Lead Accessibility Content Designer

**Working at Atlassian**

**Atlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or return to an office as they reopen (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.**

**Your future team**

Atlassian's Jira Platform is part of our Experience Platform team that enables Atlassian products to create ways to help all teams to come together, collaborate, and control their workflows. This team is the foundation for Jira Service Management, Jira Software, Jira Core, Jira Align, and any future Jira product.

We're hiring a Lead Accessibility Content Designer, reporting into the Experience Design team and focusing on the next evolution of accessibility in Jira Platform.

**What you'll do**:

- Partner with Engineers, Product Managers and other Designers to evolve the Jira Platform front end experiences to provide digital Accessibility at scale
- Use your understanding of assistive technology requirements to guide your team's implementation of Accessibility design and content
- Co-create and lead the integration of Accessibility design and content principles throughout the software development lifecycle in Jira Platform
- As the most senior Content Design Practitioner, you'll provide craft leadership and support for the Jira Platform Content Design team. This includes sharing your knowledge and expertise with the team
- Work with Jira Platform cross-discipline leaders to propose, seek buy-in, and support for the Accessibility program of work.

**Your background**:

- You have 7+ years of experience in content creation and digital accessibility
- You have experience implementing accessibility in UI components, including interoperability with assistive technologies on Windows and Mac
- You have experience working with directly with users (ie members of the disability community or assistive technology vendors)
- You are able to show a portfolio that includes UX and technical writing samples, workflows, content templates, style guides, or standards for different content types.
- You are moving fluidly between high-level content strategy practices and hands-on writing tasks.
- You have experience publishing and managing content using content management systems as well as other technical means such docs as code content.
- You have excellent communication skills that help you influence internal and external teams, and build working relationships with coworkers in locations around the globe.
- You are able to tell a story and tailor your narrative to relevant audiences.
- Bonus points for:
- Certification from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) or local equivalent
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment
- Experience in creating and iterating content across multiple channels and have been accountable for content decisions
- Experience using design thinking and design processes (critique, user journeys, personas) to improve or validate your work

**Our perks & benefits**

To support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.

**About Atlassian**

The world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.