Keith Emmerson
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarKeith Emmerson is a London-based software professional with 12 years' experience focused on making government services clearer and easier to use. He blends content design and frontend development, contributing to GOV.UK’s Whitehall repository by improving guidance, copy and UI to enhance readability and user experience. Comfortable working at the intersection of policy and product, he communicates complex requirements plainly and iterates quickly on content-driven interfaces. His background suggests a pragmatic, user-first approach to public-sector digital services and a knack for spotting small fixes that yield measurable improvements.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
html10
markdown10
markdown-it10
front-end-development9
css8
accessibility7
rails6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/whitehall
Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:
Content Designer / Frontend Developer (Hybrid)
Content Designer / Frontend Developer (Hybrid)Contributions:8 commits, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 7 months
Contributions summary:Keith primarily focused on updating content and improving the user interface within the Whitehall repository, a platform for publishing government content. They revised text, updated format guidance, and modified the user interface to improve readability and clarity. Their contributions included updating guidance related to abbreviations and summaries, and fixing minor syntax issues, demonstrating a focus on content quality and user experience within the GOV.UK platform.
govgovuk-publishing-frontendgovukgovernmentcontainer
alphagov/govspeak-preview
Feb 2017 - Aug 2021
A small rails app for previewing the GOV.UK Markdown variant Govspeak
Contributions:9 commits, 5 PRs, 7 pushes in 4 years 7 months
markdownrails-appgovuk
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