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
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (25)
accessibility10
timesheet10
testcase10
css10
html10
screen-reader10
categories9
css-reset9
normalize-css9
content-type9
portal9
react7
component-library6
floating6
browser6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
russmaxdesign/aria-roles
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:12 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
russmaxdesign/accessible-forms
Mar 2021 - May 2022
A series of HTML test cases to determine how specific elements are announced in different screen reader / browser combinations.
Contributions:239 commits, 231 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
screen-readertestcasea11yaccessibilityscreenreader
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