Senior Accessibility Lead for Digital Experience

Royal London; Alderley Edge; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Pension up to 14% employer match

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join our growing Design Team. This hands-on role will align with several agile teams to ensure outputs are accessible and will lead accessibility testing across websites, native apps, PDFs and other artefacts.

You will collaborate with designers and developers, use manual and automated evaluation methods, and deliver clear, actionable guidance to improve inclusive design and customer experiences for users with impairments.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead accessibility audits across multiple digital artefacts (web, native apps, PDFs).
• Experience evaluating products against WCAG 2.2 AA and documenting findings.
• Collaborates with designers and developers to embed accessibility into design and code.
• Partners with development teams to resolve accessibility issues and optimize performance.
• Proficient with assistive technologies (NVDA, VoiceOver, TalkBack, ZoomText, Dragon).
• Produces clear, actionable reports and guidance for technical teams.
• Champions accessibility awareness through collaborative initiatives and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead manual and automated accessibility audits across digital artefacts.
• Evaluate digital products against WCAG 2.2 AA.
• Collaborate with design team to embed accessibility into artefacts.
• Partner with developers to resolve accessibility issues and optimize code.

Skills

Clear communicator

Accessibility expertise

Collaboration

Assistive technology proficiency

WCAG 2.2 knowledge

Tools

Axe

CCA

Siteimprove

Job description

Royal London is hiring a Senior Accessibility Specialist to join our growing Design Team. This hands-on role will align with several agile teams to ensure outputs are accessible and will lead accessibility testing across websites, native apps, PDFs and other artefacts.

You will collaborate with designers and developers, use manual and automated evaluation methods, and deliver clear, actionable guidance to improve inclusive design and customer experiences for users with impairments.