Internship

Duties

Web Design (HTML, CSS):

• A full redesign of the entire website was performed using the Divi theme along with custom CSS.
• I was in constant collaboration with the director, social media team, and administration team to create a consistent, modern look that better reflected the target audience.

Accessibility:

• I lead a site-wide accessibility effort to bring each page up to WCAG standards to the greatest degree possible.
• Semantic HTML was instituted on every page, which involved re-writing most existing HTML by hand.
• All font colors were checked against WCAG standards and changed for better readability and compliance.
• Font sizes were increased and mobile view was overhauled for ease of readability.
• Carefully-selected alt text was created and added to every image on the website.
• All pages were audited both by hand and using Lighthouse.

SEO:

• I initiated a site-wide SEO overhaul, a project to be carried on and completed by other interns.
• I increased Safe Harbor's SEO ranking for several search engine terms.

Site Maintenance and Future Volunteers:

• I created two style guide manuals - a large document with detailed stylistic instructions for future Web Design and Development team interns and volunteers, and a lighter document with basic essentials for the Blogging team.
• Each of these documents provides detailed step by step instructions for stylistic considerations, font sizes, color selection, SEO, alt text, and more.
• I created several video walkthroughs and training videos as a part of these manuals.
• All of these will be used to teach future interns and Safe Harbor volunteers, helping them to easily keep the site's design consistent and accessible for years to come.