Accessibility Specialist: Digital and Document Accessibility

Role1: Accessibility Specialist: Digital and Document Accessibility
Location: Princeton, NJ (Hybrid-3 days in office)
Mode of Hire: Full Time Permanent
Accessibility Specialist: Digital and Document Accessibility
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 21^st Century Communication and Video Accessibility Act.
• Test and evaluate software tools from accessibility and usability perspectives. Understand design principles, guidelines, and relevant policies, including web accessibility standards.
• 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.
• 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
• Consultation - consult with clients on both a technical level of how to resolve issues as well as helping develop processes and content governance.
• Testing and Planning - work with clients to determine the testing environment, requirements, and goals. You will test systems against a mixture of automated, specific manual tests, and assistive technology tools.
• Reporting / Documentation - deliver results of accessibility audits and tests as well as participate in follow-up communication with clients.
• Protocol Development - contribute to internal processes to improve our support process for customers and end users.
• Educate - help foster knowledge and growth in both internal and external communities.