--- title: 'Senior Designer - Freelance at AKQA' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-designer-freelance-akqa-san-francisco-g82fcjgskdfj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-07' --- # Senior Designer - Freelance at AKQA - **Company:** AKQA - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Posted:** 2026-09-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07 - **Apply:** https://www.akqa.com/jobs/8142946/?gh_jid=8142946 ## 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. Designers at AKQA approach every brief with fresh eyes and insight, from which they form original ideas and expressions. Through every moment of the creative process they are passionate and thoughtful about their craft. The most exciting of them pair strong brand design instincts with a fluency in social, creating content that feels native to the platforms it lives on. We are seeking a Freelance Senior Designer with a strong brand design background to help create social deliverables for one of the most iconic apparel brands in the world. Given the nature of social, exact deliverables are always evolving, but you will be creating a steady stream of social content built for platforms like TikTok and Instagram. This is a role for a conceptual, brand-minded designer who can move quickly and craft work that resonates natively across social. This is a freelance role from ASAP (latest start September 8) through October 2, 2026. ## ROLE REQUIREMENTS - Create social-first deliverables for platforms like TikTok and Instagram, bringing strong brand design craft to every piece - Bring a brand and production focus to the work, translating brand systems into content that feels native to social - Move quickly and adapt to evolving deliverables, staying nimble as social needs shift - Develop compelling ideas and bring them to life across a range of social formats and placements - Collaborate closely with the existing creative team to support incremental work on the account - Maintain a consistently high aesthetic bar across a high volume of social content ## QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS - A compelling portfolio demonstrating strong brand design and social content, ideally with conceptual and social-first work - Proven experience in brand design, with the craft and instincts to work across logo, typography, color, and visual systems - Comfortable working in Google Suite and Photoshop and/or Figma - Experience shooting stills and video, as well as editing and retouching, is an added bonus but not a requirement (if editing, familiarity with Adobe Premiere and/or DaVinci Resolve) - Fast, resourceful, and comfortable with evolving deliverables in a fast-moving social environment - Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across creative and cross-disciplinary teams - Enthusiasm, passion, and ongoing curiosity for brand and social craft Location & Commitment - Remote - ASAP (latest start September 8) through October 2, 2026 - 40 hours/week - Expected weekly compensation: 3,600 to 4,000 USD A couple of notes: - I calculated the weekly compensation (3,600–4,000 USD) from your approved salary band of 90–100/hr at 40 hours/week — let me know if you'd rather express it as an hourly rate instead. - I noticed a date discrepancy: your role notes say "ASAP (latest Sept 8) to Oct 2," while the Job Info page lists a start of August 24 (and the Greenhouse open date is 8/19). I went with your role notes (ASAP, latest Sept 8). Just confirm which start framing you'd like. we need it to be october 2nd. The end date is already set to October 2, 2026 in the JD — so you're all set there. Here's the final version confirmed: 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. Designers at AKQA approach every brief with fresh eyes and insight, from which they form original ideas and expressions. Through every moment of the creative process they are passionate and thoughtful about their craft. The most exciting of them pair strong brand design instincts with a fluency in social, creating content that feels native to the platforms it lives on. We are seeking a Freelance Senior Designer with a strong brand design background to help create social deliverables for one of the most iconic apparel brands in the world. Given the nature of social, exact deliverables are always evolving, but you will be creating a steady stream of social content built for platforms like TikTok and Instagram. This is a role for a conceptual, brand-minded designer who can move quickly and craft work that resonates natively across social. This is a freelance role from ASAP (latest start September 8) through October 2, 2026. ## ROLE REQUIREMENTS - Create social-first deliverables for platforms like TikTok and Instagram, bringing strong brand design craft to every piece - Bring a brand and production focus to the work, translating brand systems into content that feels native to social - Move quickly and adapt to evolving deliverables, staying nimble as social needs shift - Develop compelling ideas and bring them to life across a range of social formats and placements - Collaborate closely with the existing creative team to support incremental work on the account - Maintain a consistently high aesthetic bar across a high volume of social content ## QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS - A compelling portfolio demonstrating strong brand design and social content, ideally with conceptual and social-first work - Proven experience in brand design, with the craft and instincts to work across logo, typography, color, and visual systems - Comfortable working in Google Suite and Photoshop and/or Figma - Experience shooting stills and video, as well as editing and retouching, is an added bonus but not a requirement (if editing, familiarity with Adobe Premiere and/or DaVinci Resolve) - Fast, resourceful, and comfortable with evolving deliverables in a fast-moving social environment - Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across