Cartoon-style portrait of Stephanie with white hair and glasses, rainy-day hair style included.

Hello, I’m Stephanie Lesperance.
Product Designer for mission-driven organizations
UX Strategy • Accessibility • Digital Systems

I help nonprofits untangle complex digital ecosystems. I bring calm, clarity, and coherence to their digital spaces.

I collaborate with organizations that care deeply about culture and education, translating fragmented digital realities into structured, inclusive, and maintainable experiences.

With a background in design and hands-on front-end implementation, I work across content, structure, and accessibility to ensure ideas translate cleanly into real, usable interfaces.

I’m a French-American dual citizen, happily based in Seattle, where I balance digital work with photography, long walks with my dog, and far too much tea.

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Expertise

15 years. Dozens of projects. From early architecture to shipped interfaces.
I help organizations structure complexity, improve usability, and build digital systems that are accessible, coherent, and sustainable.

Accessible Systems

Accessibility is a quality standard, not an afterthought. I conduct structured audits and implement practical WCAG-aligned improvements that enhance usability, clarity, and long-term product integrity. Inclusive design benefits everyone.

Content Strategy

I help organizations clarify their digital priorities by analyzing service ecosystems, content workflows, and stakeholder realities. From identifying friction points to defining scalable structures, I focus on practical strategies that teams can realistically maintain.

Product Design

I design structured, coherent interfaces rooted in clarity and usability. Through iterative collaboration and real-world testing, I translate complex needs into usable systems, balancing visual consistency, accessibility, and long-term product quality.

Case studies

Preserving reading culture digitally

Leading end-to-end product and visual design for a growing, accessible French-American digital library program.
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

Explore the Product Strategy

Building a Sustainable Digital Platform

Transforming a document-based presence into a structured, accessible website for a cultural nonprofit.
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

From Documents to Digital Platform

DemocratyLab's about page being audited with WAVE

Accessibility Audit

My first independent accessibility audit: building structure and measurable improvements within the Design team.
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

How I Led the Accessibility Initiative

Side Projects

Screen copy of A11Y Toolbox website. There are 6 cards. Each card is composed with an illustration and a short description of the resource that is linked.

A11y Toolbox
Personal project about accessibility

A11Y Toolbox provides a collection of accessibility resources, tools, and plug-ins for Designers. The project is based on WordPress with a custom Bootstrap theme. It helps to keep my HTML/CSS skills up to date.
☛ Discover A11Y Toolbox

Blush.design
UX copy for localization

Blush is a web tool and plugin to create stunning illustrations. I felt in love with the project, so when the cofounder, Pablo Stanley, was looking for a French translator, I offered my help :-)
☛ Discover Blush en français !

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Currently open to the right opportunity.

I'm always happy to discuss design, hear about your next big idea, or talk storytelling over tea.

Email me at hello@stephanielesperance.com
or reach out on LinkedIn.

Hello, I’m Stephanie Lesperance.Product Designer for mission-driven organizationsUX Strategy • Accessibility • Digital Systems