Sjors Wijsman
Web Developer & Designer in Utrecht, The Netherlands, He/Him
About
Hey! I am a 25 year old Web Dev & Designer based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. My passion has always been creating creative solutions to help other people. Studied Communication & Multimedia Design at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences.
Contact
Work Experience
Developer & designer for various products including meJane.com, porton.nl and maxx-xs' own CMS for movies. Implemented a Svelte-based web component library & custom preview environment, now used in most of maxx-xs' products.
Worked on various projects as a Frontend Developer in medium-sized teams. Gained experience with React and improved my Svelte(Kit) skills. Learned various agile-related workflows and tools.
Solving various web development related issues for Acato's clients in a PHP based environment.
Student Assistant for a User Interaction course with Figma given at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences for IT students.
Updating the documentation for AFAS' ERP software to be up-to-date with the newest version.
Education
Graduated cum laude in 2023.
Projects
An open source project to make it easier for developers to create, preview and build web components with Svelte.
An interactive map for the DMZ gamemode in Modern Warfare II, made in Svelte with Leaflet. The webapp has gained ~250k unique users in 6 months.
Jouw Eenwoud is a gamified version of project Eenwoud by Lobke Meekes where people can plant their own trees and keep them alive by staying in touch with nature.
Writing
Awards
The Golden Dot Awards are hosted by CMD HvA each year. Teachers can freely nominate projects throughout the year which get presented at the awards. A professional jury then decides on four winners.
My project that got nominated (and won) was Spark, a news webapp where Ukrainians in the warzones can read, spread and receive news stories without internet during internet blackouts.