Creative Visionary

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Designer to join our team at AKQA Inc. As a key member of our Creative department, you will play a crucial role in shaping the visual identity of our clients and driving innovation in the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the creative lead to develop and deliver award-winning work that influences change through ideas, creativity, and interactive media.
• Maintain and evolve the design system to ensure a consistent visual language across digital touchpoints that stays ahead of industry trends and elevates the client's brand.
• Work with and contribute to UX thinking, iterating to improve and enhance the client's global platform.
• Support senior creative team members in the ideation, creation, and delivery of digital content and social assets.
• Consistently deliver successful solutions and high-quality work to clients on time.
• Ensure high levels of internal and external client and team satisfaction.
• Maintain a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Learn new skills and stay abreast of technical and digital design developments, applying these to improve processes and procedures.
• Participate and challenge in pitches and proposals.
• Execute world-class innovative and effective digital communications, interface design, and interaction design experiences across all digital platforms.
• Responsible for asset management, collation, and archiving.
• Present ideas and creative concepts to clients and peers confidently.

Requirements

• Proven experience working as a Designer, including web design experience.
• Experience in a creative/agency environment is required.
• Proficiency with Figma/Sketch, Creative Cloud, and traditional print applications.
• A degree in Design, Interaction Design, Visual Studies, or a related field is preferred.
• Strong grasp and understanding of brands and their visual impact on culture.
• Ability to create, redesign, or refresh a distinct identity for a product, service, or company.
• Experience producing designs across various formats, platforms, and environments, including logos, visual identities, apps and websites, out-of-home media, social media, physical environments, and more.
• Expertise in branding, brand strategy, and understanding design that can be effectively relayed through all brand components.
• Ability to create presentations to share conceptual thinking and proposals.
• Understanding of digital design systems, design processes, and front-end implementation.
• Solid grasp of design fundamentals including typography, illustration, and motion design.
• Bonus: Experience in luxury or automotive brands or art directing photography.