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Manolo Blahnik Careers Accreditation

Digital Accessibility Centre Certificate of Accreditation

Accreditation Certificate Number:

MB-Careers/26

Client:

Manolo Blahnik

Project:

Careers site

Certificate issue date:

Certificate expiry date:

The issue of this certificate is subject to the timely resolution of the "High Severity Issues" in the "Known Accessibility Issues" section below.
Note that this certificate does not cover those website areas.

Certificate status:

Platform:

Desktop and Mobile

Certification

To achieve certification each undergoes a manual technical compliance review against WCAG 2.2 to level AA.

The underwent both a technical compliance audit and robust end to end testing by users with a wide range of disabilities including blind, low vision, dyslexia, colour blindness, mobility impairments, learning difficulties, Deaf, Asperger and anxiety and panic disorder.

All testing is carried out in line with relevant platform specific guidelines, and where applicable, conforms with The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Testing also conforms to Section 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

List of issues

High Severity Issues

The following issues are of high severity and need to resolved as soon as possible.

  • Carousel Image Issue

    Within the carousel, there are two links superimposed over the CSS background images.

    Timeline: : Expecting to be resolved in 2h 2026 Release (October - November 2026)

  • Decorative image

    There is a large decorative image whose alt attribute is not blank.

    Timeline: Resolution to be checked in the next retest.

  • Profile Page Pop-up - Contrast issue

    Within the 'Resume / CV' popup, either the focus indicator fails to achieve a 3:1 contrast ratio against the adjacent backgrounds.

    Timeline: Included as a fix in SAP release 1H 2026 (June-August 2026)

  • Profile page Autocomplete option

    When signing in, there are text fields that relate to standard personal information, but whose 'autocomplete' properties have not been specified

    Timeline: Included as a fix in SAP release 1H 2026 (June-August 2026)

  • Profile Page Sign-In Issue

    When attempting to sign in with multiple errors upon submission, only the main message and the message of the “Email Address” are read out to users of assistive technology.

    Timeline: Resolution to be checked in the next retest.

High and Medium Priority issues

The following issues fall under WCAG 2.2 Level A and AA priority.

  • Skip to Breadcrumbs

    The skip links take the user to the 'breadcrumbs' navigation region, rather than the H1 page heading, but these 'breadcrumbs' are part of the repeated block of content.

  • Error Handling

    When changing the account password on the 'Settings' page, there are no validation messages identifying errors for the 'Current Password' field upon submission.

  • Required Field

    the 'Resume / CV' field is visually presented as being required, but the property is hidden from assistive technology.

  • Error Handling

    When changing the account password on the 'Settings' page, there are no validation messages identifying errors for the 'Confirm Password' field upon submission.

  • List Properties

    The role of the list that is exposed to assistive software has been incorrectly overwritten as a region.

  • Identify Input Purpose

    On the profile page, there are a number of text fields that relate to standard personal information that do not have corresponding autocomplete attribute values.

Journey

Journey 1- Proceeding through the service

  1. Search and apply for a role
    URL: https://manoloblaht1.valhalla55.stage.jobs2web.com/search/
    1. Test the page
  2. Create an account (Not in scope of testing from 2.c onwards)
    1. Select view profile button
    2. Test the page
    3. Select create an account link (Out of scope from here onwards)
    4. Career Opportunities: Create an Account
    5. Enter your DAC email address
    6. Enter your DAC email address into re-type email address
    7. Enter "DACtest-123" into "Password"
    8. Enter "DACtest-123" into "Retype password"
    9. Enter dummy data into first name
    10. Enter dummy data into last name
    11. Select United Kingdom from country/Region of Residence dropdown
    12. Untick notifications checkbox
    13. Select the link for "Read and accept the data privacy statement".
    14. Select the Accept button
    15. Select the "Create an account" button
    16. You will get an email to activate your account by selecting the included link.
    17. Select "View profile" button
  3. Job alerts
    1. Select the options dropdown
    2. Select job alerts
    3. Test the page
    4. Select create new job alert button
    5. Enter test into search for keyword
    6. Select preview alert button
    7. Select create alert button
    8. Select back to my application button
  4. Candidate Profile
    1. Test the page
    2. Upload a dummy document into the ‘my documents’
    3. Change any personal information
    4. Select the add button under the language skills
    5. Select any options
    6. Select the save button
    7. Select English UK and change it English US
  5. Delete profile
    1. Select the options dropdown
    2. Select the settings button
    3. Test the page
    4. Select the delete profile button
    5. Test the modal
    6. Select delete all data button
  6. Careers page
    URL: manoloblaht1.valhalla55.stage.jobs2web.com
    1. Test the page

Disclaimer:

This certificate was issued on the and represents the state of the pages audited on this date. Any further changes after the accreditation date are not covered by this certificate.

Additionally, any pages/areas of the website not listed the above scope of testing are also not covered by this certificate as we cannot guarantee their accessibility state.

We audit against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines V2.2 level A and level AA to test how accessible the website is, using theWebsite Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) to evaluate conformance.