At AKQA (part of WPP), we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.
Creatives at AKQA apply artistry and craftsmanship to strategic insight to create and bring to life beautiful ideas that move the world. Skilled storytellers and conceptors, they work in a multidisciplinary environment to develop labors of love that delight customers and deliver results for clients. Designers play essential roles in the strategy, conception, and design of beautiful ideas, products and services, bringing exceptional creative thought and craft output from brief to end user.
We are seeking an experienced Freelance Senior Designer to support a nationally recognized financial brand celebrated for its bold creative ambitions and culturally resonant work. In this role you will help concept and produce a digital campaign for a credit card launch, bringing big-brand thinking and a masterful aesthetic to work that will reach a wide audience. This is a brand and campaign role at heart. It calls for a designer who lives in the world of ideas and craft, who can take a smart concept and execute it beautifully across digital channels. This is not a product design role.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Concept and design a digital campaign for a credit card launch, bringing big-brand sensibility and a distinctive aesthetic point of view from idea through final execution
- Develop smart, memorable campaign concepts and translate them into beautifully crafted work across digital channels and touchpoints
- Design and adapt campaign assets across a range of formats, sizes, and placements, holding a consistently high aesthetic bar across the system
- Bring strong conceptual thinking and refined visual craft to every deliverable, ensuring each execution ladders up to a cohesive campaign idea
- Execute production-level work when required, with the craft and attention to detail that ensures every asset is polished and delivery-ready
- Collaborate closely with creative leads, strategists, copywriters, and other team members to ensure the work is aligned to brief and elevates the brand
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- A compelling portfolio demonstrating big-brand campaign work with smart ideas and a masterful command of aesthetic and craft
- A brand and campaign designer at heart, comfortable in digital but grounded in ideas, storytelling, and visual excellence rather than product or UX work
- A senior creative sensibility; you bring concept and craft in equal measure and hold an exceptionally high bar for how the work looks and feels
- Comfortable working across a full campaign system, from big-idea concepting through beautifully executed, production-ready assets
- Strong instincts for how a campaign comes together across multiple digital formats, channels, and placements
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative, receptive to feedback, and motivated by delivering work that is as smart as it is beautiful
Location & Commitment
- Remote (United States only); must be available during core business hours, U.S. Eastern Time
- ASAP through 12/31/2026
- 40 hours/week
- Expected weekly compensation: $2,600 to $3,000
We believe great work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach including required in-office days. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.
AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.
About WPP
WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.
Skills Required
- Experienced freelance senior designer
- Portfolio demonstrating big-brand campaign work, strong concepts, and high-level visual craft
- Experience with brand and campaign design across digital formats, channels, and placements
- Strong conceptual thinking and refined visual design skills
- Ability to execute production-ready campaign assets
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative and receptive to feedback
- Availability to work remotely from the United States during U.S. Eastern Time core business hours
- Availability for 40 hours per week from ASAP through the end of the year
AKQA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AKQA and has not been reviewed or approved by AKQA.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include fully paid parental leave for all parents, adoption support, and family leave for caregiving needs. Additional supports such as subsidized backup childcare and regional enhancements reinforce family care.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple plan options with full preventive care, mental‑health resources, and dental and vision coverage. Some regions provide 24/7 virtual doctor access and supplementary healthcare budgets for services not covered by insurance.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time‑away provisions include generous paid holidays with increases over tenure and a companywide year‑end closure. Special, study, and event‑based leave (e.g., weddings, moving) broaden the range of available time off.
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What We Do
AKQA is the frontier agency, uniting imagination, design, craft and technology to create new forms of value. For more than three decades, we've helped brands imagine what’s next and make what matters, from pioneering digital to defining the next era of AI. Operating across 19 countries and 30 locations, we work with organisations to build intelligent systems, digital products, connected ecosystems and immersive experiences that shape culture, deepen brand relevance and unlock growth. AKQA is a WPP agency.
