Digital Experience Design Accessibility Analyst

Regions Bank•Hoover, AL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Regions, the Digital Experience Design Accessibility Analyst is part of an experience design (XD) team with a clear purpose: we drive user-centered design for the betterment of our customers and our business groups. This role will work as an active partner on inclusive, cross-functional teams throughout the digital product lifecycle to ensure that usability and accessibility are integrated and balance meeting human needs and mitigating risk.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and six (6) years experience performing accessibility testing Or High School Diploma or GED and ten (10) years of related post-secondary education and/or experience in performing accessibility testing
Ability to collaborate productively both independently and with diverse teams
Ability to hand-code HTML, CSS and JavaScript - inspect the code, analyze the violations, remediate in the browser's rendered code, and retest
Ability to interpret and ensure compliance with applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
Ability to recommend technical solutions for several technology stacks, for example, mobile, React (single-page applications), dotnet, etc.
Ability to mentor others in methods and techniques for addressing accessibility barriers on web applications and mobile devices and in a variety of forums
Advanced soft skills and mastery of working with teams with varied levels of understanding of inclusive design or accessibility
Consumer-centric; empathetic toward the customer with the ability to put oneself in their shoes
Demonstrated confidence using a range of assistive technologies, including JAWS, NVDA, iOS VoiceOver, Android Talkback, etc.
Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills
Experienced working in an agile environment
In depth understanding of ADA standards, including edge cases

Responsibilities

Provides expert accessibility and usability feedback in the areas of design (UX/UI), development, and testing to teams
Engages in quality audits and assist with remediation roadmaps
Functions as a subject matter expert on accessibility, staying ahead of trends in disability advocacy, universal and inclusive design, and web standards.
Collaborates with designers to review designs ensuring that accessibility is baked into the product before development starts
Assists developers in addressing accessibility challenges by delivering specifications and providing functional prototypes of solutions
Works with product teams to provide manual and automated reviews, diagnose issues and recommend solutions
Facilitates and encourages collaboration and transparency across disciplines
Assists in the development of training and education materials
Evaluates third party tool and assist in implementation of new tools
Mentors and trains Accessibility Analysts in standard methodologies, systems and processes
Provides guidance and direction for accessibility program overall
Collaborates with user researchers and represent users internally
Prioritizes and defines approaches to understand the user story, guiding others in doing so
Provides peer-review of other analyst's annotation and recommendations
Ensures compliance with risk management programs, rules and regulations, and cybersecurity practices; identifies opportunities for and supports process improvements; applies disciplined change management practices