Jobs at AKQA

Create authoritative, editorial-quality personal-finance content for a leading financial-services brand. Responsibilities include researching and reporting long-form educational articles, financial news, and consumer-focused content; interviewing experts; verifying sources and facts; translating complex topics into accessible language; applying AP style; and collaborating with editors and strategists. The freelance engagement is remote for U.S.-based workers, requires Eastern Time availability, runs through December 23, 2026, and requires 40 hours per week.

Lead multidisciplinary creative teams to develop culturally resonant campaigns, brand experiences, events, film, digital platforms and activations. Translate strategy into compelling narratives, oversee work from brief to execution, mentor creatives, present to clients, collaborate across strategy, design, production and technology, and contribute to new business and experiential work.

Provides front-of-house and administrative support for a design studio, welcoming visitors, managing communications and meeting arrangements, coordinating travel and events, supporting facilities and upkeep, handling supplies and storage, assisting with expenses and reporting, and completing practical ad hoc tasks.

Lead creative direction for digital product experiences, guiding designers and evolving complex design systems. Shape visual vision, ensure consistency and quality, collaborate with UX, strategy, and development teams, present solutions to clients, and mentor junior and mid-level designers. The role requires advanced Figma expertise, strong UI and responsive design knowledge, excellent communication, and a portfolio demonstrating digital platform and product work.

Leads copy-focused creative teams in developing award-winning brand narratives, digital experiences, campaigns, and client solutions. Sets creative direction, shapes briefs, guides writing and design execution, develops client relationships, leads pitches and new business, and promotes innovative use of AI and emerging tools. The role requires hands-on expertise in writing, digital communications, interface and interaction design, supplier management, team leadership, and international project delivery.

Leads creative direction for digital product experiences, guiding designers, evolving scalable design systems, shaping platform vision, presenting work to clients, collaborating with UX and development teams, and mentoring junior and mid-level designers. The role supports a high-visibility travel brand and requires strong UI, responsive design, communication, and design leadership skills.

Lead the creative team to develop visually striking concepts across CGI and motion design, ensuring high-quality output and innovative storytelling while collaborating on business pitches and client briefs.

Leads creative direction for digital product experiences, guides designers, and evolves complex design systems for scalability and consistency. Collaborates with UX, strategy, and development teams, presents work to clients, mentors designers, and ensures high-quality, cohesive creative execution across a flagship digital product.

Create distinctive, culturally relevant copy and film scripts for integrated campaigns, digital products, and non-traditional activations. Collaborate with art directors, designers, technologists, and strategy to develop and deliver concepts from brief to launch, experiment with new creative tools, and present work to clients and leadership.

Design digital products, services, websites, apps, and interfaces from concept through delivery. Build design systems in Figma, develop mood boards and style guides, translate brand direction into polished work, and collaborate with clients, UX, strategy, and product design teams. Present work to stakeholders, deliver projects on schedule and budget, mentor junior designers, and contribute emerging design and technology ideas.

Leads digital design direction for products, services, and experiences, translating brand strategy into intuitive interfaces, interactions, motion, and scalable design systems. Works hands-on in Figma and prototyping tools, incorporates AI into design workflows, collaborates across creative and technical disciplines, ensures implementation quality, and mentors junior designers.

Own and develop creative ideas from initial concept through final execution. Set visual and craft direction across stories, identities, services, and experiences; lead multidisciplinary teams and external creative specialists; present work to clients; maintain high creative standards; and mentor less experienced creatives. The role requires strong conceptual thinking, visual judgment, art direction, design craft, collaboration, and fluency with modern creative tools.

Senior UX Designer responsible for leading user-centered design across complex digital ecosystems. The role focuses on interaction design, Figma-based design systems, high-fidelity prototypes, AI-enabled workflows, UX process improvement, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional collaboration. The designer will lead projects, guide other designers, advocate for design decisions with clients, and deliver thoughtful product and service experiences at scale.

Leads client relationships and multidisciplinary agency teams across brand, digital, experience, and integrated marketing initiatives. Develops strategic proposals, briefs, campaigns, and growth opportunities; presents to senior stakeholders; coordinates internal and external partners; translates client objectives into measurable outcomes; and supports digital transformation, process improvement, client satisfaction, and new business development.

Lead brand strategy across brand platforms, positioning, narratives, campaigns, and creative activation. Analyze market and cultural shifts, develop evidence-based insights, create strategic briefs, guide creative collaboration, present recommendations to senior clients, facilitate workshops, and contribute to pitches and new business. The role requires translating complex challenges into compelling brand ideas and measurable business value.

Lead quality assurance for web, mobile web, and mobile applications by creating test plans, executing manual and automated tests, validating APIs and emails, performing non-functional testing, and integrating QA automation with DevOps tools. Coordinate testing activities, assess accessibility and performance, and ensure project deliverables meet functional and quality requirements in a collaborative agile environment.

Own and nurture a key client relationship as a trusted adviser, brand champion, and agency facilitator. Lead complex multidisciplinary projects across strategy, creative, technology, and production while managing scope, timing, budgets, risk, and client growth opportunities. Support new business development, provide industry insights, foster collaboration, and help develop high-performing teams.

Cultivates senior client relationships, identifies account growth opportunities, manages revenue forecasts and pipeline health, and coordinates clients, partner agencies, and internal teams. Leads CRM, owned-channel, and customer experience initiatives across digital touchpoints. Coaches high-performing teams while driving measurable business impact through strategic, commercial, problem-solving, negotiation, and communication skills.

Lead full-stack development for medium-to-large client projects using modern headless, serverless, and composable web architectures. Build performant, accessible, secure, and thoroughly tested applications across frontend, APIs, and data sources. Collaborate with UX, Design, Strategy, Delivery, and clients; mentor engineers; conduct code reviews; align technical solutions with business goals; and contribute to Agile continuous delivery. AI-assisted development, React Native, e-commerce, payments, and web animation experience are advantageous.

Manage large, complex creative projects and client accounts valued at approximately £1–£2.5 million annually. Responsibilities include account growth, client relationship management, proposals, forecasting, workflow planning, issue escalation, process improvement, and revenue development. Lead and develop Account Managers, support Account Directors, coordinate Client Services and Design teams, and ensure high-quality, profitable delivery across the studio.