Freelance Senior Designer

We are seeking an experienced Freelance Senior Designer with a strong emphasis on UI to support one of the most recognized and trusted names in financial services, a brand with deep roots in helping people plan, protect, and secure their futures. This is a transformative digital product work engagement where strong visual craft and systems‑level thinking directly impact real people at pivotal moments.

It is a remote freelance role starting as soon as possible and running through December 23, 2026.

• Deliver high‑quality UI design across digital product surfaces, with a strong grounding in user‑centered design principles and a meticulous eye for craft
• Bring a strong UI sensibility and visual design expertise to digital product work, with complementary UX capabilities that inform and elevate your output
• Contribute to, maintain, and evolve sophisticated design systems, working confidently across components, tokens, patterns, variants, and states with a focus on scalability and consistency
• Develop and deliver high‑fidelity prototypes and interactive experiences primarily utilizing Figma, with expert‑level command of components, variants, auto layout, libraries, and prototyping capabilities
• Translate UX direction and wireframes into polished, pixel‑precise designs that are both on‑brand and highly usable
• Work both strategically and tactically, weighing trade‑offs and exploring multiple solution concepts across a complex ecosystem of digital products and services
• Adept at utilizing AI tools to inform and streamline the design process, from research to prototyping
• Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, strategists, and engineers to ensure design decisions are well‑integrated and grounded in user needs
• Contribute to continuously raising the bar for design quality, process, and delivery standards within the engagement

• A compelling portfolio of distinctive work demonstrating strong UI craft across digital products and services, with clear evidence of design systems experience
• Expert‑level Figma skills, including advanced component management, variables, libraries, and design system architecture;
  Figma proficiency is a must
• Able to develop simple and elegant design solutions to complex design problems
• Comfortable working within complex and highly considered subject matter contexts
• Strong cross‑functional collaboration skills, with experience partnering across UX, product, strategy, and engineering
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Fosters progressive and limitless thinking

• Remote (United States only)
• ASAP through December 23, 2026
• 40 hours/week
• Expected weekly compensation: 2,600 to 3,400

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 career.