Jobs at AKQA

Lead design of enterprise-scale digital products and design systems. Define art direction and visual signature, produce high-fidelity UI, collaborate with UX, strategy, analytics and engineering, present to senior stakeholders, mentor junior designers, and operationalise scalable design systems across brands and platforms.

Lead end-to-end delivery of digital projects (web, e‑commerce, mobile), define success metrics, create scopes and estimates, manage budgets, backlogs and resources, align UX/UI/engineering, produce status reports, manage stakeholders and suppliers, and continuously improve delivery practices.

Lead creative vision and art direction for a flagship digital product. Guide and mentor designers, evolve complex design systems, collaborate with UX/strategy/development, present to clients, and contribute to pitches to deliver scalable, high-quality digital experiences.

Own month-end close and management reporting, maintain Maconomy data integrity, prepare monthly/quarterly/year-end finance reports, manage AP processes with SSC, maintain budgets and forecasts, support audits and compliance, drive finance process improvements, and support the Finance Director in developing the finance function.

Freelance Senior UI Designer to produce pixel-precise UI across digital products, evolve and maintain design systems, create high-fidelity Figma prototypes, translate wireframes into polished designs, use AI tools to streamline work, and collaborate with UX, product, strategy, and engineering. Remote US, full-time through Dec 23, 2026.

Support EMEA growth leadership by owning Salesforce data and pipeline reporting, coordinating growth meetings, producing on-brand presentation decks, maintaining a materials repository, and collating regional business review inputs. Build cross-studio relationships, improve systems and workflows, and enable business development and client relationship growth.

Lead day-to-day delivery of a high‑visibility digital product engagement: align cross-disciplinary teams, manage schedules, scope, risks, and resourcing; run ceremonies, maintain documentation, partner with client stakeholders, and ensure agile/waterfall/hybrid delivery to meet milestones and quality standards.

Lead delivery of large-scale digital programs for a financial-services client, managing multi-project portfolios, schedules, budgets, and senior stakeholders. Apply agency delivery practices across Agile/Waterfall/hybrid processes, using Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet. Facilitate cross-functional teams, ensure scope/resourcing/financial stewardship, and drive quality and creativity from strategy through production. Remote freelance engagement (June–Sept 2026) with required travel to Seattle and 40 hours/week on PST core hours.

Support EMEA growth by owning Salesforce pipeline data, coordinating growth meetings, producing on-brand decks and regional reports, maintaining a materials repository, and collaborating across studios to help win and develop client business.

Lead the design and delivery of innovative digital products, mentor teams, collaborate with strategists, and ensure accessibility and inclusivity in all projects.

The Group Creative Director leads creative vision and execution for digital brand experiences, mentoring teams and collaborating with clients to deliver innovative work while driving design excellence.

The Experience Strategist supports the development of CX strategies, translates insights into actionable improvements, and conducts qualitative and quantitative research.

Freelance Senior Designer to deliver high‑quality UI and visual design, evolve and maintain a scalable design system, translate wireframes into pixel‑perfect designs, build high‑fidelity prototypes in Figma, collaborate with UX/product/engineering, and use AI tools to streamline design across a large consumer brand. Three‑month, full‑time engagement with regular on‑site collaboration.

Lead a small engineering team to design and deliver AI-native customer experiences. Combine hands-on frontend and AI-systems engineering to build production-ready platforms using LLMs, retrieval/RAG, vector stores, agentic workflows, streaming UX and cloud/edge infrastructure. Advise clients, run discovery and POCs, mentor developers, and establish engineering standards, CI/CD, and observability for AI-enabled products.

Lead and deliver AI-native customer experiences by designing frontend-to-orchestration architectures, prototyping LLM-driven interfaces, mentoring engineers, running POCs, advising clients on AI transformation, and operationalizing RAG, vector storage, agentic systems, and AI observability.

Freelance Senior Copywriter to craft on-brand, audience-centric UX and product copy across onboarding, notifications, error states, and transactional messaging. Collaborate with designers, PMs, strategists, and engineers within agile sprints, engage stakeholders, and rigorously proofread. Three-month West Coast-based engagement with regular client travel and full-time weekly commitment.

Develop and manage editorial strategy, campaigns, and content across channels. Translate case studies into persuasive stories, build editorial systems (plans, calendars, workflows), write and edit multimedia content, conduct interviews, ensure content aligns with audience and business goals, and maintain tone and measurement standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Design, develop and deliver native iOS and/or Android apps end-to-end. Integrate with APIs, produce performant/testable code, collaborate with designers, debug and triage defects, estimate and deliver features, and contribute to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing within an agile team.

Manage client relationships for global brands, lead internal teams to deliver comms and digital projects, oversee budgets/timelines, ensure deliverables meet expectations, and drive strategic, innovative work while coordinating suppliers and international teams under pressure.

Lead planning, execution, and delivery of creative and technical projects (marketing campaigns, web and mobile builds). Manage scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risk, QA, and stakeholder communication while coordinating creative and development teams using Agile/Waterfall methodologies.