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. Senior Product Designers play essential roles in the execution of beautiful ideas, products and services. They bring exceptional creative thought and craft output across both interaction and visual design, developing and delivering from brief to end user, and are driven to use technology in service of genuinely better human experiences.
We are seeking an experienced Freelance Senior Product Designer to support one of the most recognized and relied-upon brands in the world, a global leader in digital payments whose products and services touch the lives of billions of people every day. This is a meaningful, high-visibility engagement where the ability to move fluidly between UX thinking and UI craft is essential. You are equally at home defining interaction flows and shaping the visual language that brings them to life, and you understand how those two disciplines strengthen each other at every stage of the design process. This is a remote freelance role starting as soon as possible and running through July 23, 2026.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS
- Bring balanced UX and UI capabilities to the work, moving fluidly between interaction design, information architecture, and high-craft visual execution across complex digital product ecosystems
- Lead the design of large and complex systems of interactions, bringing clarity and coherence to multi-step, multi-lane experiences
- Contribute meaningfully to design systems from both a UX and UI perspective, including components, patterns, tokens, and interaction states
- Develop and deliver high-fidelity wireframes, flows, and interactive prototypes primarily utilizing Figma, with expert-level command of components, variants, auto layout, libraries, and prototyping capabilities
- Demonstrate advanced proficiency in leveraging AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency across all stages of the product design lifecycle
- Work with team members to develop and refine streamlined design 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 on both the agency and client sides
- 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 product design discipline
QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS
- A compelling portfolio of distinctive work that demonstrates both strong UX thinking and refined UI craft, with clear evidence of systems thinking across complex digital platforms
- Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems
- Expert-level Figma skills and strong proficiency with leading industry-standard design and prototyping tools
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present and advocate for design decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
- 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
Location & Commitment
- Remote (United States only; West Coast hours)
- ASAP through July 31, 2026
- 40 hours/week
- Expected compensation: $2,800 to $3,600
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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