Digital Accessibility Specialist
12 Month Contract
Hybrid, Oakville
Job Summary
Reporting to the Manager of Digital Products, this Digital Accessibility Specialist is responsible for supporting the consistent delivery of accessible customer experiences. They will evolve and sustain accessibility-forward UX practice and consult on digital design generally, ensuring accessibility standards and best practices are consistently followed. In addition, they will collaborate with the UI Manager and the Design System Lead in their efforts to guide and educate the team at large and other stakeholders on accessibility standards and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Shape and evangelize a culture that takes accessibility beyond compliance and embeds it into our design and decision-making process.
- Build and sustain an a11y- forward design workflow practice and associated artifacts (e.g. reading/tab order diagramming, UX Copy recommendations)
- Advocate for customers who require or would benefit from accessible digital / e-commerce experience.
- Directly support the UX Manager and Design System Lead in further accessibility standards and practice.
- Work directly with Partners with Product Owners, Business Leaders, and technology teams in an agile way to ensure accessibility is part of requirements’ definition of ready and delivery definition of done.
- Proactively identify accessibility-limiting user experiences on our various digital platforms.
- Consult on customer-reported accessibility gaps in our digital customer experiences.
- Actively collaborate with the Manager, Digital Accessibility Delivery to ensure accessibility UX practice evolves in tandem with a Delivery practice
- Stay up to date on legislation, latest WCAG drafts, technology, and experience patterns in order to constantly be capable of communicating changes and evolve our approach to accessibility.
Required Skills and Experience
- Demonstrated accessibility-first UX/Design experience
- Demonstrated a11y process and practice implementation experience
- Demonstrated understanding and application of current WCAG Guidelines as they related to UX
- Ability to understand context, establish relationships and rapport with our teams, stakeholders, leaders
- Understanding of a11y-specific technical constraints an asset
- Solid comprehension of the Agile (Scrum) methodology practices
- Ability to work, collaborate, and inspire colleagues across the enterprise: Product Owners, Designers, Developers, Testers, and Leaders
- Experience in standard web programming environments (e.g. HTML5, CSS3, XML, JavaScript, ASP, .NET, PHP)
- Working knowledge of Jira, Confluence, NVDA, VoiceOver, Adobe Acrobat, AXE, Color Contrast Analyzer, MS Suite.
- Design/UX degree or equivalent experience
- IAAP Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) and any additional related Accessibility certifications are an asset
The pay range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for this position is between and
Our voluntary benefits offering includes medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions would like to thank you for the interest you have demonstrated in this opportunity. However, only candidates with the required skills will be contacted.
Tundra Technical Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We welcome and encourage diversity in our workplace.
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