Available for contract work
Access is not a feature. It’s the point.
I’m Jaunita Flessas — an internationally recognised digital accessibility leader, attorney, trainer and maker based in Melbourne. I take on contract work in accessibility, training, instructional design, writing, AI web development and photography — and I bring all of it to the causes I care about: disability rights, human rights, anti-poverty and education.
Founder of Empower Accessibility — enterprise accessibility consulting lives there. This site is everything I do as me.
Track record
- 17,000
- Employees reached yearly by my comms campaigns
- 2,000+
- Employees trained by my enterprise training program
- 29
- Talks around the world since 2022
- 14M
- Members served by the enterprise program I led
What I stand for
Values-driven, by design
I look for work that moves the needle on the things that matter. If your project sits in one of these spaces, I want to hear about it — and my rates reflect that.
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Disability rights
From WCAG working groups to usability testing with real assistive-technology users — access as a human right, not a checkbox.
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Human rights
A lawyer by training, I’ve spent my career at the intersection of technology, policy and the people both are supposed to serve.
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Anti-poverty
From a $3.2M community-reinvestment grant to globa11y, building employment pathways for disabled technologists in the Global South.
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Education
Literacy tutoring, scholarship programs, free community bootcamps — because knowledge shouldn’t be gated by circumstance.
What I do
Services
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Accessibility
Audits, WCAG 2.2 / Section 508 / EN 301 549 compliance, remediation strategy, vendor monitoring and program builds — by a W3C working-group member who helps write the standards.
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Training
Live workshops and self-paced courses on accessible development, design, documents, procurement, metrics — and using AI as your accessibility co-pilot.
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Instructional design
Enterprise training programs end to end: six role-based learning pathways organising 60+ courses, many of the IAAP’s self-paced courses (as author), and communications campaigns reaching 17,000 employees a year.
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Copywriting & editing
Award-winning copywriting, copyediting and proofreading — five communications awards across codes of conduct for Fortune 500 clients.
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AI web development
AI-assisted, accessible-first builds: semantic HTML, CSS and ARIA done right, plus CI/CD accessibility automation, linting and testing pipelines.
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Photography
Events, portraits and travel work, delivered through Picflow galleries for easy proofing and download.
Featured projects
Things I’ve built and lead
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Creator & developer
A11y Codecamp
A browser-based learning application for practicing accessible coding — built and deployed solo, hands-on proof that training and engineering belong together.
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Director (pilot)
globa11y
A social enterprise training and employing disabled technologists across the Global South — curricula, employment pathways and a 20+ volunteer team.
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Working-group member
W3C standards
AGWG, ARIA and APA working groups; WCAG 2.2 and 3.0 contributor; Advisory Committee representative 2022–2025; subgroup lead.
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Leadership committee
OZeWAI
Serving on the leadership of Australia’s web accessibility initiative and moderating its Ask the Professionals panel series.
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Founder
A11y A11ies & A11y-DMV
Two accessibility communities on two continents — the DC metro region’s largest a11y meetup, and its Melbourne sibling.
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Confidential engagement
Accessible procurement at Fortune-1 scale
Wrote the end-to-end accessibility procurement process for one of the world’s largest retailers (name under NDA).
Photography
Behind the lens
Events, portraits and the places my hiking boots take me. Client galleries are delivered through Picflow — proofing, selects and downloads in one accessible place.
What people say
“Jaunita’s heart beats with the vibrant pulse of accessibility. Just about every waking moment she is advocating, volunteering, educating, implementing.”
Hire me
Two ways to work with me
Contract & fractional
Project-based or ongoing: audits, training, courseware, writing, accessible builds and photography — scoped to your timeline. Fractional accessibility leadership if you need a program stood up without a full-time hire.
Full-time
I’m also open to the right permanent role — remote, or hybrid in Melbourne. US citizen with full Australian working rights. Roles I’m qualified for:
Role-specific résumés (accessible HTML · tagged-PDF ready): Accessibility leadership · Learning & development · Program management · Policy & governance
Let’s find the work that matters
Contract, fractional or project-based — if it advances access, rights, education or opportunity, I’m interested. Based in Melbourne, working with the US, EU, Canada and Australia.
Email me at jaunitaflessas@gmail.com — tell me what you’re building and who it’s for, and I’ll tell you honestly whether I’m the right fit.
Accessibility statement
This site is built to WCAG 2.2 AA: semantic structure, full keyboard operability, visible focus, alt text on images and no motion that can’t be paused. If you hit a barrier anywhere, email me — I’ll fix it and credit you.