Competencies
Knowledge
- HTML
- Very deep
- CSS
- Deep
- JavaScript
- Shallow
- Web accessibility
- Very deep
- Native accessibility
- Moderate
- WCAG
- Deep
- ARIA
- Moderate
- Assistive Technology
- Moderate
- Usability
- Deep
Practice
- Designing
- Regularly
- Developing
- Occasionally
- Auditing
- Rarely
- Coaching
- Regularly
- Teaching
- Occasionally
- Leading
- Regularly
- Facilitating
- Occasionally
- Writing
- Occasionally
- Speaking
- Occasionally
Tools
- Figma
- Regularly
- Figjam
- Regularly
- Sketch
- Rarely
- Miro
- Occasionally
- VS Code
- Regularly
- GitHub
- Every day
- Slack
- Every day
- Microsoft Teams
- Occasionally
Professional Experience
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Staff Accessibility Designer at GitHub
Since February 2024 -
Principal Designer at NearForm
July 2022 - January 2024Providing accessibility expertise and leadership to the business and its clients. Leading collaborative design activity on enterprise-grade web and native mobile digital products. Helping clients to build lasting capability in their own teams.
Clients: McKinsey & Company, Virgin Media O2
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Senior Product Designer at NearForm
August 2020 - July 2022Designing, prototyping and validating enterprise-grade software products and design systems for international private and public sector clients.
Clients: SIG, Renalytix, New York DOH, Pennsylvania DOH
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Director and UX/UI Designer at Goodcircle
August 2019 - August 2020Providing free or affordable design expertise to small charities and social enterprises on a not-for-profit basis.
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UI Designer at Holiday Extras
March 2018 - August 2020Part of a small team responsible for product design alongside maintenance of a complex multi-brand design system.
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Senior Software Tester at Holiday Extras
October 2015 - June 2018Member of the UX/UI and mobile product teams, with a focus on accessibility. Responsible for testing and deploying web and native application projects across multiple teams, coaching junior testers and promoting good practice throughout the business.
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Software Tester, UX/UI at Holiday Extras
August 2014 - October 2015Member of the Customer Experience and UX/UI teams, testing and deploying web and native application projects for Holiday Extras and partners such as Saga, Thomson, Thomas Cook and easyJet.
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Freelance UX/UI Designer
August 2012 - August 2019Clients: PurpleCubed, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
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UX Designer and QA Manager at Red Ant
April 2006 - May 2015Responsible for requirements gathering, UX design, and quality assurance on responsive web, native mobile and in-store retail applications.
Clients: Mastercard, Harrods, Graze, NHS, MHRA
Qualifications
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BSc (Hons) Design & Innovation, 2:1
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CPWA (Certified Professional in Web Accessibility)
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WAS (Web Accessibility Specialist)
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CPACC (Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies)
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ISTQB-ISEB (BCS) Certified Software Tester