Accessibility Specialist – Design Systems

🔥 3 hours ago

🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $74.6k - $124.4k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✍️ Designer

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M&T Bank

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1856

🛡️ Insurance

💼 Consulting

🏦 Banking

Insurance • Consulting • Banking

M&T Bank is a leading regional financial institution that provides a wide range of banking services to personal, business, and commercial clients. Known for its customer satisfaction in mobile banking, M&T Bank offers products and services such as checking accounts, credit cards, mortgages, personal loans, and insurance. Additionally, it provides financial planning through Wilmington Advisors @ M&T. The bank is committed to community engagement, supporting local businesses, multicultural banking, and volunteerism. With a focus on cybersecurity and digital banking solutions, M&T Bank serves its clientele through comprehensive online and mobile services.

📋 Description

• Establish and advance accessibility practices for the Enterprise Design System team • Define accessibility standards, embedding inclusive practices into system components and patterns • Enable product teams to deliver accessible digital experiences at scale • Act as the primary accessibility owner for M&T’s Enterprise Design System • Advocate for accessibility as a foundational system capability • Conduct accessibility reviews and audits of design system assets • Partner with engineering to refine accessibility testing approaches and identify risks • Promote inclusive and culturally sensitive language practices across design documentation • Collaborate with design and engineering teams for adoption of accessible patterns

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years’ related experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 3 years’ related experience • Demonstrated experience applying WCAG-aligned accessibility principles to digital products or platforms, including native iOS and Android experiences • Working knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) sufficient to review implementations, evaluate accessibility behavior, and define system-level standards • Strong experience writing accessible UX content, including plain language, semantic structure, and inclusive guidance • Familiarity with industry-standard accessibility tools and testing methods, such as screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver), automated testing tools (e.g., aXe, WAVE), and manual testing techniques • Experience working with design systems, component libraries, or shared UI platforms at the enterprise level • Ability to translate accessibility standards into practical guidance for designers and engineers • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical and retirement plans • Forty hours of paid volunteer time each year