Chris Gibbons
Lead Front-End Engineer at Accessibility Manchester (@a11yMCR)
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Gibbons is a Lead Front-End Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience crafting accessible, standards-driven design systems and user interfaces across major UK firms. He has led design system efforts and front-end communities at Co-op, Auto Trader, cinch and now Royal London, blending practical UI/UX, semantic markup and Storybook-driven workflows. Chris pairs technical leadership with people-focused initiatives—rebooting communities, shaping progression frameworks, and founding Accessibility Manchester to champion inclusive design. His toolkit spans React, Angular, Gatsby, Storybook and progressive enhancement practices, with a long-standing commitment to automated accessibility and web standards. Based in England, he brings a pragmatic interest in developer ergonomics and developer-to-design collaboration that consistently turns design tokens and patterns into production-ready, maintainable systems. Outside work he’s known for combining a love of accessibility with the lighter pleasures of coffee and cake, reflecting a personable approach to community-building.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
A-Levels Computing Geography, A-Levels Computing Geography at Blackpool Sixth FormBachelor of Science (BSc) Web and Multimedia, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Web and Multimedia at University of Central Lancashire
Github Skills (23)
react8
gatsby7
gulp7
graphql7
frontend6
fastest6
compiler5
jekyll5
static-site-generator5
netlify5
css4
mono3
stylelint3
webpack2
eleventy2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gbbns/gbbns.github.io
Feb 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:65 commits, 127 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 5 months
gbbns/gatsby.gbbns.co
Jan 2019 - Jun 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 92 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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