Accessibility and Website Specialist

Company: Fisher Investments
Location: Ellenton
Posted on: March 8, 2023

Job Description:

The Accessibility and Website Specialist is an essential role in Fisher Investments' Corporate Communications department. Reporting to the Digital Strategy & Operations Team Leader, you will help ensure Accessibility best practices are maintained throughout the organization to support our commitment to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Additionally, you will help build web pages and manage content support goals for multiple departments within the firm. -The Day-to-Day:

• Help maintain and improve the accessibility of the company's content (primarily digital)
• Partner with designers, content creators, software developers, and page builders to ensure accessibility needs are incorporated into changes to the website and app
• Stay informed about changes to standards in the accessibility space both in the US and internationally (WCAG 2.1)
• Manage regular testing of website content internally and with third-party vendors
• Champion accessibility inside our organization with communication of its purpose, methods, and importance
• Build web pages and manage content updates within our Site Core CMS tool
• Coordinate requirements across our Sales, IT, Legal and Analytics departments
• Work with software developers to enhance the offering of our web site, app, and supporting toolsYour Qualifications:
  • 1+ years demonstrated CMS experience (Site Core preferred)
  • Basic HTML/CSS/WCAG 2.1 for purposes of manipulating visual presentations, styles, and remediation of existing content or the design and accessibility of new content
  • Follow multiple project timelines at once and communicate updates to management
  • Focus on using data to inform marketing decisions
  • UX, JavaScript or design skills a plusWhy Fisher Investments: -We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:
    • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
    • A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
    • 20 days of PTO*, plus 10 paid holidays (*17 days of PTO and 3 days of sick time for California employees)
    • Family Support programs including 8 weeks Paid Primary Caregiver leave, adoption assistance and back-up child careFISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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