About this Studio Coordinator (Part Time) role at AKQA

AKQA · Onsite · London

At AKQA (part of WPP) we believe in the imaginative application of art and science to create beautiful ideas, products and services. With an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach, we design adaptive digital services and applications that capture the imagination, delivering impressive returns for our clients.

As part of our Studio Services team at AKQA, you are dedicated to creating an exceptional studio experience for our clients, guests, and teams. By upholding the highest standards of service, care, and attention to detail, you help bring our AKQA brand and core values to life, fostering a space that inspires creativity, collaboration, and wellbeing. Your approach is always consistent with the London studio’s strategy and operations, ensuring a world-class experience for everyone who walks through our doors.

This is a part time role, ideally 3 days per week based in our studio in Farringdon.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

Be the go to person for the day to day support of teams across the AKQA Studio.
To be fully aware of the daily meeting room schedule always and able to plan, prioritise and complete the set-up and clear-down of all meeting rooms on time, to a high standard and with attention to detail as part of our Studio Services team.
Assist with ordering catering for meetings, events, stationery areas and kitchen.
Assist with the organisation and set-up of all internal events and internal moves.
Be the face of AKQA London — welcoming and greeting clients, guests, and team members with professionalism, warmth, and care.
Manage all administrative tasks, including but not limited to: security passes, booking couriers, LON studio requests, meeting rooms and travel booking.
Ensure the entire studio environment reflects AKQA’s commitment to excellence — from Reception to shared spaces. Maintain a tidy, welcoming, and inspiring atmosphere at all times.
Assist with on-boarding and off-boarding teams across the AKQA Studio.
Handle basic maintenance tasks safely, practically and with strong attention to detail. Organise and oversee any on-site maintenance and minor repairs. Manage contractors on site and ensure they comply with all H&S legislation.
Play an active role in the Studio Culture team to create meaningful moments that foster connection, creativity, and a strong sense of collaboration across the studio.

QUALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS

Build strong relationships with teams across the AKQA Studio, including clients and guests
Make a positive contribution to the team and receive positive feedback
Constantly strive to improve AKQA service levels, processes and procedures
At least 2 years’ experience working in either a service, hospitality or luxury role for a similar dynamic and fast-paced environment
Dynamic personality with a strong bias to action
Demonstrated ability to set and implement priorities, manage multiple tasks, and work to tight deadlines and high service levels
Strong interpersonal skills, including good communication skills
Strong problem-solver with high attention to detail
Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Outlook with good numerical skills

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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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