Freelance UXUI Designer Accessibility Specialist

Barcelona - Spain

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

North is a digital product studio from Barcelona. We partner with bold companies to innovate new services and build digital products. Our values are: show your passion act as an owner and think rigorously figure it out & hold the line

As a Freelance UX/UI Designer working with North you will partner with internal and external teams to understand craft prototype measure and improve the best digital experiences in the world. If you are a truly great collaborator for this role you will be passionate about accessibility and understand why accessibility matters on a human level as well as from a business perspective.

What you will do:

Define and analyze user journeys across in web an mobile applications for accessibility issues and work with developers and designers to define and implement solutions.
Own the accessibility aspect of a large design system ensuring that every component meets the standards.
Develop frameworks guidelines processes and toolkits on digital accessibility for designers engineers and product teams.
Influence all user research activities to make them always inclusive.
Work with team management to define and implement a plan to grow the teams accessibility maturity over time.

You will bring to the table:

Experience in user experience design.
Knowledge of WCAG 2.x guidelines WAI-ARIA and other related accessibility standards with practical experience in implementing accessibility testing methodologies
Experience in testing with assistive technologies (including screen readers such as VoiceOver and NVDA or JAWS).
Ability to present design rationale to our teams and clients. You can articulate the why and lead discussions around your process explorations and conclusions.
Strong knowledge of UX principles and best practices including understanding when and where different methodologies and techniques should be incorporated into the process.
Knowledge of how to facilitate workshops. Youre comfortable leading a room getting people aligned and crafting ways to engage a group while surfacing the most important details.
Have experience working in Agile environments.

North is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Youre welcome on the team no matter where youre from who you like what you look like or if you prefer Figma over Sketch. We hire based on your qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Our designs are for everyone and so is our workplace.

North is a digital product studio from Barcelona. We partner with bold companies to innovate new services and build digital products. Our values are: show your passion act as an owner and think rigorously figure it out & hold the lineAs a Freelance UX/UI Designer working with North you will partner ...

What you will do:

Define and analyze user journeys across in web an mobile applications for accessibility issues and work with developers and designers to define and implement solutions.
Own the accessibility aspect of a large design system ensuring that every component meets the standards.
Develop frameworks guidelines processes and toolkits on digital accessibility for designers engineers and product teams.
Influence all user research activities to make them always inclusive.
Work with team management to define and implement a plan to grow the teams accessibility maturity over time.

You will bring to the table:

Experience in user experience design.
Knowledge of WCAG 2.x guidelines WAI-ARIA and other related accessibility standards with practical experience in implementing accessibility testing methodologies
Experience in testing with assistive technologies (including screen readers such as VoiceOver and NVDA or JAWS).
Ability to present design rationale to our teams and clients. You can articulate the why and lead discussions around your process explorations and conclusions.
Strong knowledge of UX principles and best practices including understanding when and where different methodologies and techniques should be incorporated into the process.
Knowledge of how to facilitate workshops. Youre comfortable leading a room getting people aligned and crafting ways to engage a group while surfacing the most important details.
Have experience working in Agile environments.