WPP plc

WPP plc provides marketing and communications solutions that drive growth for clients. The firm offers a range of services, including advertising, public relati

Freelance Senior Designer

Location

New York

Posted

3 days ago

Salary

$2.6K - $3.4K / week

Seniority

Senior

Job Description

Freelance Senior Designer

WPP plc

Title: Freelance Senior Designer Location: New York United States Job Description: 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 with a strong emphasis on UI to support one of the most recognized and trusted names in financial services, a brand with deep roots in helping people plan, protect, and secure their futures. We are doing transformative digital product work with this client, shaping the ways that millions of people engage with their financial lives. This is a meaningful, high-visibility engagement where strong visual craft and systems-level thinking have a direct impact on real people at pivotal moments. This is a remote freelance role starting as soon as possible and running through December 23, 2026. ROLE REQUIREMENTS - Deliver high-quality UI design across digital product surfaces, with a strong grounding in user-centered design principles and a meticulous eye for craft - Bring a strong UI sensibility and visual design expertise to digital product work, with complementary UX capabilities that inform and elevate your output - Contribute to, maintain, and evolve sophisticated design systems, working confidently across components, tokens, patterns, variants, and states with a focus on scalability and consistency - Develop and deliver high-fidelity prototypes and interactive experiences primarily utilizing Figma, with expert-level command of components, variants, auto layout, libraries, and prototyping capabilities - Translate UX direction and wireframes into polished, pixel-precise designs that are both on-brand and highly usable - Work both strategically and tactically, weighing tradeoffs and exploring multiple solution concepts across a complex ecosystem of digital products and services - Adept at utilizing AI tools to inform and streamline the design process, from research to prototyping - Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, strategists, and engineers to ensure design decisions are well-integrated and grounded in user needs - Contribute to continuously raising the bar for design quality, process, and delivery standards within the engagement QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS - A compelling portfolio of distinctive work demonstrating strong UI craft across digital products and services, with clear evidence of design systems experience - Expert-level Figma skills, including advanced component management, variables, libraries, and design system architecture; Figma proficiency is a must - Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems - Comfortable working within complex and highly considered subject matter contexts - Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering across UX, product, strategy, and engineering - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Fosters progressive and limitless thinking Location & Commitment - Remote (United States only) - ASAP through December 23, 2026 - 40 hours/week - Expected weekly compensation: 2,600 to 3,400 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.

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