Chris Farlee
Digital Accessibility Specialist
Maple Valley,WA
Summary
To create a more accessible web presence and work with web designers so that we can create an engaging user-friendly experience that looks and operates with all users in mind.
I am passionate about creating a web experience that everyone can use and understand regardless of how they interact with the world and your product. This is how we make the web a better place.
Innovative technology professional with several years of diverse experience. Skilled in enhancing systems and aligning technical solutions with business objectives. Proven success in leading projects from start to finish and contributing to organizational growth and success.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Web Accessibility Specialist
Unity
01.2022 - 06.2024
- Coordinated with web teams to improve the accessibility baked into the design and coding of Unity's multiple web domains
- In most areas we were able to substantially reduce accessibility problems
- One domain was reduced to only color contrast issues that could not be fixed without disrupting brand colors
Accessibility ERG Lead
Unity
02.2023 - 06.2024
- Won Seramount ERG Impact's Trailblazer Award for our ERG's work
- I worked to build support structures for Unity employees through creating educational content about how to support people who have disabilities whether that be themselves, family, friends, or coworkers
- One of which was featured in a companywide townhall
Copyeditor
Unity
10.2021 - 06.2024
- Worked on making sure that our educational and marketing videos to correct errors from vendors and machine captioning
- Focusing on making sure tech jargon was accurate while keeping captions to WCAG 2.1 AA standards
Education
BA - Linguistics
01.2010
Skills
- Education & community building
- Usability testing
- Technical project management
- Beginner understanding of Figma
- Using ANDI tool for reviewing accessibility
- Intermediate understanding of HTML
- Beginner understanding of CSS
- Technical Writer
- Maintaining community trust
- Writing educational documents
- Project management
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office
- Familiar with Google
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Making presentations
- Presenting
- Problem solving
- Multimedia design
- Detail orientation
- Professionalism
- Interpersonal skills
- Adaptability
- Relationship building
- Teamwork
- Goal setting
- Problem-solving
- Active listening
- Team building
- Community outreach
Accomplishments
- Achieved Seramount Trailblazer Award through effectively helping with Accessibility ERG.
Certification
- WCAG 2.2 Certification
- Mental Health First Aider (Unity)
- Google Technical Writing (Part 1)
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Accessibility ERG Lead - Unity
02.2023 - 06.2024
Web Accessibility Specialist - Unity
01.2022 - 06.2024
Copyeditor - Unity
10.2021 - 06.2024
The Evergreen State college - BA, Linguistics
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