Senior User Experience Designer, Accessibility - Central QA Ops
riot gamesLong Beach, CA
yesterday
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Overview
As a Senior Accessibility User Experience Designer at Riot Games, you drive inclusive design across game and web experiences. You will partner with product, UX, and engineering teams to define accessibility strategy, guidelines, and requirements, ensuring compliant and delightful player experiences. You’ll lead reviews, training, and testing programs, shaping accessible games for millions of players. This role blends craft, collaboration, and a passion for player empathy to push accessibility forward at scale.
Compensation / Benefitsopen paid time off policyflexible work schedulesmedical, dental, and life insuranceparenteral leave for you and family 401k with company match
Responsibilities Create guidelines and tools to help teams meet accessibility standards Define design requirements for game and web products Collaborate with UX designers to set strategy, roadmap, and priorities Perform accessibility reviews and provide design feedback Incorporate accessibility into design docs and specifications Manage photosensitive epilepsy flash rate testing and training Propose process and feature improvements to increase usability Work with UX researchers to collect feature data Use data and user feedback to inform product decisions Create accessibility personas and user stories Triage and prioritize accessibility issues and advise on remediation Train product teams on accessibility requirements Audit games and web apps for best practices and compliance Stay current with accessibility trends across game, web, and software
Key requirements 5+ years of UX design experience 3+ years of accessibility experience Expert knowledge of accessible and inclusive design principles Strong understanding of Unity, Unreal, etc. Experience with HTML, Java Script, XML, CSS and related UI tech Experience with UI prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD)Experience using screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, Voice Over)Experience using keyboard navigation and assistive tech Experience testing with flash-rate tools (e.g., Harding, PEAT)Knowledge of WCAG, WAI-ARIA, Section 508 Empathy for diverse users, user-centered design and strong analytics Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and translate feedback into actions Ability to deliver training to product teams Experience with task and ticket management tools (JIRA, Confluence)Excellent organizational and communication skills Empathy for diverse users Collaborative mindset Strong communication Unity UnrealHTML
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JOB OVERVIEW
Experience level
Lead
Location
Long Beach, CA
Occupation
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Industry
Software Publishers
Posted
yesterday
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