Jim Westerkamp
Publishing at JTwesterkamp.com
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJim Westerkamp is a creative technologist with 11 years of experience blending digital media, curriculum development, and product-focused publishing work from the Greater Chicago Area. He leads publishing at McMaster-Carr while running a long-standing freelance studio that delivers web development, animation, motion graphics, and video across client projects. As co-founder and director of a tech education startup, he designed project-based curricula for Python, web technologies, and 3D printing and managed both studio IT and instructor teams—demonstrating a rare mix of instructional design and hands-on production. Comfortable shifting between creative and technical roles, he excels at turning complex topics into engaging learning experiences and polished visual work. An unexpected strength is his sustained focus on youth education and community partnerships alongside professional freelance and corporate publishing duties.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Montini Catholic High SchoolBachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Time Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Time Arts at Northern Illinois University
Github Skills (2)
discord-bot9
discord9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jibbodahibbo/Clanky-Bot
Jul 2020 - Nov 2022
Clanky Bot for BYB discord.
Contributions:2 reviews, 415 commits, 45 PRs in 2 years 4 months
discordbotdiscord-bot
jibbodahibbo/TiltThePole
Jun 2018 - Jul 2020
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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