Jess Vanam 
is a full-stack web developer
and designer based in NYC.
  1. Info
  2. Selected Client Work
    1. Leaf House Scientific
    2. The Architectural Association
    3. Institute for Studies on Latin American Art
    4. New York Times T Magazine
    5. Aminé
    6. Salter House
    7. Brown Printing
    8. CalArts
    9. FISK
    10. Meet Cute
    11. Harvard GSD
    12. Keaton Weil
Info
Work Experience (1) Independent developer + designer, (2) Web developer @ FISK, (3) Litigation assistant @ Perkins Coie, (4) Intern @ bitforms gallery, (5) Research assistant @ The Robots in Groups Lab
Skills Web development, interface + interaction design, technical project management, brand design,
Languages + Frameworks Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS, Vue, Nuxt, React, Next, Svelte, Python, GraphQL, Arduino. Lately I'm most often working with Nuxt + GraphQL.
Education B.S. Information Science, Cornell University
Email contact@cursor.click

Selected Client Work
Leaf House Scientific
2026 Designed and developed a new website for Leaf House Scientific, an iconic company led by Ryan Garrett that specializes in tropical ant wrangling, living invertebrate exhibitry, and nature media production. Assisted with content direction, helping them narrow down their several areas of expertise into clear client offerings.
Roles Designer, developer, content direction
Tools Nuxt.js, Sanity CMS, Figma
Collaborators
Brand Designer: Tyler Pell
The Architectural Association
2025-2026 Worked with Linked by Air on frontend development for their redesign + rebuild of the Architectural Association's website.
Roles Frontend developer
Tools Next.js, Strapi CMS
Collaborators
Designers: Tamara Maletic, Dan Michaelson, Eric Nylund, Kyla Arsadjaja
Developers: Tyler Paige, Camila Mercado, Paul Park
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