Technical Accessibility Designer Contract
Technical Accessibility Designer Contract
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$ 40 - 61
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Why PlayStation
PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing The PlayStation family of products and services including PlayStation5 PlayStation4 PlayStationVR PlayStationPlus acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios and more.
PlayStation also strives to create an inclusive environment that empowers employees and embraces diversity. We welcome and encourage everyone who has a passion and curiosity for innovation technology and play to explore our open positions and join our growing global team.
The PlayStation brand falls under Sony Interactive Entertainment a whollyowned subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation.
Join the awardwinning team that created God of War
Santa Monica Studio is seeking a Technical Accessibility Designer for the development of a new unannounced title!
As a Technical Accessibility Designer you will blend your passion for accessibility in games with your established technical experience to be the primary design owner collaborating with design art and engineering teams across the studio to implement and tune bestinclass accessibility features and systems.
Responsibilities
- Act as the key stakeholder in design discussions advocating for a diverse range of player experiences and provide a proactive voice by engaging with other departments throughout the process
- Anticipate and identify potential issues by guiding departments to incorporate accessibility considerations
- Design and implement accessibility features and work with engineering art and design to scope and schedule work and usher those designs through to completion
- Be aware of and account for emerging challenges based on design changes or future testing data
- Support the design of hardwarespecific features such as haptic feedback adaptive controls etc
- Consistently play through game content analyzing validating and providing feedback on accessibility features work with production and design leadership to translate feedback into scheduled practical tasks
- Contribute to design discussions and support collaboration communication and creativity across all teams and departments
- Work closely with UI/UX Lead directors and other departments leads to determine design technical and data requirements for game features
- Mentor other accessibility designers to improve their design scripting and implementation capability
Requirements
- Strong proficiency with scripting languages (Lua ActionScript C# Python React JS etc. and experience with a visual scripting system (Blueprints etc.
- Experience in specifying advocating for and implementing accessibility features in games
- Skilled knowledge of design patterns for a wide range of accessibility needs
- Familiarity with the barriers that people with disabilities face in gaming
- Collaborative and inclusive attitude with the ability to listen learn and adapt to alternate views and approaches
- Strong communication skills and ability to present work and respond quickly to feedback
- Experience mentoring and training other designers
- Selfmotivated collaborative excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred Experience
- Being certified through the AbleGamers accessibility course.
- Deep familiarity with God of War 2018 and God of War: Ragnark
- Experience working on action RPGs
- Computer Science or Engineering background
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This is a flexible role that can be remote with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example if you are based out of Seattle the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below this is an hourly rate.
$40.67 $61.06 USD
Equal Opportunity Statement:
Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity gender expression and gender reassignment) race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief marital or civil partnership status disability age sexual orientation pregnancy maternity or parental status trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
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Employment Type
Contract
