Senior UX Designer
Fanatics
Product Designer II, Accessibility
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $107,100 - $220,500 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Help develop and maintain design systems accessibility guides to ensure consistency across core design system components
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of internal accessibility standards, documentation, and best practices
- Ensure new components and updates to core components adhere to internal accessibility standards
- Provide accessibility annotations
- Ensure quality through manual accessibility testing such a screen reader and keyboard
- Partner with eng teams to ensure implementation and quality of core components
- Champion an 'accessibility-first' mindset across the organization, helping to build a strong culture of empathy and inclusive design
- Serve as a go-to expert on accessibility, providing guidance, and support to internal teams throughout the product development lifecycle
- Understanding of mobile and web accessibility with knowledge of JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and Talkback, with a passion to learn more
- Strong attention to detail and comprehension of accessibility best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in design, a related field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years in an accessibility-focused role
- Strong knowledge of WCAG guidelines, assistive technologies (e.g., VoiceOver, TalkBack), and accessibility standards for native mobile platforms
- Experience leading training programs or workshops on accessibility best practices
- Experience collaborating with engineers to build mobile features that interact with assistive technologies
- Hands-on experience auditing and working with design systems for accessibility
- Serve as the team’s subject matter expert in accessibility, bringing deep expertise to ensure we meet the highest standards and best practices
Benefits
- Equity
- Flexible work arrangements
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
accessibility testingWCAG guidelinesmanual accessibility testingdesign systemsaccessibility annotationsauditing for accessibilityassistive technologiesmobile accessibilityweb accessibilitytraining programs on accessibility
Soft skills
attention to detailempathycollaborationcommunicationleadershipsupportguidanceproblem-solvingmindsetculture building
