Digital Accessibility Specialist - Documents & PDFs

University of Illinois Springfield; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Illinois Springfield is seeking a Document Accessibility Specialist to remediate complex documents for WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. You will evaluate PDFs and other materials, test with assistive technologies, and guide faculty and staff in best practices for accessible documents.

The role supports the Digital Accessibility Remediation Team, provides training, and helps develop resources to advance campus-wide accessibility initiatives. Travel up to 10% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 2 years of experience with document accessibility or universal design pedagogy/strategies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and remediate complex PDF and similar documents to meet WCAG 2.2 AA and PDF/UA-1 standards.
• Perform QA testing with assistive technologies to verify accessibility.
• Provide technical guidance and training on document remediation to team members.

Skills

Document remediation

Accessibility testing

Microsoft Office

Adobe Acrobat Pro

MS Teams/Zoom

Communication skills

WCAG/Section 508/PDF/UA

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Equidox

NVDA/JAWS/VoiceOver

Job description

University of Illinois Springfield is seeking a Document Accessibility Specialist to remediate complex documents for WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. You will evaluate PDFs and other materials, test with assistive technologies, and guide faculty and staff in best practices for accessible documents.

The role supports the Digital Accessibility Remediation Team, provides training, and helps develop resources to advance campus-wide accessibility initiatives. Travel up to 10% is required.