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.