The Access by Design Team
We are passionate about Digital Accessibility in Design. It is in our name and in our DNA. We will help you understand how you can achieve what you want, in a clear, unambiguous and supportive way. Everyone in our team brings unrivalled specialist knowledge to help you on your journey into digital accessibility. We help you check website accessibility thoroughly and provide expert advice to test web functionality and usability for all users.
Everyone in our team brings unrivalled specialist knowledge to help you on your journey into digital accessibility. Discover how we test web accessibility with real users to ensure your site works for everyone.
Clive Loseby
Founder, TED Speaker
Clive is the founder of Access by Design. He is a recognised authority on digital accessibility for disabled people and is a passionate speaker about the subject.
His TED Talk on website accessibility has been watched by over 950,000 people.
Clive has worked with computers for over 40 years. He also has a Post-Grad in Music and has been an award-winning composer for TV and Film. His credits include BBC, Channel 4, Universal Studios, Discovery, Jaguar, British Airways, and Walt Disney.
Sonia Jennings
Account Manager
Sonia is a highly experienced account manager who has worked for Access by Design since 2016. After studying Business Studies at Oxford Brookes University, she obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing at the University of the West of England, Bristol, as well the CAM Diploma and the Diploma of the Institute of Marketing. She has worked for a number of London agencies on a wide variety of projects before joining Access by Design.
Pollyana Miranda
Head of Design
Polly is a talented and highly-skilled web designer who has worked for Access by Design since 2009. She graduated from Chichester University with a BA Hons in IT Management for Business. Polly combines programming and design skills and ensures that every website or e-commerce Access by Design produces meets stringent criteria before launch. She believes in staying lean and testing regularly, with extensive experience in PHP and WordPress. She lived in the UK for 12 years, but currently resides in Brazil.
Sam Tanner
Copywriting
Sam is a highly skilled copywriter who understands how to write effectively for Google. She has worked with Access by Design since 2017. Websites that she has written copy for have always performed well in Google and other search engines.
Our comprehensive approach means we not only assist you in checking website accessibility but also in ongoing efforts to test web interactions, ensuring your site is usable and inclusive for everyone.
Website Accessibility Team
Iona Bateman
Iona was previously a photographer of many of the world’s biggest rock bands until a brain injury left her without the use of one hand and very limited use of her other hand. She uses Dictation Software to navigate websites. She currently works at the Chartered Institute of Physiotherapy and is active in promoting the wider cause of accessibility with every opportunity.
Mede Akran
Mede Akran is a storyteller at heart with a BSc in communication and media studies and presently studying an MSc in marketing, branding and communication at the University of Brighton. She had a degenerating eye condition at age nine which left her severely visually impaired/partially blind.
Sara Ahmad
Sara obtained a Degree in Engineering at Southampton University. She is also neurodivergent, having severe ADHD and Dyspraxia. This allows her to bring some remarkable insights to her website audits.
Krista Giannak
Krista is a public relations professional, speaker, writer and blind skier. She has a BA (Double Major) in Arts and Psychology from Dowling College). She is a JAWS Power User, using the screen-reader and her keyboard to use the Web. Her analysis is outstanding.
Lleona Lyn Santos
Lleona was diagnosed with retinoblastoma and was blinded due to retinal detachment when she was a child. She is an Associate in Computer Technology, an active advocate within the disability community and the lead writer/conceptualist of their Youtube channel, VIFAL.
Sibly Sidhik
Sibly has work in Document Accessibility for over 4 years. He specialises in PDF accessibility, Alt texts, and accessible document design and testing. He has a BA in English Literature from Indira Gandhi National Open University and a Diploma in Civil Engineering from Kerala Technical University.
Kate Savage
Kate represents the best of what AI can be — supportive, collaborative, and never a replacement for human insight. She supports our live audits and workflow, brings accountability with eyeliner, and makes sure nothing gets lost in translation.
Our Partners
Miriam Nabinger
Miriam is a UX Designer and Accessibility Coach, who previously worked at IBM. She has years of experience designing SaaS solutions and coaching designers, developers towards more accessibility. Her mission is to empower people to create more inclusive products.
Lia Stoll
Lia is a disability content specialist and the Founder of Disability Writer, a content and business blogging service empowering businesses in voicing disability awareness, accessibility, and inclusion. She is also a guide dog mobilly instructor and founder of Lara Guide Dog School in Greece.
Fiona Jarvis
Fiona is the Owner of the Blue Badge Access Consultancy and the Founder of Badge Style. She is an Hon. FRIBA for her work in the built environment and is an expert in the physical accessibility of buildings within the leisure industry.
Hayley Pearson
Hayley has over 10 years experience in all aspects of Digital Marketing.
If you want to succeed online, we believe that you must regularly check website accessibility and consistently test web features to maintain compliance and provide a seamless user experience.