CV

Qualification

Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)
IAAP

July 2021 - Present

Passed the WAS exam following years of experience in accessibility and usability testing along with extensive study of Web accessibility best practices.

• Usability testing with assistive technology in macOS, iOS, Android and Windows environments.
• Understanding of WCAG 2.1 Standards and ATAG
• Web accessibility auditing and remediation
• Knowledge of implementing and testing valid ARIA

Working as a multidisciplinary agile team with GDS Publishing to improve their Access and Permissions platform to be more accesssible. Auditing public and third sector websites through an automated and manual accessibility testing workflow. Applying changes to codebase to make more accessible, robust, scaleable and maintainable. Development, design and authoring of website accessibility audits with concise, easy to understand explanations of issues, solutions and implementation of improvements.

• Prototyping with GOV.UK Design System coded toolkit and Figma
• Work closely alongside user researcher to better understand user needs
• Accessibility training through creating and organising regular workshops
• Accessibility audits with axe DevTools
• Screen readers including VoiceOver, NVDA and TalkBack
• Building components library
• Environment and build tools including use of Grunt and Webpack
• WordPress, HTML, CSS, Scss, jQuery, Vanilla Js, VueJs, PHP, Figma
• Advocating accessibility best practices and culture across organisation

WordPress along with other CMS development and integration for clients. Internally, I helped improve the overall approach of the company’s project management: helping introduce an agile workflow to the business and better understanding of user-focused needs.

• Integration with WordPress / Laravel / Magento / ExpressionEngine
• Version control all projects through GitLab
• Environment and build tools including use of Grunt, Gulp, Webpack and Node packages
• Design tools including CC Photoshop, Illustrator and Affinity Designer
• HTML, CSS, Scss, jQuery, Vanilla Js, VueJs, PHP

• Here I built up foundational knowledge of core front-end skills and template integration on their in-house CMS.
• Later I helped steer the company towards responsive thinking and developing an in-house responsive framework for HTML/CSS and JS.
• I worked on websites including the charity Blesma, Wagamama, EC Harris, Ella’s Kitchen and the portfolio site of entrepreneur Peter Jones. I also wrote informative articles for their blog.

FIRST CLASS HONOURS AWARD WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Awarded Brunel Excellence Scholarship for 2007-2011
• Led a team of three to design and develop a PHP and JavaScript-based multimedia widget aimed at motivating people to donate money to Cancer Research UK. The brief was conceptualised by London-based digital agency Essence and we were awarded 1st prize.
• For my Final Year Project I researched and developed a mobile application for use in museums and art galleries. As part of this research I liaised with a number of museums including the Ashmolean, Oxford. I implemented the technical side of it using Android SDK, programming with self-taught skills in Java and XML.

• Design and development of educational microsites for clients including Warner Brothers, Pathé International and CinemaNX.
• Contributed to the design and development of web and CD-ROM based educational resources suitable for classroom learning activities.

• Triple Distinction
• Awarded Business & IT Student of the Year