Jobs at AKQA

Manage large, complex creative projects and client accounts valued at approximately £1–£2.5 million annually. Responsibilities include account growth, client relationship management, proposals, forecasting, workflow planning, issue escalation, process improvement, and revenue development. Lead and develop Account Managers, support Account Directors, coordinate Client Services and Design teams, and ensure high-quality, profitable delivery across the studio.

Manage client accounts and multiple creative projects from brief through completion, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery. Build client relationships, develop proposals and scopes, oversee forecasting, budgeting, invoicing, revenue, and margins, and identify account-growth and new-business opportunities. Lead presentations and RFP/RFQ responses, coordinate staffing and project administration, mentor junior staff, and contribute to studio culture.

Creates motion graphics, animations, kinetic typography, visual effects, and video content across media formats. Develops concepts through style frames, storyboards, and animatics; collaborates with creative, strategy, and technology teams; manages assets and project workflows; leads delivery planning; presents ideas to clients; and mentors junior designers. The role requires advanced proficiency in 2D and 3D animation tools, compositing, video editing, file optimization, and emerging motion technologies.

Lead the design and delivery of innovative digital products, mentor teams, collaborate with strategists, and ensure accessibility and inclusivity in all projects.

Support EMEA growth leadership by owning Salesforce data and pipeline reporting, coordinating growth meetings, producing on-brand presentation decks, maintaining a materials repository, and collating regional business review inputs. Build cross-studio relationships, improve systems and workflows, and enable business development and client relationship growth.

Support EMEA growth by owning Salesforce pipeline data, coordinating growth meetings, producing on-brand decks and regional reports, maintaining a materials repository, and collaborating across studios to help win and develop client business.

As a Senior Product Designer at AKQA, you will create high-quality visual designs for digital platforms, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams to refine and execute design concepts with precision and attention to detail.

Lead technical strategy and architecture for AI-enabled, cloud-native platforms. Act as senior client technology partner, define AI-driven products and roadmaps, oversee delivery, mentor senior engineers, and convert innovation pilots into scaled programs while ensuring secure, scalable systems and responsible AI practices.

As a Senior UX Designer, you'll lead the design of user experiences, translating complex requirements into clear structures and prototypes while collaborating closely with teams to ensure meaningful user journeys.

Lead design of enterprise-scale digital products and design systems. Define art direction and visual signature, produce high-fidelity UI, collaborate with UX, strategy, analytics and engineering, present to senior stakeholders, mentor junior designers, and operationalise scalable design systems across brands and platforms.