About
The day job
Senior UX Designer, Sightsavers
Matt is the senior user experience designer at Sightsavers, a charity that treats and prevents avoidable blindness and promotes equality for people with disabilities.
His experience spans creative disciplines including branding, digital design, and illustration.
Awards and accolades
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This award category spotlights the people who are using their professional skills or resources to achieve social good, to change industry cultures for the better, or to bring new and more diverse talent into our industry and give it the support it needs to flourish.
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Nominations in this category recognise the people whose combination of creative originality and exceptional execution has seen them push boundaries, deliver a category-defining moment, or surprise and delight clients or consumers.
After hours
Public speaker
Whether your a business owner, teacher, or creative peer, Matt continues to deliver his message of prioritising accessibility to audiences in-person and online. As part of working at Sightsavers, a member of BIMA, or as an independent consultant, he ensures the message is heard - just start!
Speaking topics include being a colourblind designer, the importance of accessibility, and running across the UK after an arthritis diagnosis.
Notable recent speaker engagements: D&AD Design Festival, Chalk Connect, The Future is ND, London College of Communication students, and Manifesto.
Design judge
Over the years Matt has sat on judging panels to judge international branding projects, national inclusive design projects, and noting the top 100 innovators in the UK digital industry.
Judging panels: BIMA100, BIMA awards, BIMA10, Transform Awards Nordics (2020), Transform Awards Europe (2018–2020)
BIMA inclusive design council (Co-chair)
Millions of people in the UK are excluded from key digital services. The Inclusive Design Council drives understanding of the importance of inclusive design, and equip individuals and organisations with the knowledge, skills and desire to design experiences for everyone.
Matt has been co-chair of the council since 2021, and helped establish the inclusive design award into the BIMA award program, as well as other notable contributions to the BIMA community.
Related links: BIMA Inclusive Design council, Launching the inclusive design award, BIMA and Microsoft Masterclass - Accessibility
Writer and contributor
Sharing insights, comments and opinions on accessibility and inclusive design.
Publications include: Creative Review, Econsultancy, Elephant, and BIMA.
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