About AKQA
Transforming digital experiences for global brands
Key Highlights
- Headquartered in San Francisco, California
- Over 3,000 employees worldwide
- Serves clients like Nike, Audi, and the BBC
- Part of WPP, a global leader in marketing communications
AKQA is a leading digital design and communications agency headquartered in San Francisco, California. With a workforce of over 3,000 employees, AKQA specializes in delivering digital products and services for clients like Nike, Audi, and the BBC. As a part of WPP, AKQA focuses on leveraging technol...
π Benefits
AKQA offers competitive salaries, equity options, generous PTO, and flexible remote work policies to support work-life balance....
π Culture
AKQA promotes a culture of creativity and innovation, encouraging teams to experiment and push the boundaries of digital design. The company values co...
Overview
AKQA is hiring a Product Design Director to lead the design of innovative products and brand experiences for influential organizations. You'll guide multi-disciplinary teams in creating human-centered design solutions across various platforms. This role requires strong leadership and design expertise.
Job Description
Who you are
You are a visionary leader with extensive experience in product design, capable of crafting interfaces and experiences that resonate with users. Your background includes working with multi-disciplinary teams to create elegant, human-centered design solutions that are both intelligent and inspiring. You have a deep understanding of accessibility, interaction, and multi-modal experiences, and you are passionate about redefining how brands engage with their audiences through design.
You thrive at the intersection of brand, craft, and computation, collaborating closely with strategy, data, and engineering teams to shape products that learn and evolve over time. Your expertise in adaptive design languages allows you to translate brand identity into behavior, sound, motion, and intelligence, ensuring that every interaction is meaningful and impactful.
What you'll do
As a Product Design Director at AKQA, you will lead the design direction across a portfolio of complex, high-impact digital products. You will work with some of the worldβs most influential organizations, guiding teams to create innovative solutions that define how brands behave in the modern world. Your role will involve establishing benchmarks in design excellence and championing the new frontier of brand user interfaces.
You will be responsible for mentoring and developing your team, fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration. By leveraging your leadership skills, you will ensure that your team is equipped to tackle the challenges of AI-powered product design, helping to redefine how creativity, intelligence, and empathy coexist in every interaction. Your contributions will significantly impact the future of digital experiences for brands like Nike, Rolls-Royce, and Google.
What we offer
At AKQA, you will be part of a globally connected studio network that values innovation and creativity. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas can flourish, and you will have the opportunity to work on projects that shape the future of design. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds in our team.
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