Experience Systems Specialist

Summary:

• Work Mode: Remote (EST Hours required)
• Duration: 4 Months
• Full-time | 37.5 Hours: 9am - 5pm EST M-F

Responsibilities:

• Apply and validate accessibility standards across .com experiences.
• Partner with the enterprise design system team to apply established WCAG 2.2 AA standards to .com-specific templates and components.
• Conduct pre-launch accessibility reviews to confirm standards are correctly implemented in production.
• Conduct accessibility annotations across templates and components, documenting how standards should be applied.
• Identify and surface accessibility gaps early in the design process.
• Ensure template and interaction intent translates accurately to front-end implementation.
• Partner with front-end engineering to communicate template requirements and interaction states.
• Validate templates against established experience system standards before launch.
• Translate template and interaction requirements into system-ready specs for engineering.
• Contribute to template architecture and component specifications within the company experience system.
• Stress-test templates against dynamic and edge-case content to ensure structure, accessibility, and consistency.
• Validate structured content against template requirements.
• Identify recurring inconsistencies in template application and surface them for system-level resolution.
• Partner with design and content teams to validate structured content compatibility with defined template patterns.
• Contribute to authoring validation, ensuring CMS authoring matches what the experience system supports.
• Evaluate templates and content structures for AI-readiness.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the enterprise design system and front-end engineering.
• Ensure design system updates are correctly interpreted and applied across .com templates.

Requirements:

• Minimum 4 years of experience in UX, product design, or design systems with a focus on template systems, design QA, design-to-development handoff, or experience-level accessibility validation.
• Working knowledge of WCAG 2.2 AA standards and practical experience applying and reviewing accessibility in production template environments.
• Strong understanding of experience system architecture, reusable page models, component libraries, and token-based design.
• Familiarity with structured content models and CMS-driven design.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams with engineering, product, and content partners.

Preferred Skills:

• Proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, auto-layout, and annotation workflows.
• Familiarity with front-end HTML/CSS is a strong plus.
• Experience with accessibility testing tools like axe, Colour Contrast Analyser, and screen reader testing preferred.