Senior Designer - Freelance
AKQA is hiring a Senior Designer - Freelance in New York, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.
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Concept and design a digital campaign for a major credit card launch focusing on brand strategy and visual execution.
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 an experienced Freelance Senior Designer to support a nationally recognized financial brand celebrated for its bold creative ambitions and culturally resonant work. In this role you will help concept and produce a digital campaign for a credit card launch, bringing big-brand thinking and a masterful aesthetic to work that will reach a wide audience. This is a brand and campaign role at heart. It calls for a designer who lives in the world of ideas and craft, who can take a smart concept and execute it beautifully across digital channels. This is not a product design role.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Concept and design a digital campaign for a credit card launch, bringing big-brand sensibility and a distinctive aesthetic point of view from idea through final execution
- Develop smart, memorable campaign concepts and translate them into beautifully crafted work across digital channels and touchpoints
- Design and adapt campaign assets across a range of formats, sizes, and placements, holding a consistently high aesthetic bar across the system
- Bring strong conceptual thinking and refined visual craft to every deliverable, ensuring each execution ladders up to a cohesive campaign idea
- Execute production-level work when required, with the craft and attention to detail that ensures every asset is polished and delivery-ready
- Collaborate closely with creative leads, strategists, copywriters, and other team members to ensure the work is aligned to brief and elevates the brand
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- A compelling portfolio demonstrating big-brand campaign work with smart ideas and a masterful command of aesthetic and craft
- A brand and campaign designer at heart, comfortable in digital but grounded in ideas, storytelling, and visual excellence rather than product or UX work
- A senior creative sensibility; you bring concept and craft in equal measure and hold an exceptionally high bar for how the work looks and feels
- Comfortable working across a full campaign system, from big-idea concepting through beautifully executed, production-ready assets
- Strong instincts for how a campaign comes together across multiple digital formats, channels, and placements
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Collaborative, receptive to feedback, and motivated by delivering work that is as smart as it is beautiful
Location & Commitment
- Remote (United States only); must be available during core business hours, U.S. Eastern Time
- ASAP through the End of the Year
- 40 hours/week
- Expected weekly compensation: $2,600 to $3,000
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.
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Senior Designer - Freelance at AKQA rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
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