consulting during the transition to a new flagship website (I coordinated design between SA and an outside agency to keep things on track).
VELORY
SENIOR PRODUCT DESIGNER (2019 - 2022)
- Worked to transform a mishmash of complex custom legacy tools into a cohesive, modern web app. Specifically: How products are priced (multiple variants, lease/buy, different currencies/distributors/tariffs/etc.), order mgmt. and QA tracking, partner settings, & more.
PANNA
DIRECTOR OF DESIGN & USER EXPERIENCE (2015 - 2019)
- Started as a freelancer and grew with the company. Transitioned the business model and expanded the product from iPad-only to Phones, TVs, and the web. Created other apps (SIMMER and Panna’s Video Cookbook), with related content but different models, and UIs.
- ACCOLADES Panna, SIMMER, and the Panna Cookbook were regularly featured by Apple. Panna was one of the “Best of the App Store” in three years. Also won an award from the International Association of Culinary Professionals as well as the James Beard Foundation.
AIRBNB
FREELANCE UX DESIGNER (2014)
- Joined the product team to design the UX for the initial launch of their Last Minute Booking and Express Hosting features. Also designed a new Gift Credit flow, allowing users to send credit to others.
Verizon
UX/UI Design Lead for FiOS TV (2006 - 2013)
- Led the design team overseeing the FiOS TV set-top box user interface. Part of the design team overseeing FiOS Mobile applications for iPad and iPhone. Designed the original FiOS TV set-top box UI, then redesigned it anew later.
- Patents I hold 8 patents for UI design for Verizon's set-top box menus and touch interfaces.
The Sounds in My Head
PRODUCE PODCAST, CREATED WEBSITE (2004 - PRESENT)
- One of the oldest podcasts in existence. One-man operation. I designed and developed the website using a now ancient open source CMS and still manage to utilize many modern web technologies.
