[Hiring] Specialist, PD Design, Digital Production @Amplify

Role Description

The Design, Training, and Development team aims to optimize the entire professional development (PD) cycle through closely aligning the intent and content of our training experiences with the capabilities of our Professional Learning Specialists (PLS) to meet the evolving needs of our customers. Our goal is to deliver highly impactful, user-centered training experiences that resonate deeply with educators across diverse educational settings.

As the Specialist, Digital Production, PD Design, you will support the execution of accessible asynchronous learning experiences for all Amplify programs by:

• Leading the updating or source files and/or remediation of all assets on the PD resource sites to ensure that they meet WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
• Supporting the development of a strategy and an end-to-end process to ensure efficient remediation, including the investigation of AI tools to accelerate this work.
• Supporting other digital production needs, as assigned.

Success in this role requires expertise in accessibility laws and requirements, accessibility tools such as Adobe, and PD design to ensure effective accessibility remediation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 2+ years of accessibility experience
• At least 1+ years of experience designing and facilitating professional development assets
• Demonstrated proficiency with instructional and visual design
• Experience using design and accessibility tools, such as Google Slides, video editing software, Articulate, Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop
• Proven time management skills when managing multiple tasks
• Excellent skill and comfort with technology-based productivity tools, including Google Applications and video conferencing programs (Google Meet, Zoom)

Requirements

• Maintain deep expertise in accessibility laws, requirements and compliance
• Align PD design with accessibility updates that require product knowledge, such as alt text
• Support accessibility training for the PD design team and provide support and guidance to designers when creating an accessible asset
• Partner across teams to ensure accessible assets meet Amplify branding guidelines
• Gather input from prioritized teams to refine and enhance accessible assets and templates
• Remediate and update the source files for a range of assets, including PDFs and videos, to ensure they are WCAG 2.1 compliant
• Investigate, propose and execute AI strategy to support efficient and effective remediation
• Create accessible templates for a variety of resource types that include clear directions, guiding principles and considerations to support effective learning and implementation

Benefits

• Salary range: $75,000 - $95,000
• 401(k) plan
• Competitive health insurance and mental health options
• Basic life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Access to best-in-class development programs