[Job-Listings] Remote (but San Jose or NYC preferred): Yahoo hiring two Associate Accessibility Specialists

[David Andrews]

>
>Just the messenger:
>
>Check it out:
>The best Accessibility team in the biz (us!) 
>just posted two new opportunities to join our 
>team (as “Associate Accessibility 
>Specialist” contractors). Check out the 
>attached job description; resumes can be 
>submitted to 
><mailto:accessibility-hiring at yahooinc.com>accessibility-hiring at yahooinc.com
>
><https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=accessibility&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6843722123635159040>#accessibility 
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>Yahoo’s Accessibility Team is looking for two 
>Associate Accessibility Specialists for product 
>evaluation for all platforms. Applicants should 
>share Yahoo’s passion for making products and 
>services accessible to people with disabilities. 
>In this role you will be a member of Yahoo’s 
>award-winning Accessibility Team, 
>internationally recognized leaders who have 
>changed the Accessible Technology world. You 
>will work with innovative, dedicated program 
>managers, engineers and designers of apps and 
>websites used by millions of people worldwide. 
>Reflecting Yahoo’s singular focus on users, 
>you will help assure that our products don’t 
>just meet minimum accessibility requirements, 
>but deliver extraordinary user experiences for 
>everyone, including people with disabilities.
>
>Â ResponsibilitiesÂ
>
>Your primary role will be to work directly with 
>Yahoo’s global product teams as one of 
>Yahoo’s in-house accessibility experts on 
>products, across all platforms (i.e., desktop 
>web and app, native mobile app, mobile web, OTT 
>and whatever’s next). Your responsibilities 
>will include: conducting product evaluations, 
>identifying barriers to accessibility, providing 
>feedback and guidance during product 
>development, training engineers on best 
>practices, proposing or inventing technical 
>solutions and validating that our products not 
>only function as expected with assistive 
>technology (e.g. keyboard/mouse alternatives), 
>but that they set the standard for usability. 
>You will be working on products and services 
>across all of Yahoo’s brands such as: Yahoo 
>Mail, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo 
>Fantasy, Yahoo News, Yahoo Shops, Yahoo.com and AOL.com.Â
>
>You will be responsible for working with Yahoo 
>product groups to help them identify and address 
>basic accessibility requirements as delineated 
>in the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, v2.1 and beyond.
>
>
>Successful candidates will be familiar with 
>using screen reader software such as JAWS, NVDA, 
>VoiceOver and TalkBack, as well as AT such as 
>single switches, alternate input devices and 
>magnifiers. In addition, they will have some 
>experience with automated testing tools (e.g. 
>WAVE, axe DevTools) and will have performed 
>manual accessibility testing. They will have the 
>ability to learn new products quickly, have 
>strong time-management skills, the ability to 
>work effectively to a deadline and a passion for 
>working in a fast-paced high-tech environment. 
>This is an active, hands-on role that will be 
>attractive to people who enjoy working directly 
>with a variety of cross-functional teams on 
>multiple products simultaneously. A successful 
>candidate will have excellent oral and written 
>communication skills and be able to clearly 
>articulate technical concepts and issues to 
>designers, software engineers, and product 
>managers. Attention to detail is a must. Some 
>travel may be required as the global health 
>situation improves (at most a few days once or twice per quarter.)
>
>The locations for these roles is flexible, 
>including working remotely, but preference will 
>be given to candidates located near one of our 
>state-of-the-art Accessibility Labs (San Jose, 
>California; and New York City). These new hires 
>will be brought on as Contractors.Â
>
>Your work day will include a variety of tasks 
>such as product evaluations; discussions, 
>presentations and demonstrations of accessible 
>design principles and best practices to 
>engineers, designers, product managers; and 
>supporting the activities of Yahoo’s pioneering Accessibility Labs.
>
>Preferred QualificationsÂ
>● Bachelor's or Master’s degreeÂ
>● Preferred majors: User Experience, Design, 
>Human Factors, HCI, Cognitive Science, Computer 
>Science, Psychology, AnthropologyÂ
>● At least one year of experience evaluating 
>the accessibility of websites and mobile appsÂ
>● Connections with users with disabilities, as 
>a member of the community, as a friend, family 
>member or ally. Dedication to the issues of 
>disability, diversity and inclusion.Â
>● Knowledge of and experience with assistive 
>technology (e.g., screen readers, single switches, closed captioning)Â
>● Familiarity with built-in accessibility 
>features on OSX, Windows, iOS and Android and 
>set-top boxes (Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Chromecast, etc.)Â
>● Familiarity with industry best practices and 
>standards and guidelines for accessibility (e.g. WCAG 2.1)Â
>● Proven ability to maintain positive 
>relationships with teams and form individual relationships with peersÂ
>● Insatiable curiosity about the why behind 
>the what, a keen eye for spotting “aha!” 
>moments in processes and in the data, passion for all digital experiencesÂ
>● Ability to work independently and flexibly 
>to adapt to rapid changes while keeping a positive attitude and an open mindÂ
>● Strong work ethic and spirited collaborator
>Some experience planning, conducting, analyzing, 
>and presenting the results of UX research with 
>various methodologies and experience conducting 
>studies with people with disabilitiesÂ
>● Familiarity with JIRA and Google Suite (Docs, Drive, Meets)Â
>● Strong presentation and writing skillsÂ
>
>To submit your resume, send it to: 
><mailto:accessibility-hiring at yahooinc.com>accessibility-hiring at yahooinc.comÂ
>
>To learn more about our work visit 
><http://www.yahoo.com/accessibility>www.yahoo.com/accessibilityÂ
>
>All qualified applicants will receive 
>consideration for employment without regard to, 
>and will not be discriminated against based on, 
>race, gender, color, religion, national origin, 
>sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran 
>status, disability or other protected category.Â
>
>Submission of this information is voluntary and 
>refusal to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment.
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