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Stellar Professionals · 5 days ago
Digital Accessibility Expert
United States
Contract
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Assess and improve digital materials and services to comply with regulatory accessibility standards such as WCAG, ADA, and Section 508
Conduct QA activities on systems and products to analyze needs, test process flows, plan service improvements, assess test data, and implement accessibility solutions
Work collaboratively with teams to improve products and services using digital accessibility technologies, policies, and best practices
Oversee and maintain accessibility standards around translation services, both machine and manual
Audit systems and products to find accessibility issues, provide guidance for mitigation, and improve accessibility knowledge within teams
Utilize assistive technology tools and built-in device features to enhance accessibility
Apply user-centered design methodologies to solve accessibility design problems
Assess and mitigate accessibility issues on internal business processes
Contribute to the development of accessibility policies and governance standards
Provide solution-oriented guidance for optimizing services with digital accessibility techniques
Advance accessibility standards in UX, content, research, development, and technology spaces
Mentor product teams to promote accessibility-focused development within an agile system
Communicate ideas, recommendations, and technical issues clearly to stakeholders
Develop KPIs and success metrics to communicate the impact of accessibility efforts
Facilitate remediation of accessibility issues with little guidance
Create and maintain documentation and best practice methodologies across systems and functional areas
Explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and facilitate discussions and solutions
Qualification
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Required
5+ years of experience assessing and improving digital materials and services to comply with regulatory accessibility standards (WCAG, ADA, Section 508) - specifically WCAG 2.2 AA
5+ years of testing experience, conducting QA activities on systems and products
2+ years of product or project owner experience, working collaboratively with teams to improve products and services using digital accessibility technologies, policies, and best practices
2+ years of experience with language translation efforts, including the oversight and maintenance of accessibility standards around translation services – both machine and manual
Expertise in auditing systems and products to find accessibility issues, providing guidance for mitigating issues, and improving accessibility knowledge and practices within internal teams
Strong expertise in assistive technology tools such as JAWS, NVADA, Dragon, Fusion, deque, Wave, ZoomText. Also experience with built-in device features such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, magnifiers, onscreen keyboards, eye glaze tech, and alternative mice/keyboards
Demonstrated proficiency with applying user-centered design (UCD) methodologies to effectively solve accessibility design problems
Strong understanding of responsive web design principles, techniques, and frameworks
Experience assessing and mitigating accessibility issues on internal business processes, including case management and data collection processes
Experience creating or contributing to the development of an accessibility policy for a business or institution
Demonstrated experience establishing governance standards and processes to support efficient maintenance of accessibility efforts
Creative out-of-the-box thinking to provide solution-oriented guidance for optimizing services, using the latest digital accessibility techniques and tools
Can work both independently and collaboratively to advance accessibility standards in the UX, content, research, development, and technology spaces
Experience as a mentor or coach for product teams to promote accessibility-focused development within an agile system
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to clearly present ideas and recommendations as well as receive and address challenges to your guidance
Proficient with KPI and success metric development, along with the ability to communicate the impact of accessibility efforts to stakeholders
Expert in facilitating the remediation of accessibility issues with little guidance
Strong ability to create and maintain documentation and best practice methodologies across multiple systems and functional areas
Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and communicate their implication on systems, processes, projects, and services. Able to facilitate discussions and solutions
Company
Stellar Professionals
A team of eminent, distinguished and veteran professionals in the field of Talent Acquisition and Recruitment Consulting; scrutinize into every minor detail of the client’s requirement, while providing best solutions in strategic market networking, client acquisition and client servicing.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Sumit Gagneja
Founder
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