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About the Role

AKQA is seeking an experienced Freelance Senior UX Designer to support a global leader in digital payments. This high-visibility role offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact at scale, focusing on strong UX thinking, systems fluency, and thoughtful interaction design.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of large and complex systems of interactions, bringing clarity and coherence to multi-step, multi-lane experiences.
• Develop and deliver high-fidelity wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes primarily utilizing Figma.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• A solid understanding and demonstration of user-centered design principles across complex digital product ecosystems.
• Extensive experience in the creation, maintenance, and application of design systems, contributing meaningfully to both the UX and UI dimensions of a system.
• Expert-level command of Figma components, variants, auto layout, libraries, and prototyping capabilities.
• Advanced proficiency in leveraging AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency across all stages of the UX lifecycle.
• A compelling portfolio of distinctive work showing both product and service design, with clear evidence of strong UX craft and systems thinking across complex digital platforms.
• Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems.
• Expertise in cross-functional collaboration across design, product, strategy, and engineering.
• Assists and guides other designers in their professional development, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Fosters progressive and limitless thinking.

Skills

• Figma
• UX design
• Prototyping
• Design systems
• AI tools
• Written communication
• Oral communication

Location

• NYC

Work Type

• Hybrid
• Remote
• Freelance
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior
• Experienced

Salary/Compensations

• $3,500 to $3,700/week

About the Company

• 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.
• 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.

Equal Opportunity

• AKQA is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
• 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.