Experience

Anthro-Tech, Inc.

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Digital Accessibility

  • Jul 2022 - Present

  Seattle, Washington, United States

• Digital Accessibility Specialist

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2022

  Greater Seattle Area Working with government, non-profit, and corporate clients to ensure that digital products and services are usable and accessible to everyone.



Beth Somerfield Consulting

• User Experience and Accessibility Consultant

  • Mar 2019 - Present

  Greater Seattle Area Making it easy for people to connect with digital services by centering users and accessibility. Providing consulting in UX research, strategy and analysis.



City of Seattle

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior UX Business Analyst

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2018

  Greater Seattle Area Working in the Seattle IT Strategy & Planning as a BA with a specialization in User Experience and Accessibility. Responsibilities include: developing business requirements, business process mapping, producing design comps and guidelines, conducting usability assessments, researching and writing user personas, mapping user flows, advocating for Accessibility and Inclusive Design practices.

• User Experience Lead

  • Aug 2016 - Nov 2017

  Seattle, Washington Working on special projects for City of Seattle's Digital Engagement team, include: serving as UX Lead on City's utility portal, usability and accessibility assessment, researching strategy and tools for enterprise social media management, and representing IT Department on the city-wide accessibility team.

• Content & Design Team Lead

  • May 2014 - Aug 2016

  Lead web designer/developer for the Seattle.gov Content & Design Team.

• Web Designer and Developer

  • Apr 2012 - May 2014



The Seattle Channel

• Web Manager

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2013

  Responsibilities​ ​included:​ ​web​ ​content​ ​management, ​social​ ​media​ ​management, ​web​ ​design​ ​and development.



City of Seattle

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Designer and Developer

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

  Working with citywide web team implementing of Seattle.gov portal redesign and maintaining portal and department websites.



King County Metro Transit

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 700 & Above Employee

• Webmaster

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2010

  Managed a complex public website. Responsibilities included: developing long-term web communications goals and implementation strategies, redesigning site architecture, implementing improvements to emergency communications tools, launching and serving as administrator for a customer messaging system, collaborating with GIS developers and service planners to pilot customer-feedback projects with dynamic maps, presenting at public meetings, chairing web steering committee, daily site maintenance.



Seattle Parks and Recreation

• Administrative Staff Analyst

  • Jul 2009 - Sep 2009

  Temporary assignment assisting Superintendent’s Staff Analyst in managing correspondence.



Oregon Housing Alliance

• Project Intern

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2009

  Portland, Oregon Assisted​ ​in​ ​research​ ​and​ ​advocacy​ ​for​ ​affordable​ ​housing​ ​in​ ​Oregon.



Portland Development Commission

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Student Project Specialist

  • Apr 2008 - Aug 2008

  Worked with the Neighborhood URA Development team to support various projects, including budget expenditure and TIF generation analysis, and public outreach material development.



City of Seattle

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Manager

  • Jun 2001 - Aug 2007

  Developed and maintained the Seattle Parks and Recreation public information web site. Responsibilities included: site design, content management, collaboration across departments on technical projects and internal policy, planning presentations for public and internal audiences, teaching computer skills, managing interns, graphic design, accessibility testing, photography.