Nathan King
Supervisory Public Affairs Specialist at U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan King is a results-driven Digital Communications Program Manager with two decades of National Park Service experience combining interpretation, visitor services, and digital strategy. He has led regional web, social media, and visual communications for nearly 50 parks and 100+ channels, applying analytics and accessibility standards to prioritize projects and improve audience outcomes. A hands-on content creator and public speaker, he produces photography, video, and written media while coaching teams to balance creativity with strict quality and policy compliance. Nathan also contributes front-end code to open NPS data projects—integrating maps and APIs to improve park discovery—and applies that technical fluency to real-world communications problems. He has a proven record securing competitive funding for accessibility and interpretive projects and briefly managed multi-million-dollar budgets and large volunteer programs. Outside government work he paints commissioned oil portraits and landscapes, bringing a practiced visual sensibility to his communications work.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), History, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), History at University of Wisconsin-Madison
Spanish, English
Github Skills (7)
apim10
leafletjs10
javascript10
api10
front-end-development10
mapbox-gl9
map-box9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
nationalparkservice/data
Mar 2015 - Oct 2022
An unofficial repository of National Park Service data.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:449 commits, 6 PRs, 526 pushes in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Nathan primarily worked on creating and modifying a JavaScript file (`dcparks.js`) related to displaying DC parks information on a map. Their contributions involved integrating with an external API, defining map overlays, and customizing pop-up content. They made several updates, including adjusting the zoom level, changing map bounds, and adding a "Visit" link to the park information. Their work focuses on front-end development using JavaScript and interacting with the Leaflet library.
national-park-servicenationalnational-parkparkdata-service
rangernathan/rangernathan.github.io
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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