Freelance Media Accessibility Specialist (Audio Description & Transcripts)

Title: Media Accessibility Services

Location: Remote, anywhere

Employment type: freelance

We’re expanding our pool of Media Accessibility partners! RWS is looking for freelance specialists (agencies or individuals) experienced in Audio Description (Standard & Extended) and Descriptive Transcripts to support upcoming projects across global markets.

About The Role: 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.

Application Process: If you're interested, please send an updated CV or portfolio for assessment. More details on these projects will be shared in due time. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be able to reply to the shortlisted candidates.

RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

Every RWS story starts with an application and our aim is to ensure every applicant has a world-class experience at every step. We are an equal opportunity employer where we promote diversity and inclusion and our assessment process is designed for you to showcase your experience, skills and fit to our values. When you apply for a role at RWS, anywhere in the world, we want you to have the opportunity to understand who we are, what we do for our clients and to meet with people who will inspire you and answer your questions.

At no stage will RWS ask an applicant to pay for any aspect of your assessment, on-boarding or training.

For any questions related to recruitment, please contact: Maru Ballesteros - mballesteros@rws.com