My name is Nathan Keeys, I'm a designer, web engineer and creative technologist. I provide technical direction, design and interactive development expertise for creative agencies, civic tech and cultural spaces/organizations.

I blend design system architecture, web development and creative code to strategically craft systems needed to build apps, interactive websites and experiences.

Feel free to browse my work, services, publications, (and music if inclined). If you have any inquiries, please contact me or setup a virtual coffee chat below.


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Services for Creative Agencies, Civic Tech and Cultural Orgs

Contact for service inquiries


  • Creative/Technical Direction

  • Web Development + CMS Integration

  • Frontend Software Development

  • UI/UX + Interaction Design

  • Creative Coding/Creative Development (WebGL, GLSL Shaders, TouchDesigner)

  • R&D + Prototyping

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

Work

  • 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.

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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OPM - 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.

VA - 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 2.1 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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