I’m Shannon MacMillan, but everyone calls me “Max”. Blue Storm Creative is a web and creative shop founded in 2008. I am a full-time Sr. Software Engineer focused on UX and front-end experiences, and have worked with major brands and media outlets such as NBC, Google, Microsoft, NYPost, Campbell’s, Viacom, and more. I love writing code, solving digital problems, and teaching about the web and technology. I have tutored and taught workshops and classes around online tech since 2009, with a focus on providing technical confidence to non-profits, artist collectives, and most recently as an Instructor of Full-Stack JavaScript with Ed2U/University of Arizona’s Full-stack Developer Bootcamp.
I’ve been employed by industry-leading web development agencies and tech companies, but Blue Storm Creative remains where I provide freelance websites and marketing strategies for smaller business ventures, artists, authors, and non-profits. I create websites and apps to serve a variety of customer needs. To date I’ve developed (and in certain cases, also designed) hundreds of sites ranging from personal blogs to enterprise-level marketing sites, stores, online courses, membership hubs, and everything in between.
Partner Shops
While I take on most projects solo, there are some cases where extra hands, eyes, and brains make the work immeasurably better. In these instances I rely on two very talented colleagues – Grant Keller, of development shop Keller Digital, and Helen Kim, of design studio The Think Farm. Grant, Helen, and I met at WordCamp Los Angeles back in 2012 and have been collaborating on large-scale projects and entrepreneurial ventures ever since.