Senior UX Designer

AKQA

Freelance Senior UX Designer at AKQA creating impactful digital designs for a financial services leader. Engage with millions through thoughtfully designed user experiences and collaborative processes in a hybrid setup.

Posted 6/17/2026contractNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $3,800 - $4,200 per weekWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support one of the most recognized and trusted names in financial services
Shape the ways that millions of people engage with their financial lives
Execute beautiful ideas, products and services with exceptional creative thought and craft output
Develop and deliver from brief to end user
Collaborate with team members to deliver high-quality designs
Meet onsite client meetings periodically in New York City

Requirements

What you’ll need

A solid understanding and demonstration of user-centered design principles across complex digital product ecosystems
Lead the design of large and complex systems of interactions, bringing clarity and coherence to multi-step, multi-lane experiences
Extensive experience in the creation, maintenance, and application of design systems, contributing meaningfully to both the UX and UI dimensions of a system
Develop and deliver high-fidelity wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes primarily utilizing Figma, with expert-level command of components, variants, auto layout, libraries, and prototyping capabilities
Demonstrate advanced proficiency in leveraging AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency across all stages of the UX lifecycle
Work with team members to develop and refine streamlined UX processes, setting new standards for quality and delivery
Proactively pursue opportunities to improve strategy and approach in order to better address client and user objectives
Define consumers, processes, and ideas from an objective point of view grounded in research and insight, and effectively communicate that point of view to senior stakeholders on both the agency and client sides
Lead and support designers across multiple projects, taking responsibility for the quality and consistency of all team documentation and deliverables
Contribute to thought leadership activities within the UX and product design discipline

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities
Remote work options

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Hard Skills & Tools

user-centered design principlesdesign systemshigh-fidelity wireframesinteractive prototypesFigmaAI toolsUX processesUX lifecycleUX designUI design

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationleadershipcreativitystrategic thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailclient engagementteam supportthought leadership