As a Senior UI/UX Designer in the design team, you will shape user experiences for our client’s digital channels, ensuring that each interaction is intuitive, engaging, and reflects design excellence. You will translate product strategy and user research into compelling, pixel-perfect interface designs, contributing to both high-level vision and hands-on craft. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders at AKQA and the client, bridging creative, product, engineering, and content teams to execute delightful, usable digital products.
Role Requirements
6–8 years in UI/UX, interaction, or digital product design, ideally in agency, product, or studio settings
Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end digital design: wireframes, prototypes, UI flows, visual design, and interactions/motion
Experience designing multi-platform responsive/adaptive interfaces (web, iOS, iPad, etc.)
Expert in design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer, Principle)
Solid skills in interaction design, micro-interactions, motion, IA, user flows, and wireframing
Experience with design systems, style guides, modular UI, and component libraries
Understanding of Web and app experience design and are familiar with current development technologies
Familiarity with accessibility, localization, and inclusive design principles
Skilled in usability testing, rapid prototyping, and iterative design
Comfortable collaborating across product, engineering, content, creative and QA teams
Strong communication skills and ability to advocate for user-centered design
Degree or equivalent in Interaction Design, Visual Design, HCI, Graphic Design, or related field
High ownership, problem-solving mindset, and ability to deliver under tight timelines
Qualifications and Characteristics
Strong visual eye: balance, polish, and design integrity
Thinks from the user’s perspective, empathizes, and challenges assumptions
Committed to quality, consistency, and craftsmanship
Comfortable working in a multi disciplinary set up and at client locations
Adaptable to ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving requirements
Curious and proactive in learning trends, tools, and interaction patterns
Demonstrates strong strategic and design thinking and provides expertise in content strategy, system design, usability, analytics, user testing, information architecture, and marketing
Proactive mindset, ownership and accountability from ideation to delivery
Possess great written and verbal communication skills
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.
Top Skills
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.
