Title: Accessibility Lead
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Princeton, NJ
Responsibilities:
This resource will influence and coach teams to include accessibility in the digital products and documents. This candidate will serve as an in-house testing and remediation specialist while working with the publishing and technical team to create accessible products.
Specific roles and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Under the guidance of Accessibility COE leadership, collaborating with the partners and product owners to execute the corporate accessibility strategy across the board to create accessible products and services
Perform accessibility audit and recommend solutions to fill the accessibility gaps based on WCAG standards, ARIA best practices, and PDF/Universal Accessibility as well as compliance with the ADA, Section 508, the 21st Century Communication and Video Accessibility Act.
Collaborating across roles throughout the product design lifecycle to ensure accessibility in design system and be an accessibility advocate throughout the process
Identify new opportunities to support and contribute to the growth of the accessibility Center of Excellence
Creating custom training for colleagues and clients based upon emerging standards and technologies
Qualifications:
Bachelor s Degree required
Experience in Accessibility Standards, WCAG 2.1, ARIA authoring practices, Assistive Technologies, Section 508
Experience in Assistive technologies such as Screen Readers (JAWS, Voice-over, NVDA, Chrome-VOX), Keyboard Accessibility, and Braille (Good to have)
Experience in automated accessibility tools such as WAVE, Axe, and Accessibility Insight
Understanding of the product management using Agile methodologies including testing, documenting, and prioritizing defects