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Location:
Upper Black Eddy, PA
Email:
Keefer@KeeferTaylor.com
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  EDUCATION


2009-Present                 University of Richmond                 Richmond, VA

  • Computer Science, Math Major
  • Current Overall Average: A-
  • Relevant Classes:
    • CMSC 221-Data Structures with Lab (Final Grade: A)
    • CMSC 222-Discrete Structures with Lab (In Progress)
    • MATH 211-Calculus I (Final Grade: A)
    • MATH 212-Calculus II (In Progress)
  • Honors: Deans List (Fall 2009), Elected Student Senator (2009-2010)

2005-2009                           Blair Academy                            Blairstown, NJ

  • Overall Average: A-
  • Relevant Classes:
    • C++ Programming (Final Grade: A+)
    • Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science (Final Grade: A+)
    • Elements of Art (Final Grade: A)
    • Graphic Design (Final Grade: A-)
  • Created and lead after school activity centered around learning the basics of web design (HTML, CSS, PHP, and MySQL)
  • Honors: Dean's List

  WORK HISTORY

Web Communication and Graphic Design Assistant
2009-Present                 University of Richmond                 Richmond, VA

  • Worked in an office environment to create photos for university website, and create web pages from existing content. Daily usage of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS. Minor Usage of Adobe Flash, actionscript, and Adobe Fireworks.

Web Designer
2008-Present                           Earworm Media                          Milford, NJ

  • Worked in an office environment with various other designers and developers on collaborative web projects. Occasional remote work from school. Daily usage of Adobe Flash, actionscript, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks, HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and custom Content Management Systems

Freelance Work
2008-Present                                                              Upper Black Eddy, PA

  • Worked independently on websites with clients, both creating new, and improving existing websites. Extensive use of HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Adobe Flash, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, and custom Content Management Systems

Unpaid Web Design Internship
June-September 2008             Prima Media            Upper Black Eddy, PA

  • Worked to accomplish various web design objectives while under deadlines. Internship emphasized Search Engine Optimization (SEO), also included work in HTML, CSS, and PHP. Worked with both Wordpress and Zen Cart Content Management Systems (CMS)

  SKILLS




Web Design Knowledge

  • AJAX – Asynchronous Javascript and XHMTL
  • CSS – Cascading Style Sheets
  • HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language
  • PHP – Hypertext Pre-Processor
  • Javascript – Dynamic Web Page Language
  • MySQL – Database Query Language
  • XML – Extensible Markup Language
  • Adobe Creative Suite – Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Illustrator
  • Adobe Flash Actionscript – Language Versions 2.0 and 3.0

Other Computer Science Skills

  • Java – Platform Independent Application Programming Language
  • C++ – Application Programming Language

  HONORS





The Xerox Award

  • Given for demonstration of a strong interest in innovation and/or information technology and proven high achievement in this area relative to peers. Eligible to receive $34,000 in scholarship over four years if accepted to University of Rochester


The Durling Prize

  • Given for demonstrating extraordinary ability and interest in computer programming and computer applications while at Blair Academy

  EXAMPLES OF WORK



2009-Present                 University of Richmond                 Richmond, VA

  • Choose and photoshopped (Cropping, color correction, etc.) pictures for University of Richmond's website, compiled newsletters and articles into web pages (Example: Richmond Now)

2009                                         E of 3                                      www.eof3.com

  • Worked to create a website from scratch for a band, implementing a custom created back-end CMS system, allowing the site owners to constantly change and update their site as they see necessary

2008            Maria Liberati: Celebrity Chef            www.marialiberati.com

  • Worked on an existing website swapping photos, updating sections, extending site functionality, managing content management system, and optimizing for search engines

2008                 Elbow Lane School                 www.elbowlaneschool.com

  • Worked with Earworm Media to develop front and back end functionality, designed and implemented custom PHP/MySQL powered content management system
Valid XHTML MarkupValid CSS MarkupCompletely Tableless Design
Copyright 2010 Keefer Taylor
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Tableless Design

Back in the day, most of web design was done with things called "tables", which enabled designers to easily layouta website. Flash forward several years, and things have changed. With the introduction of CSS, tables are no longer needed,yet they still remain on many websites. This website is proud to not use tables in its design.

Why Are Tables Bad?

-Tables make webpages take longer to load
-Tables prevent copying and pasting of large portions of text
-Tables are semantically incorrect markup for layout.
-Tables aren't compatible with screen readers, hindering website accessibility.

More Information

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