Dott Dotter they/them

Docusign’s first accessibility designer, bridging design and accessibility engineering so accessibility was built in from the start.

• A11ykit: core maintainer from launch, then sole maintainer, of Docusign’s accessibility annotation library for Figma, leading 6 releases. Used by 24 teams, with 200,000+ accessibility fixes before code in one year.
• Wrote the accessibility specs for 20+ Ink design system components that engineers build from, and built AI prototypes to test components like the Combobox with customers.
• Created the Accessibility Risk Assessment Scorecard: studies with testers with disabilities, turned into one risk score that tells teams what to fix first. 14+ products assessed.
• Shaped A11ykit 1.5 and partnered on the Annotation Wizard, a Figma plugin that turns WCAG guidance into a guided annotation workflow.
• Opened the Champions program to everyone at Docusign, and partnered with every product team through training, specs, and reviews.

• Managed a product designer and helped shape a balanced culture across a team of 3 mobile designers, designing for iOS, Android, and mobile web.
• Lead mobile designer for Docusign’s foldable signing experience with Samsung and Google. Adaptive layouts and accessibility improvements shipped together in 2022.
• Co-led the Design for Inclusion Guild, a working group for inclusive design and accessibility.

Designed the foundations of the Agreement Template Builder, which grew from an editor in Salesforce into Docusign’s core editor for agreements and templates.