Category: jobs

Nice to see a few more open positions requiring some web accessibility skills!

• Web Producer, TechSoup.org, San Francisco. (Full-time, Exempt). Job description includes “Knowledge of W3C web accessibility and markup standards required”.
• Web Accessibility Coordinator at University of Iowa. Experience desired includes “Knowledge of WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 as they relate to technology”.
• Web Developer for NAF (National Abortion Federation), Washington, D.C. Job description includes “conform to standards of usability and accessibility”.

Another! (via Jared Smith):
Director, Accessible Technology Initiative, California State University

A good sign! Here are more than several job openings relating to web accessibility posted within the last month or so. (U.S. and Canada.)

• Facebook: User Experience – Accessibility (Palo Alto, CA)
• Salesforce.com seeks Senior Accessibility Specialist (San Francisco, CA)
• Contract job Web Portal #Accessibility Business Analyst (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Online Communications Coordinator/Web Developer at The National Abortion Federation (Washington, D.C.)
• ADVANTIS Global Services seeks Senior Front End Developer (Charlotte NC)
• CGI Consulting seeks a Section 508 Accessibility Specialist (Fairfax VA)
• Deque Systems seeks a Section 508 Tester (Washington, D.C.)
• Apple has four accessibility engineering opportunities (Cupertino, CA)

For more, on Twitter, follow my account @webaxe and @a11yjobs. Kudos also to @ppatel and @lauraupcott.

If you or someone you know has good experience and knowledge in Web Accessibility, and wants a good job in California (Silicon Valley), please contact me, Dennis, at webaxe at gmail dot com. The position is in the QA department for a company that does a financial web application.