JJ Keith

Web Developer | Writer | Educator

Web Development

KCRW — Frontend Developer
Jan 2024–Apr 2026
Led frontend development for a major website migration and relaunch, preserving decades of editorial and audio content. Translated complex designs into accessible experiences and connected content, playlist, and audience systems.
Edify — Frontend Developer, Marketing Engineering
Nov 2022–Sep 2023
Relaunched a redesigned marketing website with a headless CMS to facilitate rapid updates.
Friendbuy — Frontend Developer
May 2019–Nov 2022
Customized and implemented referral widgets for customer websites, working directly in high-profile clients’ Shopify themes. Built and maintained Friendbuy’s marketing website in HubSpot and led web development projects for the marketing team.
Gigmor — Frontend Developer
Aug 2016–May 2018
Launched a web application from the ground up in a small, collaborative startup team.

Instruction
- Taught in USC’s Writing Program for three years and served as an Anthropology Teaching Assistant for one year. Mentored newer instructors and worked with senior faculty to align curricula across course sections.
- Instructor for two years at P.O.P.P. Academy, a high school–to–college transition program for students pursuing careers in law enforcement.
- Led a continuing education writing course for professionals at the Port of Long Beach.
Author and Essayist
- Published essays in Salon, HuffPost, Reader’s Digest, The Sydney Morning Herald, Alternet, The Hairpin, Thought Catalog, xoJane, Bitch Magazine, and other online and print outlets.
- Author of Motherhood Smotherhood (Skyhorse Publishing), published in Australia as Stop Reading Baby Books (Nero Books), with an audiobook edition from Audible.
- Panelist at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books and guest speaker in USC graduate courses, with additional appearances at speaker series, debates, and book events.
Commercial Writing
- Wrote website copy for clients including household brands, secondary schools, travel companies, and high-end fashion labels.
- Ghostwrote and edited dozens of memoirs for clients at a publishing service.
Publishing Industry
Five years of marketing and merchandising at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Publishers Group West (PGW) in Berkeley, and Taschen GmbH in Los Angeles.