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is the web development and digital design alias of Jess Vanam, based in NYC.
  1. Info
  2. Selected Client Work
    1. Institute for Studies on Latin American Art
    2. New York Times T Magazine
    3. Aminé
    4. Salter House
    5. Brown Printing
    6. CalArts
    7. FISK
    8. Meet Cute
    9. Harvard GSD
    10. Keaton Weil
Info
Work Experience (1) Independent developer + designer, (2) Web developer @ FISK, (3) Litigation assistant @ Perkins Coie, (4) Research assistant @ Robots in Groups Lab
Skills Web development, technical project management, interface + interaction design
Languages + Frameworks Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, Vue, Nuxt, React, Next, Svelte, Python, GraphQL, Arduino. Lately I'm most often working with Nuxt + GraphQL.
Email contact@cursor.click
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessvanam/
Github https://github.com/jvanam/
Are.na https://www.are.na/jess-vanam/
Selected Client Work
Institute for Studies on Latin American Art
2023-2025 Developed a website for the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art.
Roles Lead developer & interaction designer
Tools Nuxt, Prismic, Shopify (headless)
Collaborators
Project Management: Becky Elmquist & Gilchrist Green
Designer: Chase Body
Developer: Alex Leong
T Magazine 2023 Culture Issue
2023 Interactive design and some development for the 2023 Culture Issue microsite at T Magazine, the New York Times's style magazine.
Roles Interaction designer & developer
Tools Figma, Svelte
Collaborators
Creative Director: Patrick Li
Art Director: Carla Valdivia Nakatani
Designer: Amy Fang
Developer: Danny DeBelius
Aminé
2024 A landing page to host ticket sales for the Best Day Ever Fest 2024
Role Developer
Tools Vue, SVG animation
Collaborators
Art Direction: Adam Daniel
Artwork: Lauren Winkle
Graphic Design: FISK
Animation: Christina Fidler + YouTing Lin
Project Management: Mischief
Salter House
2023 Updated the design of Salter House's site
Role Designer
Tools Figma
Collaborators
Creative Direction: Carson Salter
Brand Identity: Justin Hunt Sloane
Web Development: Michelle Lim
Photography: Janna Tew
Brown Printing
2022 Web development for Brown Printing—an iconic printing company based in Portland, OR.
Roles Developer, mobile designer
Tools Vue, Airtable
Collaborators
Creative Director: Bijan Berahimi
Account Director: Holly Swendig
Graphic Design: Cole Mitchell Johnson & Matt Vlach
Shaping CalArts Future
2021 Built a website to communicate CalArts's Strategic Framework
Role Developer
Tools Figma, Svelte
Collaborator Designer: Bijan Berahimi
FISK
2022-2023 A website for FISK Projects--a graphic design studio focused on the enhancement of art and design in our daily lives
Roles Developer, Mobile Designer
Tools Prismic, Shopify (headless), Next.js, Tailwind CSS
Collaborators
Creative Director: Bijan Berahimi
Account Director: Holly Swendig
Designers: Bijan Berahimi & Cole Mitchell Johnson
Lead Developer: Cole Mitchell Johnson
Meet Cute
2021-2022 A website for a quickly growing rom-com podcast company
Roles Developer, Mobile Designer, Interaction Designer
Tools Vue 3, Vite, Contentful, Figma
Collaborators
Creative Director: Bijan Berahimi
Designers: Bijan Berahimi and Cole Mitchell Johnson
Lead Developer: Cole Mitchell Johnson
Project Manager: Chloe Jarnac
Harvard GSD
2021 A website to showcase the Black in Design 2021: Black Matter conference, which was organized by the Harvard University Graduate School of Design African American Student Union
Roles Developer, Mobile Designer
Tools Next.js, Lottie, Prismic, Figma
Collaborators
Creative Directors: Bijan Berahimi and Cole Mitchell Johnson
Designers: Cole Mitchell Johnson and Bijan Berahimi
Animator: Cole Mitchell Johnson
Lead Developer: Cole Mitchell Johnson
Project Manager: Chloe Jarnac
By Keaton Weil
2022 A portfolio site and online storefront for Portland-based illustrator Keaton Weil
Roles Developer, Designer
Tools Vue 3, Stripe, Prismic