Job Title:Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist - Remote / LondonLocation:Remote UK working with occasional site visits in Central London. Job Type:12-month contract with scope to extendOur client's Digital Accessibility team is seeking a Senior Digital Accessibility Specialist to grow its accessibility program. The Senior Accessibility Specialist will guide product teams in digital accessibility. Accessibility Specialist will coach in: design, development, testing, and will verify compliance to WCAG and other accessibility standards. The ideal candidate will be able to evangelize accessibility best practices in a way that helps other teams integrate accessibility into their ways of working.This individual will recommend accessible best practices for digital content, including web pages, mobile applications, emails, presentations, multimedia, PDFs, and other commonly used digital file types for WCAG compliance.Have rich experience in authoring VPATs/ACRs for enterprise web applications. Expert knowledge of how to recommend HTML5 and ARIA techniques around websites. Expert knowledge of and mobile application accessibility testing and techniques. Demonstrate experience using testing tools (WAVE, aXe, Microsoft Insights, Color Contrast Analyzer) and with screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver). High degree of initiative and autonomy coupled with an ability to function successfully as part of a virtual team. Author detailed specifications for remediating websites, mobile applications, and PDFs to meet the W3C WCAG 2.Work with core team developers and UX to test, steer, and validate designs and code to accessibility standards. Develop creative ways to educate staff on how to create more accessible content, including documents, emails, presentations, and communications. Plan, conduct, and summarize usability testing with people who experience disability. Forge long term accessibility collaborations with various product teams.IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist Certification or US DHS 508 Trusted Tester Certification. Previous roles or degree(s) in fields of Digital Accessibility, User Experience, Digital Design, or Software Engineering. Rich experience in designing or assessing various user interface design patterns including rich internet applications and single page web applications.If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.
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