Senior Accessibility Specialist

Talent Groups
Chicago, IL, United States
Full-time

Familiar with WCAG 2.1 AA standards

Experience and qualifications :

  • Passionate about disability advocacy
  • 7+ years in accessibility and advocacy
  • Experience with assistive technologies (e.g., NVDA, JAWS, Voiceover, Talkback, & Dragon) and testing tools (e.g., axe, PAC3, & CCA)
  • 3+ years in program management, project management
  • Strong leadership and mentoring skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong communication skills
  • Comfortable with public speaking and handling conflict and prioritize projects with competing resources.

Preferred skills :

  • Design and research tools including Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Mural, Axure, User Testing
  • Ability to analyze code for accessibility issues
  • Microsoft Office, Jira and Confluence
  • Familiarity with international accessibility laws (e.g., AODA, ACA, ADA, EAA, EN 301 549) is highly desired.

Certifications :

  • IAAP certification (CPACC, WAS, etc.)
  • DHS v5 Trusted Tester certification
  • PMP certification
  • 4 days ago
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