Digital Accessibility Expert (French / English bilingual freelancer)

Applause; Bordeaux; Sur place; EUR 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading accessibility services provider in Bordeaux seeks an experienced Accessibility Specialist to ensure compliance with WCAG guidelines and assistive technologies. The ideal candidate must be fluent in French and English, possess over 5 years of relevant experience, and have strong technical skills in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. This role involves training, auditing, and collaboration within product teams.

Qualifications

• Bilingual fluency in French and English is necessary.
• 5+ years of experience as an Accessibility specialist.
• Deep understanding of accessibility standards and assistive technologies.

Responsabilités

• Act as an SME on accessibility and WCAG guidelines.
• Run audits and prepare reports based on feedback.
• Train new team members on accessibility compliance testing.

Connaissances

Bilingual fluency in French and English

Technical knowledge of accessibility

Ability to provide code-level remediation

Consulting agency experience

Customer-facing skills

Multi-tasking abilities

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Outils

HTML

JavaScript

CSS

Description du poste

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

• French-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