Hello! I'm Jessica Salemme 👋

I am a Digital Media, Arts, and Technology (DIGIT) professional and a Penn State graduate. I specialize in the intersection of technical development, data visualization, and interactive design.

🚀 What I'm Up To

• 🔭 Currently: Seeking full-time opportunities in Game Design, Technical Marketing, or Front-End Development.
• 🏛️ Recently: Developed a custom OCR tool for the Erie Art Museum to automate archival workflows and metadata organization.
• 🥽 Background: 2 years of hardware and troubleshooting experience at the VARIA (Virtual/Augmented Reality and Interactive Arts) Lab.

🛠️ Tech Stack & Tools

• Languages: JavaScript, R, HTML5, CSS3, XML, XSLT
• Game Dev: Godot, Unreal Engine, Bitsy
• Data & Design: RStudio, Excel, Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk Maya
• Version Control: Git, GitHub, Command Line

📈 Highlighted Projects\

• Tesseract OCR Tool: A custom tool build with the Tesseract engine to automate the digitization of museum archives. This project focused on improving metadata accuracy and reducing manual processing time for historical documents.

• Bloodreign | 2D Roguelite: A fast-paced, high-stakes vampire roguelite developed in Godot. Features procedural challenges, a complex skill tree, and original, hand-pixeled art*. Developed as part of a collaborative team for my capstone course.

• Digitization Article: An in-depth article exploring the processes and importance of digitization. The project is presented through a custom web interface utilizing a Neo-Brutalism style to explore modern front-end design trends.

💬 Let's Connect!

• 📫 Email: jsalemme5@gmail.com
• 💼 LinkedIn: jessica-salemme
• 💡 Ask me about: Website Design, Pixel Art, or Game Mechanics!
• 😄 Pronouns: she/her