Digital Accessibility Expert (Italian / English bilingual freelancer)

Applause; Cagliari; In loco; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading accessibility consulting company is seeking an experienced Accessibility Specialist in Cagliari, Italy. This role involves collaborating with team members on best practices for accessibility compliance and providing expertise in WCAG and assistive technologies. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of experience, a relevant degree, and be bilingual in Italian and English. The position offers opportunities for training and project management across various customer projects.

Competenze

• 5+ years of experience as an Accessibility specialist.
• Experience with WCAG guidelines and assistive technologies.
• Ability to lead discussions with developers.

Mansioni

• Act as a go-to expert on accessibility and WCAG guidelines.
• Provide regular audit reviews for compliance.
• Prepare and report feedback from user reviews and audits.

Conoscenze

Italian-English bilingual fluency

Deep technical knowledge of accessibility

Code-level remediation

Customer-facing skills

Experience with HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Descrizione del lavoro

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

• Italian-English bilingual fluency
• 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