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AKQA

Berlin

Senior UI Designer at AKQA

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Posted 2 months ago
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AKQA

AKQA is an ideas and innovation company that specializes in creating digital services and products. With a team of 2,200 professionals across 20 countries, AKQA is known for its imaginative application of art and science. The company has been recognize...

Consulting & Professional Services Marketing & Advertising B2B Enterprise
HQ
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
5K-10K
Founded
1994
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Quick Summary

Role Overview

As an AKQA Designer in Berlin, you will play an essential role in the strategy, conception, and design of beautiful digital products and services. You will bring exceptional creative thought and craft output to deliver projects from brief to end user within a collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design innovative solutions across digital touchpoints including websites and apps
  • Build and maintain design systems using Figma components and tokens
  • Translate brand direction into polished digital work and style guides
  • Present design work confidently to stakeholders and build trusting relationships
  • Collaborate closely with UX and strategy teams on product design
  • Mentor junior designers and share knowledge across the experience design team

Requirements Snapshot

  • Four or more years of experience in a digital design role
  • Proficiency in Figma Adobe Creative Suite and prototyping tools
  • Strong understanding of user-centered design and design thinking
  • Proven track record of creating beautiful and intuitive digital products
  • Excellent communication skills and a collaborative professional approach

Expected Impact

You will drive the creation of adaptive digital campaigns and services that capture the imagination and deliver impressive returns for global clients. By championing high design standards and mentoring peers, you will strengthen AKQA's creative output and foster a culture of innovation and excellence.

A DesignJobs.World summary of the employer's posting, written to highlight scope, requirements, and fit (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

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 create and design adaptive digital campaigns, services and experiences that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.

As an AKQA Senior UI Designer, you will play an essential role in the strategy, conception and design of beautiful ideas, products and services. You will bring exceptional creative thought and craft output, developing and delivering projects from brief to end user.

Located in Berlin, Germany, as part of the AKQA team, you will work in an environment that fosters a dynamic and meritocratic culture, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields.

 


ROLE REQUIREMENTS

  • Create visually exceptional digital interfaces, including websites, apps and products, with outstanding typography, layout, colour and motion sensibility, setting the visual bar for the team.
  • Lead design in pitches, turning rough ideas into persuasive, polished concepts and presenting them with confidence to help win new clients.
  • Build and maintain design systems, including Figma components, variables, and tokens.
  • Create compelling visual content and use AI image generation tools with a strong art direction eye, so outputs feel bespoke and on-brand.
  • Translate brand direction into distinctive mood boards, style guides and polished digital work and see it through tech handover to ship beautiful products.
  • Present design work confidently to stakeholders and build trusting relationships.
  • Deliver projects on time, on budget, and to the highest quality.
  • Collaborate closely with UX, strategy, and the wider product design team as a core member of the group.
  • Share knowledge across Experience Design and AKQA, and mentor mid-level and junior designers, staying current on design and technology trends, and bringing new thinking into your work.

 

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

  • 4+ years within a dedicated digital design role.
  • Proven track record of designing beautiful, intuitive digital products
  • Strong experience across Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools ( Principle, Framer, Protopie or similar).
  • Proficient in user-centred design methodologies and design thinking 
  • Strong communication skills.
  • Knowledge of motion design is desirable but not essential.
  • Conceptual thinking is a plus.

Explore our extensive range of benefits here

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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