Microsoft Principal Accessibility Designer 

United States, Washington 

680958480

suite of products.. You will be part of a team committed to using research, design, and engineering to deliver inclusive features and experiences. You will influence accessibility through hands-on guidance and implementation of inclusive design processes, you will also be a key driver for growing the inclusive designwithin the organization.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design
  • OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• A passion for creating and advocating for inclusive experiences.
• The ability to communicate complex accessibility issues in plain language to designers, engineers, and product managers.
• The ability to deliver design work, including sketches and rough prototypes, wireframes, UX flows, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Experience using Figma is preferred, even at a basic level.
• Experience in web accessibility testing, including both automated tools and manual techniques (e.g., testing using common screen reader/browser/device combinations) along with creating and innovating new tools, such as plugins or applications where opportunities exist.
• Preferred experience with leveling up teammates’ knowledge of one or all of these:
  • Inclusive research and design
  • Best practices for accessible UI and front-end design patterns
• Experience interacting with stakeholders and clients on the importance of accessibility and how to balance backlog priorities with accessibility initiatives.
• Experience creating, evolving, and evangelizing a design system and the benefits of using it, along with creating andmaintaininga library of accessibility design documentation and guidelines.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 20, 2024.

• Leading the accessibilitydesignprogram across Microsoft Teams in partnership with Product Management and Engineering accessibility leads.
• Creating the roadmap and strategy for the inclusive design program – including product feature priorities, champions program roll-out and support, accessibility training and curriculum updates and documentation needs.
• Working with Product Management and Engineering to implement inclusive design processes & experiences.
• Reviewing design specifications and implemented features for accessibility issues and improvements.
• Supporting designers creating experience flows and walkthroughs, thatmaintainconsistency with design concepts such as: user experience design, visual design, UX Patterns and information architecture.
• Scaling out theexpertiseand skillset beyond the core accessibility group to support more teams and uplevel accessibility within the organization via the accessibility champions program:
• Supporting product managers defining inclusive, accessible product requirements.
• Supporting researchers in preparation for user research studies.
• Supporting teams inidentifying, prioritizing, and fixing accessibility issues.
• Supporting designers through 1:1 consultation such as office hours and design reviews.
• Supporting accessibility learning initiatives, including dedicated accessibility design summits, a curriculum focused on accessible design and leveling up teammates’expertise, scaling out projects to a large group or organization.
• Driving new accessibility initiatives –leveragingnew technologies