Full-Time

Principal UX Accessibility Specialist

Posted on 1/3/2025

Fidelity Investments

Fidelity Investments

10,001+ employees

Investment management and financial services provider

Fintech
Financial Services

Senior

Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

Boston, MA, USA + 2 more

More locations: Smithfield, RI, USA | Merrimack, NH, USA

Hybrid role requiring onsite work every other week.

Category
Product & UX/UI Design
UI/UX & Design
Required Skills
UI/UX Design

You match the following Fidelity Investments's candidate preferences

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Degree
Experience
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years' experience in Digital Accessibility or a related UX discipline (ex. Design, Research, Content Strategy, Instructional Design, Front-End Development) with a strong focus on Accessibility.
  • Expertise in making mobile, web, and hybrid applications accessible.
  • Fluency in inclusive design principles and UX design standards for web, iOS, and Android.
  • Experience supporting design system teams in making web, iOS, and Android libraries, assets, and design language accessible.
  • Expertise in using assistive technologies (JAWS, NVDA, Voiceover, TalkBack, Dragon Naturally Speaking) to evaluate digital experiences.
  • Deep empathy for and understanding of how people with disabilities use assistive technologies.
  • Ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams and provide UX accessibility feedback on the fly.
  • Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and adapt to their changing needs.
  • Knowledge of accessibility laws (ADA, Section 508, CVAA) and standards (WCAG, ARIA, UAAG).
  • Interpersonal skills to build trust and work with partners from across UX disciplines as well as other Accessibility teams across the firm.
Responsibilities
  • Empower designers to design inclusively by providing training, tools, and support.
  • Champion a vision for scaling Accessibility and inclusive design practices within a large organization.
  • Support our enterprise design system for Web, iOS, and Android.
  • Collaborate with Accessibility teams from across the firm to develop a unified Accessibility support model.
Desired Qualifications
  • Expertise with Figma to support our Accessibility Annotations toolkit.
  • UX development skills (SwiftUI, Jetpack Compose, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS).
  • IAAP CPACC and/or WAS certifications.

Fidelity Investments provides financial services and tools to help individuals manage their investments and stay updated on market trends. Their offerings include mobile apps and widgets that deliver real-time market data, news, and trading tools, such as the Fidelity Market Monitor for Glass and the Fidelity app for Windows Phone 8. Unlike many competitors, Fidelity focuses on integrating new technologies and user-friendly designs to enhance the investment experience. The company's goal is to empower users to make informed financial decisions and effectively manage their portfolios.

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$120.3B

Headquarters

Boston, Massachusetts

Founded

1946

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Growing interest in wearables boosts potential for Fidelity's mobile market tools.
  • AI and data-driven trends enhance Fidelity's data analytics capabilities.
  • Strategic talent acquisition strengthens Fidelity's innovation and product development.

What critics are saying

  • Loss of key personnel to competitors like Aviva Investors.
  • Increased competition in wealth management from firms like Vanguard.
  • Volatile cryptocurrency market may impact Fidelity's investment offerings.

What makes Fidelity Investments unique

  • Fidelity Labs offers innovative beta products like Market Monitor for Google Glass.
  • Fidelity's mobile apps provide comprehensive market monitoring and trading tools.
  • Fidelity's Open Limit Order Visualization offers unique insights into order execution.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Mental Health Support

Hybrid Work Options

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Student Loan Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

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