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 one of the most globally recognized consumer brands in the world, a company with an enormous and deeply loyal customer base whose digital products and services touch millions of people every day. This is a meaningful, high-visibility engagement where strong design craft and systems thinking directly shape the experience of a massive, diverse audience. You will bring deep expertise in digital products and services as well as design systems, and you will work within a collaborative, fast-moving team environment. This is a freelance role running from July 2 through September 30, 2026.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Deliver high-quality UI and visual design across digital product surfaces, with a strong grounding in user-centered design principles and a meticulous eye for craft
- Contribute to, maintain, and evolve a sophisticated design system, working confidently across components, tokens, patterns, variants, and states with a focus on scalability and consistency
- Translate UX direction and wireframes into polished, pixel-precise designs that are both on-brand and highly usable
- Develop and deliver high-fidelity prototypes and interactive experiences primarily utilizing Figma
- Work both strategically and tactically, weighing tradeoffs and exploring multiple solution concepts across a complex ecosystem of digital products and services
- Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, strategists, and engineers to ensure design decisions are well-integrated and grounded in user needs
- Adept at utilizing AI tools to inform and streamline the design process, from research to prototyping
- Contribute to continuously raising the bar for design quality, process, and delivery standards within the engagement
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- A compelling portfolio of distinctive work demonstrating strong design craft across digital products and services, with clear evidence of design systems experience
- Expert-level Figma skills, including advanced component management, variables, libraries, and design system architecture
- Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems
- Comfortable working within a large, complex consumer brand with established visual and design guidelines, and skilled at designing compellingly within those guardrails
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering across UX, product, strategy, and engineering
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Fosters progressive and limitless thinking
Location & Commitment
- West Coast based; must be available during Pacific Time working hours
- Monthly travel to client headquarters for collaborative working sessions of a few days at a time
- July 2, 2026 through September 30, 2026
- 40 hours/week
- Expected weekly compensation: 2,600 to 3,400
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
- Deliver high-quality UI and visual design across digital product surfaces
- Contribute to, maintain, and evolve a sophisticated design system (components, tokens, patterns, variants, states)
- Translate UX direction and wireframes into polished, pixel-precise designs
- Develop and deliver high-fidelity prototypes and interactive experiences primarily utilizing Figma
- Expert-level Figma skills including advanced component management, variables, libraries, and design system architecture
- A compelling portfolio demonstrating strong design craft across digital products and design systems
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with UX designers, product managers, strategists, and engineers
- Adept at utilizing AI tools to inform and streamline the design process
- Comfortable working within a large, established consumer brand and adhering to visual/design guidelines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Availability West Coast hours (Pacific Time), monthly travel to client headquarters, July 2–Sept 30, 2026, 40 hours/week
- Fosters progressive and limitless thinking
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.
AKQA Insights
What We Do
The imaginative application of art and science. AKQA is a design and communications company that employs 2,200 professionals in 29 studios across five continents. Awarded two Cannes Lion Grand Prix’s in 2019, and recently named by Gartner and Forrester as one of the world’s leading experience design and innovation agencies.
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