About this Developer Intern (AI) role at AKQA

AKQA · Onsite · Amsterdam

Engineers at AKQA (part of WPP) apply technical craft and inventive thinking to strategic insight, building the tools and systems that bring beautiful ideas to life. Working at the intersection of code and creativity, they collaborate in a multidisciplinary environment to develop labours of love that delight customers and deliver results for clients.

As a Developer Intern at AKQA, you will play an essential role in designing and building AI agents that automate and augment image processing across our creative content production pipelines. You will bring strong engineering thinking and hands-on craft, developing and delivering from concept to working tool. You’ll also explore how emerging technologies, including generative AI and agentic systems, can transform the way visual content is produced at scale.

Located on the Nieuwe Herengracht canal in Amsterdam, you will have access to our diverse network of specialists by collaborating across all our European studios. You will work in an environment which fosters a meritocratic culture and encourages ownership, and you will be surrounded by some of the brightest minds in their fields.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Through our internship program, you will be an integrated part of the Creative Studio / Technology team, working across a mix of agent development, image-processing pipelines, and tooling for content production. You will assist, as well as own, specific tasks and deliverables, that may include:

Contribute individually and collaborate within cross-functional teams of designers, and creatives.
Design, build, and iterate on AI agents that automate image-processing tasks such as background removal, retouching, upscaling, format adaptation, and asset generation.
Prototype and integrate generative AI and computer-vision models into production workflows, writing clean, maintainable code in languages such as Python and Swift with Figma MCPs.
Research and experiment with emerging AI tooling and agentic frameworks to push the boundaries of automated creative content production.
Work in a fast-paced environment with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail, taking ownership of tasks from brief through to deployment, while learning the day-to-day dynamics of a creative agency.

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

Strong software development fundamentals, with experience in a language such as Python or TypeScript and a solid grasp of clean, maintainable code.
Experienced in ComfyUI
Familiarity with AI/ML or computer-vision libraries and image-processing tools (for example PyTorch, Hugging Face, or diffusion and vision models).
Exposure to agentic frameworks, LLM APIs, or workflow-orchestration tools, with an interest in building autonomous systems.
Knowns Figma and image models with Google
Detail-oriented and self-motivated, with a keen eye for craft.
Positive team player with a willingness to listen and learn
Confident speaking in English
Passionate about engineering, automation, and the creative possibilities of AI in content production.
An eagerness to explore and apply emerging AI technologies, including generative models and agents, to real production challenges.
An eagerness to get involved, learn, and to come up with fresh ideas.

EU working rights are required. Either through a EU Citizenship or Study Programme in the Netherlands.

This is a 5 days a week internship for a duration of 6 months.

We believe great work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach including required in-office days. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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 careers.

About WPP

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

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About AKQA

CORE VALUES

Our founding values guide our work and the philosophy of our firm:

Innovation – pioneering ideas combined with the application of technology, to achieve lasting improvements in performance for our clients.

Service – outstanding service to our clients and colleagues, so we retain exceptional people and create trust-based relationships with clients.

Quality – adhere to the highest professional standards and superior quality.

Thought – recommending the best solutions through the most rigorous thinking process.

TEAMWORK

AKQA provides the highest quality ideas and innovation services to clients around the world. Our consistent track-record of results achieved for clients have set our firm apart. Through our focus on our core values, thought-leadership, rigorous delivery, and industry initiatives, AKQA is today one of the world’s most influential companies. Our goal is to become a high-performance environment where the most talented people flourish. With our perfectionist approach, people join AKQA for the opportunity to do the best work of their careers.

We create digital products, services and immersive experiences that are useful, usable, delightful and enjoyed by millions. We employ a rapid ideation and prototyping process that focuses on getting pilots into market quickly, helping clients make a sustained impact, increase their relevance and expand their connection. By embracing a pioneering approach that continues to lead and define the industry, we deliver cohesive blueprints that fulfil audience needs and surpass business goals.

LONG-TERM COMMITMENT

AKQA is committed to helping our team develop into the best possible practitioners and to providing them with an unparalleled foundation for their career. We help develop well-rounded professionals acquire leadership skills more quickly than at other organisations. Our employees benefit from the trusted long-term nature of our client relationships as well as the cultural alignment between the client and our own organisation, creating an optimum environment to deliver the work without any compromises.

ORGANISED TO SUCCEED

The core motivation at AKQA is product excellence. Although we are part of WPP, AKQA operates as an independent firm. Organically grown, our team works as a single firm, without geographic division. This means we can bring the best resources from our network to provide solutions for our clients.

In addition to our own Future Lions initiative, we have formed partnerships with many of the world’s leading universities so we can hire their best graduates. We combine youth and energy with maturity and experience to form a community that has a unique diversity of knowledge and exceptional professional judgement.

DEVELOPMENT

In addition to on-the-job training, AKQA offers a menu of training through the AKQA Academy and WPP Professional Development. This comprehensive curriculum of formal training is designed to equip our team with the substantive creative, engineering, business acumen, communications, management and analytical skills required to have professionally rewarding careers. AKQA Academy and WPP Professional Development courses are taught by leaders in their fields including AKQA’s own senior team and respected external experts.

To maintain the continuous focus on our core values, and provide a clear career path for our team, all of our Managing Directors and Executive Partners are promoted from within AKQA.

All AKQA employees and clients are invited to participate in the AKQA Insight and AKQA Tech.Insight thought leadership programmes. These comprise a series of informative lectures and Q&A sessions with authors, artists, athletes, scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs who are recognised leaders in their respective disciplines.

DIVERSITY

We believe that diversity is vital to AKQA’s ability to provide our clients with the best recommendations and are committed to fostering a varied and inclusive work environment. We provide our employees with the canvas, tools and confidence to help them advance their careers in a way that best suits them.

SUSTAINABILITY

At AKQA we believe everything a company does should be about taking the responsibility to be respectful towards the community and the environment. We consider community and pro-bono work to be an important commitment of our employees. We encourage our team to devote their skills to a broad range of pro-bono and community activities, working with myriad charitable and not-for-profit organisations. AKQA is part of WPP’s Sustainability initiatives. WPP is ranked no. 49 in an annual round-up of the World’s Greenest Companies.

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