Access designed in, not added on.
Most of the world treats Deaf access as an afterthought. Sesmedia starts there. This is what that changes.
Twenty-three years, counted
Around fifty brands and organizations have hired Sesmedia and the ventures under it. Not one of them arrived through a campaign, an ad, or a pitch deck. Every single one came by referral.
In a community this connected, word of mouth is the review that counts.It is also the hardest one to buy. Work that gets recommended has to have been worth recommending, in a room where everybody knows everybody.
Four places the work lands.
ASL and Deaf-first design built into every product from the first line, not bolted on at the end. This site is measured against WCAG 2.1 Level AA, and a page that shuts someone out is counted as a break in the build.
Deaf hosts, Deaf performers, and Deaf stories, in front of the camera and behind it. In 2018 festival talent was handled under contract, including a performer who went on to national stages of a size nobody in that room was expecting.
Gatherings, festivals, and live rooms where signing is the default, not the exception. Denver, 2018: over fifty vendors, a packed arena, and a night that did not end when the vendors packed up.
Real businesses and real income for Deaf creators, so the culture can sustain itself. A live shopping platform hosted entirely in sign language, where the show is the storefront and the platform underneath runs the whole business.
Stories shown Deaf-first.
A selection, from a body of work that runs to four hundred and more.
Access is not a feature we advertise.It is the shape of the work.
For journalists and partners.
Reach the press desk through Connect and we will come back with what you need: fact sheets, brand assets, and access to the people who did the work.
