Graduate Digital Accessibility: Captioning & Remediation

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Virginia seeks a Library Digital Accessibility Lead to supervise two undergraduate assistants, perform advanced production work in its two tracks (Captioning & Transcription or PDF & Document Remediation), and contribute to workflow design and program assessment.

You will mentor students, ensure high-quality outputs, and help shape accessibility standards across library services. This internship offers hands-on program management experience in a dynamic academic setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; graduate student status preferred.
• Experience with captioning, transcription, or audio/video editing preferred.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1, PDF/UA) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day direction to two undergraduate assistants and manage deadlines.
• Review outputs against quality benchmarks and provide structured feedback.
• Escalate complex or unfamiliar material and document recurring quality issues.
• Lead advanced production work in assigned track and maintain production logs.
• Contribute to workflow documentation, onboarding materials, and assessment.

Skills

Captioning & transcription experience

Editing workflows

Multilingual content familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Adobe Acrobat Pro

SensusAccess

Equidox

PAC 2024

YouTube Studio

Verbit

3Play Media

Amara

Job description

University of Virginia seeks a Library Digital Accessibility Lead to supervise two undergraduate assistants, perform advanced production work in its two tracks (Captioning & Transcription or PDF & Document Remediation), and contribute to workflow design and program assessment.

You will mentor students, ensure high-quality outputs, and help shape accessibility standards across library services. This internship offers hands-on program management experience in a dynamic academic setting.