Digital Accessibility UX/UI Analyst I
Iowa State University
Iowa, KS,US
Job Description:
The ITS Digital Accessibility team (situated within ITS Security) delivers enterprise-level support, services, recommendations, policies, tools, training, and guidance to the campus. A Digital Accessibility UX/UI Analyst I will assist in analyzing, designing, and implementing existing and new processes to assess digital materials for accessibility conformance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 Level AA as stated in the Digital Accessibility Policy. Your skills and expertise will contribute in part by:
* Conducting user research to understand needs, behaviors, and pain points.
* Developing personas, user journeys, and usability testing plans.
* Synthesizing research findings into actionable insights for decisions.
* Collaborating with stakeholders to align UX strategies with accessibility and compliance standards.
* Creating wireframes, prototypes, and documentation to support development teams.
Creative thinking and experimentation are strongly encouraged while new processes can be explored, and additional projects can be added to enrich both personal and professional growth. It is important for our team to sustain and create partnerships across campus to promote innovation with digital accessibility embedded into faculty and staff research projects. Our work involves evaluating websites, apps, games, course materials, and other digital products for screens used in the daily life of students, faculty, and staff.
Level Guidelines
* Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision
* Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode
* Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope
* Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained
* Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate
* May lead projects of limited scope and complexity
* May provide guidance to students
