Senior User Experience Designer

At AKQA, 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 problem solvers, they work in a multidisciplinary environment to develop experiences that delight customers and deliver results for clients. User Experience Designers play essential roles in the execution of beautiful ideas, products and services. They bring exceptional creative thought and craft, developing and delivering from brief to end user.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Freelance Senior UX Designer to support a well-known automotive brand. In this role, you will help design and deliver digital experiences across a complex ecosystem of products and services, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical realities. You will be key in deeply understanding problems, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and ideating and prototyping to ensure experiences are intuitive, accessible, and on brand.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS
• A solid understanding and demonstration of user-centered design principles
• Design efficient, functional, and enjoyable digital experiences across web and app ecosystems
• Work flexibly across multiple product lanes within a complex system of interactions
• Work both strategically and tactically, weighing tradeoffs and exploring multiple solution concepts
• Get to know and empathize with customers and internal stakeholders to inform design decisions
• Solid understanding of web and app paradigms and contemporary UX patterns
• Highly proficient in Figma, utilizing components, layouts, and design systems to create wireframes, interactions, and prototypes
• Continually innovates and improves on processes and deliverables to set new standards
• Plan and synthesize research inputs to inform design (e.g., IDIs, usability testing, concept testing), partnering with research and product leads as needed
• Communicate and collaborate with various stakeholders and development teams in respectful ways that push for the best solutions
• Proactively identify and advocate for better design and innovations that might have otherwise been missed, focusing on continuous improvement

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
• You have a compelling portfolio of distinctive work showing both product and service design
• Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems
• You have exceptional written and oral communication skills
• You have expertise in cross-functional collaboration
• Foster progressive and limitless thinking

Location & Commitment
• Remote in the US
• Start date: 4/20 (six-week engagement)
• 40 hours/week
• Expected compensation: $3,000–$3,400 per week

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.