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At AKQA (part of WPP), our Experience Design discipline sets the standard for innovation, creativity, and craft. As a Lead Experience Designer, you’ll imagine what’s next and help make what matters. You will lead innovative work for ambitious brands, creating pioneering digital experiences that feel intuitive, engaging, and emotionally resonant for audiences around the world. In this role, you will conceive and deliver digital experiences that combine imagination, cultural intelligence, and technology to create meaningful products and services. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team of strategists, visual designers, UX architects, and researchers, you will shape online platforms, design systems, mobile applications, and emerging digital experiences. You will lead by example, mentoring designers, inspiring clients, and delivering visionary work. As part of AKQA, you’ll work in an innovative and inclusive culture, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields. You’ll have the opportunity to learn and grow within a creative and technically advanced team, with access to ongoing personal and professional development. Our hybrid in-studio/WFH model supports balance and flexibility, and we’re committed to your career growth as well as your work/life balance.
Job Responsibility:
Conceive and deliver digital experiences that combine imagination, cultural intelligence, and technology to create meaningful products and services
Shape online platforms, design systems, mobile applications, and emerging digital experiences
Lead by example, mentoring designers, inspiring clients, and delivering visionary work
Requirements:
Lead and guide a team of Experience Designers to deliver impactful and engaging digital experiences
Maintain a high standard of design craft, ensuring quality and attention to detail across all work
Translate brand strategy and user insight into clear, effective design solutions across digital platforms
Develop and evolve design systems, component libraries, and guidelines that support scalable experiences
Collaborate closely with strategists, technologists, and delivery teams to ensure ideas are practical, effective, and well executed
Provide mentorship and constructive feedback to support the growth and development of design talent
Present design thinking clearly and confidently to clients and internal stakeholders
A strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality experience design across digital products and platforms
Solid product design experience, from UX architecture through to refined visual interface design
Experience leading designers and contributing to the delivery of complex digital projects
Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence stakeholders
Excellent visual design sensibility across layout, hierarchy, colour, motion, and typography
Proficiency in modern design tools such as Figma and other collaborative design platforms
Experience working within agile, cross-functional teams in agency or product environments
A genuine passion for design culture, creativity, and continuous innovation
What we offer:
Work in an innovative and inclusive culture
Opportunity to learn and grow within a creative and technically advanced team
Access to ongoing personal and professional development
Hybrid in-studio/WFH model supports balance and flexibility
Commitment to your career growth as well as your work/life balance