creative and cross-disciplinary teams - Enthusiasm, passion, and ongoing curiosity for brand and social craft Location & Commitment - Remote - ASAP through October 2, 2026 - 40 hours/week - Expected weekly compensation: 3,600 to 4,000 USD 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](http://wpp.com/). ## About AKQA ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AKQA is a creative agency that combines imagination and technology to design and build transformative products, services, and experiences for the world’s most respected brands. - **Entity Type**: Private subsidiary (owned by WPP plc) - **Headquarters**: Not explicitly stated on company site; widely reported as London, UK (global presence across 19 countries and 30 locations) - **Founded**: 1995 - **Founders**: Not publicly available on company site ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Creative agency, digital agency, innovation consultancy, experience design - **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise clients (global organisations and institutions) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Create a better future” – the company states its primary motivation is to imagine and create what matters next, using imagination, technology, craft and speed to make a positive difference in people’s lives. ## Products & Services AKQA operates through several specialised companies and practices: - **Experience Design**: Designing digital products, services, and interfaces that are intuitive, beautiful, and culturally resonant. - **Brand, Industrial Design and Architecture**: Creating brand identities, physical products, and spatial experiences. - **App Development (ArcTouch)**: Building mobile and connected applications for clients. - **Brand Experience and Communications (Made)**: Developing brand storytelling, campaigns, and communications strategies. In addition, AKQA offers consulting, engineering, and innovation services as part of its core agency offering. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private subsidiary of WPP plc, a public company with a market cap of ~£9B as of mid-2025) - **Key Metric**: Total funding not applicable (subsidiary); revenue not publicly disclosed for AKQA standalone. WPP’s Global Integrated Agencies segment (which includes AKQA) reported £12.3B in revenue for 2024. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company WPP plc; long-term clients include many of the world’s most prestigious organisations (specific names not listed on site). - **Growth Signals**: - 83 Agency of the Year awards - 616 Cannes Lions won in the last decade, including multiple Grand Prix awards (Innovation 2025, Glass 2024, Digital Craft 2023, Design 2021) - Ranked 9th Most Loved Workplace in the World by Newsweek - Named Campaign’s 2023 Digital Agency Global Network of the Year - Winner of Fast Company World Changing Ideas Awards (2021, 2022, 2024) - Led Gartner’s independent evaluation of Global Marketing Agencies for four consecutive years ## Competitive Advantages - **Award-winning creative culture**: Consistently recognised at the highest levels of global creative competitions (Cannes Lions, D&AD, Webby Awards). - **Global scale with local depth**: 30 studios across 19 countries, enabling seamless cross-border collaboration – over 70% of clients work with teams in multiple regions. - **Long-term client relationships**: Trusted by many of the world’s most respected organisations, with a focus on enduring partnerships rather than project-based work. - **Multidisciplinary expertise**: Combines strategy, design, engineering, and communications under one roof, allowing for integrated, end-to-end solutions. - **Culture of innovation**: Emphasis on disciplined experimentation and “zero-to-one” breakthroughs rather than incremental change. ## Strategic Focus - **Continuing to lead at the intersection of imagination and technology**, with a strong focus on AI, digital craft, and emerging technologies. - **Becoming the employer of choice** in the creative and innovation industry, as stated on the company’s careers page. - **Driving growth for society, clients, people, and values** – the company describes itself as “ambitious, growth-oriented” with a commitment to sustainability and equity. - **Expanding its global footprint** and deepening capabilities through its specialised companies (ArcTouch, Made, etc.). ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Recognised as a Great Place to Work and a Best Workplace for Innovators by Fast Company. Newsweek ranked AKQA the 9th Most Loved Workplace in the World. - **Employee Resource Groups**: Active communities including WE (Women’s Empowerment), BOLD (LGBTQIA+), MIND (mental health), API (Asian & Pacific Islander), and a DEI Council. - **Learning and development**: AKQA Insight platform offers talks and courses from internal and external experts; formal training programs and WPP Professional Development are available. - **Mental health and physical wellbeing**: Resources include yoga, meditation, self-care resources, and a focus on disease prevention and resilience. - **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated on site; the company has physical studios worldwide and emphasises in-person collaboration, though some flexibility may exist depending on role and location. - **Purpose-driven work**: The company’s stated goal is to “create a better future,” and it backs this with sustainability initiatives and community engagement (e.g., Future Lions competition, Future Academy internship program). - **Diverse and inclusive environment**: The company is committed to “fostering a varied and equitable work environment” and takes active steps toward equity and representation. ## Sources 1. [AKQA Careers Overview](https://www.akqa.com/careers/) 2. [Working at AKQA](https://www.akqa.com/careers/working-at-akqa/) 3. [AKQA Companies](https://www.akqa.com/companies/) 4. 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