Digital Accessibility Assistant: Captioning & PDF Remediation

uva; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of Virginia Library seeks a Library Digital Accessibility Student Team member. This part-time role supports two tracks: Captioning & Transcription or PDF & Document Remediation, producing accurate, standards-based work for digital media and documents.

The team is guided by a Graduate Lead and supervised by the Library’s Digital Accessibility Specialist to ensure quality and FERPA-compliant handling.

Qualifications

• Current UVA undergraduate student.
• Experience with captioning, transcription, or audio/video editing preferred.
• Ability to follow style guides and quality benchmarks.

Responsibilities

• Produce captioning/transcription work per track in a high-volume, production-focused environment.
• Follow established workflows, style guides, and quality benchmarks.
• Maintain logs and confidentiality per FERPA and Library policies.
• Assist with quality reviews of captions, including non-English language media as directed.

Skills

Captioning

Transcription

Audio/video editing

Quality control

Education

Current undergraduate UVA student

Tools

YouTube Studio

Verbit

3Play Media

Amara

Job description

The University of Virginia Library seeks a Library Digital Accessibility Student Team member. This part-time role supports two tracks: Captioning & Transcription or PDF & Document Remediation, producing accurate, standards-based work for digital media and documents.

The team is guided by a Graduate Lead and supervised by the Library’s Digital Accessibility Specialist to ensure quality and FERPA-compliant handling.