AKQA

Senior Strategist (tech) to AKQA

On behalf of AKQA Copenhagen, we are looking for an experienced and creative Senior Strategist who will play a central role in shaping innovative, human-centric, and technology-driven solutions for global clients. As a Senior Strategist, you will lead multidisciplinary teams, uncover deep insights through research, and design strategic visions that drive business transformation.

About AKQA

At AKQA they believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful and performative ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, they craft powerful storytelling, design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering meaningful returns for their clients.

As a strategist at AKQA, you work to shape an organisation's identity, positioning, communications, and growth trajectory. Actively seeking to bring consumer voice into the work, you help companies of all scales relate to their intended audience, differentiate from the category, and take the lead in the culture. You work collaboratively with the rest of the studio to grow brands creatively and effectively, through the lens of expression, experience, and business.

About the position

As a Senior Strategist at AKQA Copenhagen, you will be at the forefront of shaping future-facing strategies and offerings that seamlessly integrate creativity, design, technology, and business thinking. You will lead multidisciplinary teams and collaborate closely with clients to transform complex challenges into meaningful, human-centric solutions powered by data, digital trends, and technological innovation.

Operating at the intersection of strategy, creativity, and technology, you will help clients uncover digital opportunities they didn’t know existed and guide them towards sustainable, market-shifting solutions rooted in emerging technologies and data-driven insights. You will play a key role in expanding AKQA’s strategic capabilities in Copenhagen and driving thought leadership across global client engagements. You thrive in environments where ambiguity is the starting point and are energized by solving complex business problems through insight, empathy, and imaginative, tech-enabled approaches.

Your responsibilities include:

• Framing and leading mid-to-large scale strategic projects from research through to execution, with a strong focus on digital transformation
• Designing and executing research leveraging ethnography, foresight, UX, semiotics, and quantitative data analytics (including social listening and market analysis)
• Translating insights into actionable strategies, digital concepts, and compelling value propositions that leverage technology to drive impact
• Guiding clients through ambiguity and complexity as a trusted advisor on digital innovation and strategic design
• Leading and mentoring multidisciplinary project teams to deliver high-quality, tech-integrated strategic outputs
• Representing AKQA’s creative, strategic, and technology-driven design methodologies to clients and stakeholders
• Contributing to pitch development and identifying new business opportunities in collaboration with client teams
• Helping to shape and scale best practices within AKQA’s global strategy and innovation community
• Supporting a positive, inclusive team culture that prioritizes wellbeing, creativity, continuous learning, and digital fluency

This role demands both independent drive and strong collaborative skills, alongside a passion for embedding technology and creativity into strategic problem-solving. You will play a key role in AKQA’s ambition to redefine what design and strategy can achieve together.

Your profile

You are a structured and visually oriented thinker, adept at translating complex challenges into clear frameworks, systems, and innovative ideas that integrate technology and human-centred design. You combine strong analytical skills with a creative and tech-savvy mindset, passionate about creating solutions that drive meaningful impact across business, culture, and society. Your experience in innovation and strategy equips you to navigate uncertainty and proactively shape your role and the direction of your team.

You bring expertise in qualitative research methods such as ethnography, cultural analysis, semiotics, or UX research, paired with a strong understanding of quantitative methods such as surveys, data analytics, social listening, or market research. You excel at turning insights into relevant, actionable digital strategies and compelling value propositions. You are an excellent communicaton – clear, engaging, and persuasive in both written and verbal formats – and thrive as a trusted advisor and thought partner to clients and colleagues alike. 

Confident in cross-functional, tech-driven teams, your leadership style is thoughtful and collaborative. You inspire others by setting direction, creating momentum, and fostering a culture of inclusion, intellectual curiosity, and digital innovation. Your academic background likely spans design (e.g., UX or service design), human or social sciences (e.g., anthropology), or business disciplines (e.g., innovation, strategy). What sets you apart is your genuine curiosity and commitment to shaping the future of business and society through strategic design, creativity, insight, and technology.