Staff Product Designer, A11Y
Job Details
Location:
This role is completely remote-friendly. If you happen to live close to one of our physical office locations, our doors are open for you to come into the office as often as you'd like.
Role Description:
Reddit is looking for an experienced Staff Product Designer, Accessibility on our UI Platform team to lead our cross-functional accessibility (a11y) program! In this role, you will drive the accessibility strategy and execution across our products, ensuring that our digital experiences are inclusive and accessible to all users. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to solve complex problems. Integrate accessibility into the design and development processes, advocate for best practices, and foster a culture of inclusivity.
Responsibilities:
- Fully own accessibility across the entire company acting as the cross-functional expert driving the initiative.
- Design and help develop accessible strategies, components, patterns, and best-practices in partnership with our Design Systems and Accessibility team ensuring alignment with overall business goals.
- Serve as the primary accessibility expert and advocate, providing leadership and guidance to cross-functional teams.
- Working closely with designers, engineers, and product managers to integrate accessibility from the ground up.
- Lead the design and development of green-field a11y features ensuring that all digital products are usable by people with diverse abilities.
- Advocate for users with disabilities by incorporating their feedback and needs into the design and development process.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your skills in designing for web and mobile applications.
- 4+ years in the UI/UX Accessibility design space
- Experience in understanding and delivering accessible UX/UI at scale. Experience in social or consumer-facing products is a plus
- Comfort with complexity and finding clarity in ambiguous situations
- Strong communication skills while working closely with partners across the company
- Humble, curious, and motivated to ship the best product
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits
- 401k Matching
- Workspace benefits for your home office
- Personal & Professional development funds
- Family Planning Support
- Flexible Vacation (please use them!) & Reddit Global Wellness Days
- 4+ months paid Parental Leave
- Paid Volunteer time off
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Pay Transparency:
This job posting may span more than one career level.
In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
Reddit is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse communities we serve. Reddit is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at ApplicationAssistance@Reddit.com.
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