Digital Accessibility Expert (German / English bilingual freelancer)

Applause; Köln; Vor Ort; EUR 50.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading accessibility services firm in Nordrhein-Westfalen is seeking an experienced Accessibility Specialist. The role involves ensuring compliance with WCAG guidelines and providing training on accessibility standards. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience, bilingual fluency in German and English, and a strong grasp of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. This position offers a collaborative environment working with various product teams.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of experience as an Accessibility specialist.
• Experience with WCAG guidelines and code-level remediation.
• Consulting agency experience is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Act as a subject matter expert on accessibility.
• Prepare and report feedback from user reviews and WCAG audits.
• Train new team members on accessibility compliance.

Kenntnisse

German-English bilingual fluency

Deep technical knowledge of accessibility

Strong customer-facing skills

Ability to multitask and manage concurrent activities

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

HTML

JavaScript

CSS

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Are you passionate about ensuring websites and applications are readily accessible to end-users utilizing assistive technologies? Are you knowledgeable about the guidelines defined by WCAG 2.0 / 2.1, Section 508 and other accessibility standards? If you enjoy collaborating with Developers and QA Engineers on accessibility standards and best practices this might be the perfect role for you!

Responsibilities

• Act as one of the go-to SMEs on accessibility, WCAG guidelines and code-level remediation solutions for junior accessibility team members; provide regular audit reviews to ensure internal compliance with best practices
• Prepare, run and report on feedback from user reviews and WCAG Audits
• Be an educational resource to product teams, and running office hours
• Identify quality issues proactively and setup training programs specific to teams or individuals to address them
• Train new team members on accessibility compliance testing on desktop and mobile devices
• Potentially run multiple projects with different customers

Qualifications

• German-English bilingual fluency is a necessity!
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of experience in a professional Accessibility specialist capacity
• Deep technical knowledge of accessibility; ability to provide code-level remediation and lead discussions with developers
• Experience in and deep understanding of accessibility, including assistive technologies and WCAG checkpoints
• Consulting agency experience and strong customer-facing skills
• Self-starter, self-motivated, rolling up your sleeves with a focus on getting things done
• Effectively multi task and manage concurrent activities
• Comfortable working in a matrix environment across the organization in a collaborative manner
• Knowledge and fluency in using HTML, JavaScript and CSS to implement websites