Senior Designer - Verizon Freelance

AKQA • New York, NY

3d • $2,000 - $2,560 • Hybrid

About The Position

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 a Freelance Senior Designer with a strong emphasis on UI to support one of the most widely recognized names in connectivity and technology, a brand that is woven into the daily lives of millions of people across the country. This is an opportunity to contribute to digital product experiences that reach an enormous audience, working within a collaborative and fast-moving team environment. This is a hybrid freelance role from June 22 through December 23, 2026.

Requirements

• 4 to 6 years of experience, with an agency setting preferred
• Bring a strong UI sensibility and visual design craft to digital product work, with complementary UX capabilities that inform and elevate your output
• Excellent knowledge of Figma, including working with design systems, setting up variables and libraries
• Strong proficiency with leading industry-standard UX design and prototyping tools

Nice To Haves

• Motion design skills are a welcome complement to your UI capabilities

Responsibilities

• Implement a combination of strategic, conceptual, and design skills across a variety of deliverable types
• Create and manage original, visually compelling work that is both on-brand and purposeful
• Skilled in establishing and maintaining visual design systems, with experience creating and deploying tokenized components for scalable design
• Adept at utilizing AI tools to inform and streamline the design process, from research to prototyping
• Collaborate effectively with clients and various teams within AKQA, contributing to a culture of openness and continuous improvement

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed