Web Production · CMS Publishing · Front-End
I build, publish, and maintain websites end-to-end.
Building and shipping pages, running QA from staging to production, and keeping content correct, accessible, and on time.
Nikol Plass San Francisco Bay Area Remote / Hybrid
01 / Selected work
Pages and sites I've built and shipped
Most recently, a family of CCA microsites and the main college site — several built and maintained with Claude Code.
Homepage redesign
Redesigned and shipped the homepage to focus on prospective student journeys.
Wagtail CMS
Role: content strategy, feature dev, analytics, CMS
After Intelligence
A CCA event series on AI, creativity, and futures — an event-series microsite with speakers, fellows, and event recordings.
Claude Code — Front-End
Role: strategy, content, web production, and project management
Annual Report 2024–25
A data-driven scrollytelling report — enrollment, giving, and alumni impact told through interactive data.
Astro — Claude Code
Role: content strategy, production, publishing
2026 Celebrations
CCA's commencement and graduation exhibitions microsite for the Class of 2026.
Claude Code
Role: content strategy, production, design, publishing
I also design, build, and maintain client sites end to end on Squarespace — Reliance Real Estate Advisors and Plum Salon.
02 / How I build
The craft behind the pages
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Hand-coded HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — comfortable in the markup, not just the CMS.
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Wagtail and StreamField: building pages from structured, component-based templates.
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Build and maintain production microsites with Claude Code — shipping and updating real sites, not just prototypes.
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Staging-to-production review of copy, formatting, links, rendering, and responsive behavior — catching issues before they ship.
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WCAG AA/AAA contrast and alt-text standards built into the publishing process.
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Clean URL structure, redirects, and metadata; authoring guides and help text that let partners publish independently.
03 / Beyond producing
Keeping web operations running
A single intake queue triaged and prioritized in Asana — a workflow I streamlined with Claude — plus web and CMS governance and publishing standards that let partners work independently. The behind-the-scenes system that makes production predictable instead of reactive.
04 / Recognition
2023 SF Design Week Award — DEIB web experience
2025 Finalist, National Content Award — Best new publication
2015 Melissa Harrington Hughes Award — Outstanding New Leader
05 / About
I've spent 20+ years making things on the web — most recently owning a high-traffic .edu and a family of microsites end-to-end, from build and publish through QA and governance. I currently lead digital and creative operations at California College of the Arts.
What I care about most is the craft: pages that are correct, fast, accessible, and shipped on time — and being the person partners trust to get their content live.
Off the clock
When I'm not shipping web pages, I build small tools for myself with Claude — most recently, a ceramic-glaze calculator for my own studio experiments.
06 / Contact
Let's connect.
If you need someone to build, publish, and keep the web running right, I'd love to talk.