Melissa Manak
Self Employed
Evanston, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMelissa Manak is a product design leader and freelance designer with 11+ years specializing in accessibility and inclusive design, bridging vision to execution across strategy, design systems, and engineering. She has led accessibility programs at enterprise companies like Amazon and Anywhere Real Estate and now provides fractional leadership and consulting for mission-driven organizations focused on WCAG-compliant, user-centered experiences. Melissa moves teams from reactive remediation to proactive, measurable accessibility roadmaps that reduce risk and improve usability at scale. Her background teaching ASL and working with deaf and disability-focused organizations informs a practical, community-centered approach to design that prioritizes real-world needs over checkbox compliance. Based in Evanston, IL, she combines hands-on product work with stakeholder coaching to embed accessibility into development workflows and AI initiatives.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Geography- Community Planning, Masters Geography- Community Planning at University of North Carolina at CharlotteCertification UI/UX, Certification UI/UX at DesignationBachelor of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary, Bachelor of Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary at Governors State University
Sign languages, English
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Github contributions (5)
msmanak/coming-soon
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 12 days
department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
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Contributions:2 reviews, 13 commits, 13 pushes in 3 days
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