Accessibility Designer

We are seeking a passionate and highly skilled Accessibility Designer for a 12-month contract opportunity with a premier client in Atlanta. In this role, you will serve as the champion for inclusive design, ensuring that our digital products, applications, and web experiences are usable, seamless, and beautiful for individuals of all abilities.

You will partner closely with UX/UI designers, product managers, and front-end engineering teams to embed accessibility standards directly into the product lifecycle from concept to deployment.

Key Responsibilities

• Inclusive Design System Advocacy: Collaborate with the design team to ensure our enterprise design system components, typography, color palettes, and interaction patterns inherently meet global accessibility compliance.
• Design Reviews & Audits: Review wireframes, user journeys, visual designs, and interactive prototypes to identify potential accessibility barriers before they reach development.
• Annotation & Documentation: Create detailed accessibility specification annotations for design handoffs, explicitly detailing heading structures, reading order, alt text, focus states, and ARIA labels for development teams.
• User Research & Testing: Plan and facilitate usability testing sessions with users who have disabilities to gather authentic feedback and validate design solutions.
• Consultation & Training: Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on accessibility across digital teams, providing guidance, workshops, and clear best practices to elevate the team's internal capabilities.

Technical Qualifications

• Experience: 4+ years of professional UX/UI design experience, with at least 2 years focused specifically on digital accessibility and inclusive design practices.
• Compliance Expertise: Deep, practical understanding of WCAG 2.1/2.2 (Levels A, AA, and AAA), Section 508, and ADA requirements.
• Design Tools: Advanced proficiency in Figma (including accessibility plugins, auto-layout, and design system governance) or the Adobe Creative Suite.
• Assistive Technologies: Hands-on experience testing designs against assistive technologies such as screen readers (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver), screen magnifiers, and switch controls.
• Technical Fluency: A strong understanding of semantic HTML, CSS, and how accessible design choices translate to front-end code.

Preferred Qualifications

• IAAP (International Association of Accessibility Professionals) certification, such as WAS or CPACC.
• Experience in heavy data-driven environments or complex workflow management systems.
• Familiarity with tracking design and research workflows in project management tools like Workfront or Jira.

Contract Details

• Duration: 12-month initial engagement with a definitive pathway to permanent conversion based on performance and impact.
• Commitment: 40 hours per week, steady long-term project workload.
• Schedule: Hybrid model requiring 3 days in the Atlanta office for collaborative sessions and 2 days remote.