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• Perform accessibility evaluations of digital products (including websites, iOS apps, and Android apps).
• Test against a variety of international standards, including WCAG 2.x, Section 508, and EN 301 549.
• Review design mockups and prototypes for potential accessibility issues.
• Provide clients with recommendations for remediating accessibility violations.
• Provide a variety of other accessibility services for clients, including live consultations, validation testing, ACR/VPAT authoring, and technical question support.
• Provide 1:1 mentoring, as well as lead team training sessions for junior consultants.

St. Louis, MO

• Developed a library of reusable, accessible React components for Charter's component library, used throughout the company's agent-facing applications.
• Worked closely with accessibility specialists and UX/UI designers to establish an accessible design system and ensure components were created and used according to the system.
• Designed and documented APIs, accessibility guidelines, code examples, and best practices.
• Researched and assessed new technologies and third-party libraries, including in-depth exploration of topics such as web components, HTML inputs, and native HTML form validation.
• Trained and assisted other developers with CSS, accessibility, and markup through workshops and one-on-one advisement.
• Reviewed all UI-related pull requests.

Belleville, Illinois

• Guided the overall vision and mission of the department.
• Led a complete redesign of the Interactive Media & Web Design curriculum.
• Sought out and recruited new adjunct instructors.
• Hired, managed, and advised adjunct instructors and department faculty.
• Created schedule of degree courses each semester.
• Designed and adjusted the assessment plan for the degree program. Gathered assessment data and submitted an annual assessment report.

Belleville, IL

St. Charles, MO

Carbondale, IL

• Maintained, updated, and improved documentation for PHP-based website and company MediaWiki.
• Designed & developed custom web-based software (PHP/MySQL) to meet federal requirements for managing risks of third-party vendors.
• Provided technical assistance and troubleshooting to 40–50 employees at five different locations.

Carbondale, IL

• Designed and developed a brand-new 20-page website that served as the official guide to the festival, including all information about films, venues, ticketing, juror bios, etc.
• Streamlined acceptance process by developing a custom-built filmmaker acceptance form with PHP/MySQL, which saved filmmaker info to a database and automatically populated the website’s content.
• Managed the festival's Withoutabox and social media accounts.

Carbondale, IL

• Directed team of five staff members and dozens of volunteers.
• Processed hundreds of film submissions. Corresponded with hundreds of filmmakers in dozens of countries.
• Increased film submissions by 20–30%.
• Expanded festival to include performance-based film & video work.
• Led committees to view submissions and make official festival selections.
• Curated and scheduled selected films (typically around 40 films).

Kansas City, Missouri

Master Of Fine Arts (Mfa), Mass Communication & Media Art

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Broadcast Media