Senior Accessibility Content Designer
Lincolnshire, IL
zDO NOT USE Contract / Full time
smartdept. inc. is searching for a Senior Accessibility Content Designer for a client in Lincolnshire, IL. The ideal candidate will come with 5+ years of experience in Content Design. This is a fully remote, contract position expected to last 6 months.
What You’ll Do:
- Collaborate with Accessibility Leadership and a world-class team of Product Designers, UX Designers
- Develop end-to-end content strategy for more complex problems
- Define our accessibility content strategy to conform with content standards
- Develop processes, define standards and suggest tools to keep the accessibility team at the forefront of innovation
- Mentor other content designers and be responsible for the content quality of all accessibility documentation and standards
- Be an active member of the Accessibility and design system team, sharing knowledge and best practices
- Promote content design in the company and showcase usability and accessibility-related success stories
- Demonstrate ability to evaluate and design for the interactions between language and design elements to construct a logical, compelling narrative throughout user/client journey
- Simplify complex health, wealth, career and wellbeing scenarios into useful information for users
- Define and apply consistent voice and tone throughout content journey
- Define content goals and journeys based on user or customer goals
- Ability to collaborate and run Content Design workshops and Sprints
- Experience in multitasking and working in ambiguous situations
- Help support a shared design vision across the company by building consensus on priorities leading to product design and execution
- Grow a culture of design and ship with speed, consistency, and quality
What You’ll Need:
- Experience with or background in writing
- Expert Content Design skills
- Fluency in best practices for information architecture, content strategy, design thinking
- Experience with research tools (e.g., Optimal Workshop, survey tooling, Usertesting.com, etc)
- Experience in design tools: Adobe Creative Cloud, Sketch, Miro/Mural, and/or Figma
- Significant experience with accessibility standards, accessibility features, and inclusive design practices
- 5+ years of experience in Content Design or Copywriting roles at Design or Digital Agencies, Startups or Fortune 500 companies
- 3+ years of experience working collaboratively with engineering/dev, design, and user research teams