Senior Designer – Freelance

AKQA

Freelance Senior Designer creating brand-led TikTok and Instagram content for AKQA, WPP’s digital creativity agency. Developing high-volume social deliverables across evolving formats and placements.

Posted 9/3/2026contractSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $3,600 - $4,000 per weekWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in brand design and social content creation, with a strong portfolio showcasing skills in logo, typography, color, and visual systems. Proficient in adapting to fast-paced social environments while maintaining high aesthetic standards across various platforms.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Brand DesignSocial Content CreationGoogle SuitePhotoshopStrong Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Logo DesignTypographyColor SystemsVisual SystemsVideo EditingPhoto Retouching

Soft Skills

CollaborationResourcefulnessEnthusiasmPassionCuriosity

Tools & Technologies

FigmaAdobe PremiereDaVinci Resolve

Industry Keywords

Social MediaContent CreationHigh-Volume ContentCreative Team Collaboration

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create social-first deliverables for platforms like TikTok and Instagram
Bring brand and production focus to the work, translating brand systems into social-native content
Move quickly and adapt to evolving deliverables as social needs shift
Develop compelling ideas across social formats and placements
Collaborate closely with the existing creative team on incremental account work
Maintain a consistently high aesthetic bar across high-volume social content

Requirements

What you’ll need

Compelling portfolio demonstrating strong brand design and social content
Proven experience in brand design across logo, typography, color, and visual systems
Comfortable working in Google Suite and Photoshop and/or Figma
Fast, resourceful, and comfortable with evolving deliverables in a fast-moving social environment
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across creative and cross-disciplinary teams
Enthusiasm, passion, and ongoing curiosity for brand and social craft
Experience shooting stills and video, editing, and retouching is an added bonus, not a requirement
If editing, familiarity with Adobe Premiere and/or DaVinci Resolve
40 hours/week commitment
Availability ASAP through October 2, 2026, with latest start September 8

Benefits

Comp & perks

Expected weekly compensation of 3,600 to 4,000 USD
Remote work is stated in the Location & Commitment section
Flexible work arrangements/accommodations may be discussed with the hiring team