Access Dubuque
Digital Academic Designer, Accessibility
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Digital Academic Designer, Accessibility
McGraw Hill
1 Positions
ID: 4728
Posted On 09/10/2024
Job Overview
Overview
Make an Impact!
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher’s time and a student’s learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.
How can you make an Impact?
The ideal candidate will apply their expertise in digital academic design, content authoring, and accessibility to help bring McGraw Hill School programs into accessibility compliance by creating a consistent and scalable accessibility strategy and practice throughout the remediation of existing products.
It will be filled as a Project Status Worker (PSW) designation.
This is a remote role, and candidates can reside anywhere within the United States.
What you will be doing:
Collaborate with product design, production specialists, SMEs and accessibility team members to prepare samples for audit and find remediation solutions.
Prepare and post samples for audit.
Translate technical accessibility guidelines into practical solutions.
Write guidelines and train vendors on scaling accessibility solutions over entire components and programs.
Update, maintain, and communicate documentation, workflows, artifacts, and tools for accessibility work across the portfolios
Understand, give feedback, and resolve product issues related to accessibility, keeping the instructional integrity of the products intact.
Develop a deep expertise on accessibility best practices and how they relate to McGraw Hill content, authoring tools, and build workflows.
Mentor peers on accessibility best practices as needed.
Work within ambiguous environments, including adapting to new challenges, scenarios, and working styles.
What you need to be considered:
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in a relevant field
2+ years of experience in authoring accessible products
Accessibility certification
Passion for designing processes that scale
Ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, manageable components and think through optimal solutions
Ability to understand a problem from multiple perspectives to find solutions that balances multiple, sometimes competing, priorities
Strong listening skills; open to input from other team members and departments
Ability to lead through influence
The pay range for this position is between $50,000 - $75,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefits offerings.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.
47753
Primary Contact
1702837431829
Jacqui Edwards
,
Phone
Phone
Phone
Fax
jacqui.edwards@mheducation.com
Email
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Job Details
Categories
Information Technology/Telecommunications
Publishing/Printing
Location
Remote, Remote
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Full Time
Company ID
695
Job REQ #
4728
# Positions
1
Start Date
20240910
End Date
20241010
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At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.
Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.
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McGraw Hill
1 Positions
ID: 4728
Posted On 09/10/2024
Job Overview
Overview
Make an Impact!
At McGraw Hill we create best-in-class, next-generation learning platforms that are used by millions of students and educators worldwide from kindergarten through graduate school. Our goal is to accelerate student success through intuitive and effective learning tools and content that maximize a teacher’s time and a student’s learning experience. We do all of this in a supportive, collaborative environment where you can grow your career in a way that fits into your life.
How can you make an Impact?
The ideal candidate will apply their expertise in digital academic design, content authoring, and accessibility to help bring McGraw Hill School programs into accessibility compliance by creating a consistent and scalable accessibility strategy and practice throughout the remediation of existing products.
It will be filled as a Project Status Worker (PSW) designation.
This is a remote role, and candidates can reside anywhere within the United States.
What you will be doing:
Collaborate with product design, production specialists, SMEs and accessibility team members to prepare samples for audit and find remediation solutions.
Prepare and post samples for audit.
Translate technical accessibility guidelines into practical solutions.
Write guidelines and train vendors on scaling accessibility solutions over entire components and programs.
Update, maintain, and communicate documentation, workflows, artifacts, and tools for accessibility work across the portfolios
Understand, give feedback, and resolve product issues related to accessibility, keeping the instructional integrity of the products intact.
Develop a deep expertise on accessibility best practices and how they relate to McGraw Hill content, authoring tools, and build workflows.
Mentor peers on accessibility best practices as needed.
Work within ambiguous environments, including adapting to new challenges, scenarios, and working styles.
What you need to be considered:
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience in a relevant field
2+ years of experience in authoring accessible products
Accessibility certification
Passion for designing processes that scale
Ability to break down ambiguous problems into concrete, manageable components and think through optimal solutions
Ability to understand a problem from multiple perspectives to find solutions that balances multiple, sometimes competing, priorities
Strong listening skills; open to input from other team members and departments
Ability to lead through influence
The pay range for this position is between $50,000 - $75,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.
Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefits offerings.
McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.
47753
Primary Contact
1702837431829
Jacqui Edwards
,
Phone
Phone
Phone
Fax
jacqui.edwards@mheducation.com
True
False
True
Job Details
Categories
Information Technology/Telecommunications
Publishing/Printing
Location
Remote, Remote
Job Type
Employee
Full/Part
Full Time
Company ID
695
Job REQ #
4728
# Positions
1
Start Date
20240910
End Date
20241010
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About the Company
At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.
Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.
By partnering with educators around the globe, our learning engineers, content developers and pedagogical experts are developing increasingly open learning ecosystems that are proven to improve pass rates, elevate grades and increase engagement for each individual learner while improving outcomes for all.
Why? Because learning changes everything.
http://www.mheducation.com/careers (https://careers.mheducation.com/)