Freelance Media Accessibility Specialist (Audio Description & Transcripts) at RWS

The RWS Media Services department provides transcription, subtitling, audio (voice over) and video localization solutions in over 80+ languages. We are looking for experienced Accessibility Media Services partners to collaborate with us on a freelance, on-demand basis.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Standard Audio Description Script creation / authoring
• Provide Extended/Pause-Coordinate Audio Description Script creation
• Provide Descriptive Transcript creation

Required skills:

• Experience in accessibility and remediation of pre-recorded media content.
• Knowledge of accessibility standards and guidelines for multimedia content, including WCAG, ADA, Section 508, CVAA, and other relevant regulations.
• Good understanding of captioning, audio description, transcript creation, and other accessibility features and techniques for multimedia content.
• Experience using captioning and audio description software/tools, such as Subtitle Edit, CaptionHub, or other relevant tools.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey accessibility concepts and recommendations to content creators and production teams.