Freelance Senior Designer

AKQA

Freelance Senior Designer supporting high-profile digital product experiences at AKQA. Collaborating in a hybrid role focused on UI design in a fast-paced environment.

Posted 7/15/2026contractNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $2,000 - $2,560 per weekWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong UI and visual design skills, complemented by UX capabilities, to create adaptive digital services and applications. Proficient in establishing visual design systems and utilizing AI tools to enhance the design process.

Highest-signal resume keywords

UI DesignVisual DesignUX CapabilitiesDesign Systems ManagementAI Tools Utilization

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Hard Skills

Digital Product DesignVisual Design CraftStrategic Design SkillsConceptual Design SkillsTokenized Components Creation

Soft Skills

CollaborationOpennessContinuous Improvement

Industry Keywords

Agency ExperienceDigital ServicesDesign ProcessPrototyping

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support one of the most widely recognized names in connectivity and technology
Contribute to digital product experiences that reach an enormous audience
Work within a collaborative and fast-moving team environment
Design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
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

Comp & perks

Hybrid; one day per week in our Soho office, must be commutable to NYC
Professional development opportunities