Assessment Specialist - Closed Captioning FCC Compliance
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TestProsAccessibility testing
Location: RemotePart-TimeSenior
Salary40 - 70 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in accessibility testing, QA, compliance testing, or video/TV device testing
- Required Skills
- Quality Assurance
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of experience in accessibility testing, QA, compliance testing, or video/TV device testing.
- Bring hands-on experience evaluating closed-captioning quality.
- Understand FCC closed-captioning principles: accuracy, synchronicity, completeness, and placement.
- Have experience testing physical TV devices using remote controls.
- Document findings clearly with supporting evidence.
- Demonstrate strong written communication and reporting skills.
- Preferred: Experience testing smart TVs, set-top boxes, or streaming devices.
- Preferred: Familiarity with caption customization features and UI discoverability testing.
- Preferred: Knowledge of CVAA or device-level accessibility requirements.
- Preferred: Accessibility or QA certification such as CPACC or WAS.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate closed captions for accuracy, synchronicity, completeness, and placement.
- Test live, linear, and on-demand content as applicable.
- Identify caption timing, truncation, speaker attribution, and placement issues.
- Capture test evidence and document defects with reproduction steps and severity ratings.
- Assess accessibility and usability of caption display settings, including discoverability, customization, consistency across apps and inputs, preview functionality, and remote-control interaction.
- Develop and execute test plans mapped to FCC requirements.
- Produce compliance assessment reports with remediation recommendations.
- Validate fixes and collaborate with QA, engineering, product, and compliance teams.
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