Russ Weakley
Head Of Inclusive Training at Intopia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolRuss Weakley is an accessibility specialist and design system leader with over 30 years’ experience blending UX/UI design, front-end development, and inclusive training. As Head of Inclusive Training at Intopia he designs and delivers scalable accessibility education—owning curriculum, production and multi-format delivery—to help organisations embed accessibility across teams. He has led design system strategy and implementation in large enterprises (notably IAG) and built accessible pattern libraries and component systems from the ground up. Comfortable switching between hands-on HTML/CSS work and strategic planning, Russ pairs practical front-end craft with organisational change practice. Based in Sydney, he brings rare continuity across museum, media, finance and insurance sectors, and has run a specialist accessibility consultancy for many years. Outside work he’s passionate about dogs and nature, which informs his pragmatic, human-centred approach to inclusive design.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Associate Diploma, Graphic Design, Associate Diploma, Graphic Design at Western Sydney UniversityHigher School certificate, Art/Art Studies, General, Higher School certificate, Art/Art Studies, General at Turramurra High School
English
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Github Skills (37)
accessibility10
forms10
css-variables10
decks10
slide9
timesheet9
normalize9
normalize-css9
css9
content-type9
portal9
website-design9
html9
workitem8
schematron8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
russmaxdesign/simplex
Jan 2017 - Nov 2022
A simple, flexible component library for complex sites and apps
Contributions:38 commits, 4 PRs, 139 pushes in 5 years 11 months
reactweb-componentsportalsitestimesheet
russmaxdesign/aria-roles
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:12 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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