About Renaissance
When you join Renaissance®, you join a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology! Renaissance’s solutions help educators analyze, customize, and plan personalized learning paths for students, allowing time for what matters—creating energizing learning experiences in the classroom. Our fiercely passionate employees and educational partners have helped drive phenomenal student growth, with Renaissance solutions being used in over one-third of US schools and in more than 100 countries worldwide.
Every day, we are connected to our mission by exemplifying our values: trust each other, win together, strive for the best, own our actions, and grow and evolve.
As an Accessibility Analyst, you will help Renaissance achieve our mission of accelerating learning for all by ensuring our digital products and services are accessible to every user. You’ll collaborate with teams to integrate accessibility early in design and development, conduct audits, and provide recommendations. Beyond evaluations, you’ll help improve processes, train teams, and support the organization in building a strong, sustainable accessibility culture.
In this role as an Accessibility Analyst, you will:
- Evaluate digital assets, including websites, applications, and documents, for compliance with accessibility standards such as WCAG.
- Conduct accessibility audits, usability testing, and assistive technology evaluations.
- Review design files (e.g., Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch) and images to identify accessibility issues before development.
- Work closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to shape accessibility requirements early in the development process.
- Provide recommendations and work with developers, designers, and content creators to improve accessibility.
- Stay up to date with evolving accessibility guidelines, legislation, and industry trends.
- Train and educate teams on accessibility best practices and compliance requirements.
- Document findings and create reports to track progress and compliance.
For this role as an Accessibility Analyst, you should have:
- At least three years of experience in accessibility evaluation, recommendations, and training.
- Strong understanding of accessibility laws, guidelines, and frameworks (WCAG, etc.).
- Experience with assistive technologies (screen readers, magnifiers, speech recognition, etc.).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving abilities.
- Experience working with diverse teams to implement accessibility improvements.
- Solid grasp of HTML and CSS, with the ability to identify issues and offer informed recommendations.
- Familiarity with ARIA attributes to provide informed recommendations based on best practices, browser support, and screen reader compatibility.
Preferred:
- Experience evolving teams from no accessibility to strong, sustainable practices, integrating accessibility into processes, culture, and product development.
- Experience working in UX, web development, or compliance-related fields.
- Familiarity with ADA and Section 508 accessibility requirements.
- Ability to conduct audits using accessibility evaluation tools.
- Passion for accessibility advocacy.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #LI-Remote
The below compensation range is based on national market data and may vary by experience and location.
Benefits for eligible US employees include:
- World Class Health Benefits: Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Telehealth
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with company match
- Paid Vacation and Sick Time Off
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave (20 total weeks with 14 weeks paid) & Milk Stork program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Well-being and Employee Assistance Programs
Frequently cited statistics show that some women, underrepresented individuals, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities may only apply to roles if they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Renaissance, we encourage all applications. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need for the future!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Renaissance is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate with respect to any term, condition or privilege of employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, marital status, or status of an individual in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
For California Residents, please see our Privacy Notice for California Job Candidates here.
Reasonable Accommodations
Renaissance also provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. If accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact Talent Acquisition.
Employment Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
For more information about Renaissance, visit: https://www.renaissance.com
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