Accessible Docs

About

Ben Pattison

I make documents accessible. I’m a designer based near Leeds with thirteen years across brand, print, digital and UX: eight at the Leeds agency 26, working with Arla, Vodafone, HMRC and Claridges, then two years as Senior Creative at Skipton Building Society.

Ben Pattison

Experience

  • Freelance, Senior Creative

    2026 to now

    Accessible documents and maps for public bodies and agencies.

  • Skipton Building Society, Senior Creative

    2024 to 2026

    Brand guardian. Refreshed the brand guidelines and was responsible for design across digital, social and print.

  • Design Cloud, Graphic Designer

    2024

    Remote design across the studio’s client briefs.

  • 26, Senior Creative

    2015 to 2023

    Arla Open Farm and other microsites. Worked in and added to HMRC’s Figma UX library for their intranet redesign. Three months with Vodafone UK converting and updating their component library. Designed 26’s logo.

  • Earlier

    2012 to 2015

    Graphic designer at Ratrace Adventure Sports and ANPR International.

Skills and tools

Accessible PDF, Word and PowerPoint, WCAG 2.2 AA, PDF/UA, PAC, alt text and long descriptions, accessible templates, graphic design, brand, UX and UI.

InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Figma, After Effects, Cinema 4D.

BA (Hons) Graphic Design, Sheffield Hallam University.

Send me one document. I’ll check it for free.

You’ll get a list of what fails and a fixed price to fix it. No obligation.

Prefer email? hello@accessibledocs.co.uk

Your details
Your document

One PDF, up to 30MB. Bigger than that? Paste a link below instead. Word and PowerPoint need a custom quote: email hello@accessibledocs.co.uk.

A link to the PDF on your website works best. OneDrive, SharePoint, Google Drive and WeTransfer links are fine too: make sure anyone with the link can open it.

Your document is only used for the check, and for the fix if you go ahead. It’s deleted 30 days after the work is finished. How I handle your data