Role: Senior Accessibility (A11y) Specialist (Onsite)

Location: Princeton, NJ.

Role Type: Long TermContract

Technical Skills Required:

• Proven track record of directly advising clients about inclusive design and digital accessibility standards and best practices
• Expert knowledge of W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, The Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508, evolving accessibility standards and VPAT
• Core understanding of web development technologies and how they impact the user experience
• Experience developing user interfaces, components library and PDF documents.
• Create accessibility baseline for a newly established components library to be used company wide. This assists other development teams to implement components such as carousels, dialogs, navigations, and form elements to have accessibility built into the backend.
• Skilled with HTML, CSS, and WAI-ARIA (JavaScript a plus)
• Adept at conducting manual accessibility testing of websites, mobile apps and digital products using assistive technologies such as screen readers (e.g., JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver) and magnification software
• Experience with automated accessibility testing tools and how to interpret/prioritize results
• Proven ability to develop and offer technical solutions, training and guidance to web developers, designers, and software engineers
• Knowledge of standards that apply to accessible multimedia
• Ability to create accessible electronic documents (MS Office, GSuite, PDF)
• Prior experience with project management platforms (such as Asana and Basecamp), collaboration platforms (Slack) and bug-tracking systems (Jira)

Huge Plus:

• IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
• Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) Certification

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $65.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Princeton, NJ (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Princeton, NJ: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person