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Nathan Keeys — Frontend Engineer and UX Technical Consultant

Leveraging design, development and creative tech to craft human-centered user experiences.

Feel free to browse my products and work. If you have any inquiries please contact me or setup a virtual coffee chat below.


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Consultation for Creative Agencies


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UX & Accessibility Support

As an UX technical consultant, I provide services to improve UI/UX workflows and evaluate accessibility compliance for websites, and web experiences. Here are some key results I provide:

  • Figma Plugin Development
  • Web Accessibility WCAG Compliance Audits
  • Creating Process Documentation
  • Storybook/ UI Library Setup
  • Design-to-Dev Hand-off Support
  • UI/UX Mockups & Wireframing

Creative Frontend Development

I help creative and experiential agencies build traditional and interactive web experiences using javascript and webgl based-technologies. I work with the following frontend and creative web technologies:

  • React, Vue and Typescript
  • Three.js, Shaders, and WebGL-based Technologies
  • HTML Canvas
  • GSAP and Animation Libraries
  • Blender

R&D and Prototyping

I help creative and experiential agencies explore and test interactive technologies through hands-on R&D, prototyping, and experimentation before full-scale implementation. I work with the following technologies:

  • JavaScript, HTML/CSS, WebGL, Three.js, React, Node, additional JS libraries
  • Touch Designer
  • Blender
  • Ableton Live

Contribution Work


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CarpeDM Dating

Founding Full-stack Engineer: CarpeDM Dating is an DC-based dating app and startup that caters to professional black women. During the initial development of the mobile application, I worked along side a 2 person design studio to build their web-based member portal and marketing website.

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FBI Jobs

Frontend Drupal Lead: While working for a major consulting company, I was contracted to work with the FBI on their jobs website redesign. I lead a small team of frontend developers and worked along side the design team to implement best practices and standards on the frontend such as web accessibility, responsiveness and performance optimization.

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Janus - Retirement Benefit Tool

Frontend Engineer: Janus is a modernized retirement benefit calculations tool for OPM Retirement Services. The platform helps OPM RS manage approximately 2.7 million annuitants. I worked on the team as a frontend engineer to help build a complex form submission-based experience.

MyWorkWeek - Patient Scheduler Tool

Software Engineer: MyWorkWeek is an internal clinican-facing application for appointment scheduling. I contributed as a frontend focused engineer on this project building UI, handling incoming patient information, and implementing WCAG 2.0 compliance.

Noisegen.io

Creative Developement: As a self-intiated project, I built an award-winning experimental website that allows users to create art with the Perlin Noise algorithm.

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RP3 Agency

Creative Technologist/Frontend Developer: While at RP3, I contributed in building the frontend of their current website. I also worked closely with the design team to fine-tune the visual designs, mockups and wireframes before the prototyping and development phases.

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Sonic + Visual

  • Noise Shift _ Javascript-Based Audio Visual Art Installation
    Over The Structures International Exhibition _ CICA Museum, South Korea

  • 80% Cacao _ Music Production, Sound Design and Music Licensing
    Music project intersecting ambient, electronic and soul sounds into instrumental and vocal-based productions.

Workshops

  • 06/12/2024

    Three.js Fundamentals - The Collab Lab - Remote

  • 11/10/2023

    Creative Coding Workshop (Three.js) - Women Who Code (now WiSE Women in Software Engineering JP) - Ginza Tokyo, JP

  • 08/2021 - 10/2022

    Fullstack Bootcamp - 2U Bootcamps - Arlington, VA

  • 01/2018 - 03/2018

    Mentor - AIGA SHINE Mentorship - Washington DC