Job Description
At AKQA (Part of WPP), we bring together art and science to create beautiful ideas, products, and services that drive meaningful impact for our clients. Working in an entrepreneurial and highly collaborative way, we design adaptive digital experiences that capture the imagination and deliver real results.
We’re seeking an exceptional Executive Creative Services Assistant in Copenhagen. You’ll be helping some of our Executives optimise their time, enable collaboration, support pitches and priority initiatives, and maintain the operational rhythm of the business across different locations. You’ll bring order to complexity, anticipate needs before they arise, and help the team operate at its best.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide proactive, high-level operational and administrative support, handling priorities, information flow, and confidential matters with discretion.
- Coordinate and deliver meetings and workshops, ensuring smooth logistics, strong preparation, and effective follow-through.
- Support pitches and priority growth opportunities, coordinating kick-offs, rhythms, stakeholders, and key milestones.
- Strategically manage complex, multi-time-zone calendars to ensure time is aligned to priorities, focus, and impact.
- Plan and adapt intricate travel itineraries, managing all logistics seamlessly in a fast-changing global context.
- Act as a trusted connector between regional leadership, ensuring clarity, alignment, and timely follow-up across regions and functions.
- Build trusted relationships and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing culture.
QUALITIES AND EXPERIENCE
- Proven experience supporting leaders in a fast-paced, global organisation — ideally within a creative, technology, or consultancy environment.
- Highly proficient with digital tools including Google Workspace, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Keynote, Figma, and internal travel/expense systems (Concur experience a bonus).
- Experience in managing complex diaries, workflows, and travel with minimal oversight.
- Exceptionally organised with outstanding attention to detail.
- Confident communicator, comfortable working with senior leaders and diverse global teams.
- Calm under pressure, adaptable, and able to manage ambiguity.
- Discreet, trustworthy, and experienced in handling confidential information.
- Danish speaking is an advantage
Explore our extensive range of benefits here.
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.
