Digital Accessibility Expert & Training Lead

GARVER LLC; Dallas, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid memberships

Continuing education opportunities

Wellness program

Job summary

Garver is seeking a Digital Accessibility Specialist to join our Transportation Business Line Strategic Communications team in an in-office role. The ideal candidate will improve digital content to align with accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines, train team members, and ensure compliance across documents and websites.

The role requires detail orientation, collaboration with IT, legal, engineering, and communications, and ongoing updates to accessibility legislation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, IT, web design, or related field.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 or later success criteria.
• Demonstrated experience with Section 508 compliance and remediation.
• Experience remediating web pages, Microsoft Office files, PDFs, and Audio/Video files.
• Familiarity with accessibility testing and review tools (e.g., WAVE, ANDI, Adobe Acrobat).
• Ability to identify accessibility issues and propose effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and remediate digital content for accessibility standards, including PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and websites.
• Conduct accessibility audits of digital content and provide guidance and instruction for WCAG and other accessibility guidelines.
• Collaborate with content creators to develop best practices for creating accessible documents.
• Prepare and present reports on the status of compliance efforts.
• Provide training and support to staff on accessibility tools and techniques.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and updates to accessibility legislation.
• Work with a variety of subject matter experts to develop accessibility strategies.
• Coordinate tasks and manage deliverable timelines with project managers.

Skills

WCAG knowledge

Accessibility testing

Remediation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications, IT, web design, or related fields

Tools

WAVE

ANDI

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Garver is seeking a Digital Accessibility Specialist to join our Transportation Business Line Strategic Communications team in an in-office role. The ideal candidate will improve digital content to align with accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines, train team members, and ensure compliance across documents and websites.

The role requires detail orientation, collaboration with IT, legal, engineering, and communications, and ongoing updates to accessibility legislation.