Senior Associate Accessibility Specialist - JAWS

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.

Publicis Sapient is looking for a Senior Associate Accessibility Specialist to join our team. At Publicis Sapient, we believe that making digital experiences accessible improves the experiences for everyone, and that it is our responsibility to ensure that the products, services, and solutions we create for our clients and in turn their customers and employees are accessible for everyone, no matter how they navigate.

We're excited to introduce a specialized role that requires deep expertise in JAWS, one of the leading screen reading softwares. If you're a professional passionate about making the digital realm more accessible and have in-depth experience with JAWS scripting, you may be the perfect fit for our Manager Accessibility Specialist - JAWS role.

Job Description

• Collaborate with application users and review applications across browsers to determine and prioritize JAWS update requirements.
• Develop JAWS script updates to enhance accessibility for users who are blind or who have low vision within applications.
• Work in tandem with application users to deploy JAWS script updates.
• Engage with architects, designers, developers, and analysts to embed accessibility requirements into new enhancement acceptance criteria.
• Conduct JAWS testing of newly developed enhancements against accessibility acceptance criteria and offer feedback to development teams.
• Provides support as needed in the design, development, implementation, and monitoring of digital accessibility across websites, applications, and social media.
• Guides teams in the ongoing creation of accessible digital content as needed, participating in design reviews, drafting accessibility requirements for new features, and generally helping cross-capability team members to design, develop, and author content that meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Coach and guide designers and engineers on advanced digital accessibility principles as needed.
• Collaborate with other accessibility, design and usability specialists.

Qualifications

• Mandatory skill set: Proficiency in JAWS scripting.
• Deep knowledge of accessibility standards, trends, best practices, and requirements.
• Intermediate to expert knowledge of and experience using various assistive technologies. Reliance on assistive technologies for daily work is an asset.
• Accessibility certification is a bonus: IAAP CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or the DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester designation. There is an expectation to achieve this within the year.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, communication, computer science, computer engineering, human factors or a related field of study, or equivalent experience.
• Three or more years practical web accessibility experience.
• Five or more years experience in one of at least three disciplines, such as front end development, experience design, quality assurance, or in a diversity and inclusion related role.
• A passion for and deep understanding of inclusive design.
• Proven ability to provide accessibility solutions for designers, developers, and testers.
• Expert communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical requirements into relatable scenarios and influence design outcomes.
• Intermediate or higher programming skills, with the ability to explain desired technology outcomes to development teams.
• High Level of awareness of disability related issues with respect to digital accessibility.
• Self-driven, with ability to take ownership and accountability; must be adept at working in a self-guided manner to drive inclusive design principles.

Additional Information

Pay Range: $105,000 - $125,000

The range shown represents a grouping of relevant ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual range for this position may differ, depending on location and specific skillset required for the work itself.

Benefits of Working Here:

• Flexible vacation policy; time is not limited, allocated, or accrued
• 16 paid holidays throughout the year
• Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
• Tuition reimbursement 
• Corporate gift matching program 

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.