UX/Interaction Designer

Position Description

Responsibilities

• The UX/Interaction Designer creates user experience and interaction designs and communicates requirements.
• The UX/Interaction Designer ensures compliance with digital accessibility regulations and requirements by performing the following duties and responsibilities:
• Create user experience and interaction designs with accessibility in mind
• Incorporate accessibility requirements into design documents and specifications
• Partner with colleagues and team members to prioritize accessibility in user experience and interaction design

Qualifications

Required

Applicants for the UX/Interaction Designer role are required to have these qualifications:

• Knowledge of digital accessibility and disability inclusion
• Knowledge of regulations related to digital accessibility (e.g., Section 508, ADA)
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
• Experience creating user experience and interaction designs that meet accessibility guidelines
• Experience designing for platform technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, iOS, Android)
• Experience designing inclusive flows that take into account keyboard interaction, non-visual user interaction, use of color and contrast, and multimedia interactions

Preferred: Applicants with the following qualifications will be preferred:

• Experience articulating and incorporating accessibility requirements into user experience and interaction design documents and specifications
• Experience conducting usability tests that include participants with disabilities

Interview Questions

Screening

• Knowledge of digital accessibility and disability inclusion
  • Who benefits from accessibility?
  • How would you define inclusive and/or universal design? Can you provide an example? (Does not need to be web related)
  • What resources would you recommend to someone who wants to keep informed of the latest updates on accessibility and inclusive design?
• Experience creating user experience and interaction designs that meet accessibility guidelines
  • How do you see accessibility fitting into your role in the organization?
  • How do you incorporate accessibility into your day to day activities? (Email, document creation, when presenting content, etc.). Give an overview of the process you go through for (insert example).
  • What educational resources would you recommend to a developer or designer that wants to improve their accessibility skills?

Interview Committee

Required

• Knowledge of regulations related to digital accessibility (e.g., Section 508, ADA)
  • Describe the difference between Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
  • Describe the difference between Section 508 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
  • What is WCAG? What are the differences between A, AA, and AAA compliance?
  • What are the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines and what are some of the benefits of using these guidelines when creating an authoring tool?
• Experience designing for platform technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, iOS, Android)
  • Describe appropriate instances to use a link, vs a generic button, vs a submit button.
• Experience designing inclusive flows that take into account keyboard interaction, non-visual user interaction, use of color and contrast, and multimedia interactions
  • Walk us through a project where you improved the accessibility of a product. What specifically did you change? Who did you partner with most closely to build and launch it (or not launch it, if applicable).
  • What are some user experience (UX) concerns to be aware of when using iconography in user interfaces (UI)?
  • Explain the difference between operable and non-operable content. What is the expected navigation experience for operable content? What is the expected navigation experience for non-operable content?
  • How can carousels be problematic for users with disabilities?
  • How would someone with a physical disability interact with a product or website? What are key design aspects you would need to ensure are available to that user?
  • What are concerns that someone with a vestibular disorder would have interacting with a product or website? How would you address those interaction concerns?
  • Hypothetically, if you were designing a training course, what are key design considerations you would make when implementing a video? To drill down farther, how would someone who is deaf-blind interact with a video?
  • Have you worked on accessibility for a design system (if not, have you come across an example?). How was accessibility integrated, and was it done well?

Preferred

• Experience articulating and incorporating accessibility requirements into user experience and interaction design documents and specifications
  • When should you use or recommend ARIA roles or attributes to solve an accessibility issue?
• Experience conducting usability tests that include participants with disabilities
  • How have you engaged users with disabilities in providing feedback throughout the development process?
• Experience using assistive technologies (e.g., VoiceOver, JAWS, Dragon Naturally Speaking, ZoomText, mobile solutions, etc).
  • Describe two types of assistive technology and how you have tested with them.

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