graphic designer Manchester, England
Job description
Who we are looking for
We have identified the need for a multi-skilled designer to help create artwork across a wide variety of channels. The designer will focus on our highest profile work and help bring them to life creatively with a key focus across presentations, reports, proposals and client deliverables. You’ll be supporting the development and implementation of the firm’s sales and marketing strategy and in particular to deliver, revenue, growth and enhance the PwC brand.
The prime area of focus for the function is to support the development and implementation of the firm’s market strategy and in particular to ensure
We innovate every day
We are inclusive by default
We deliver commercial impact with purpose
We tell stories that inspire
You will be working within the Creative and Visual Team, reporting into the Design Studio Manager based in our Manchester office. The team helps shape PwC’s creative design needs which are widening in their scope with the addition of the use of new digital channels to attract new audiences. The team is responsible for formatting and design of both client facing and internal documents and presentations. You will help produce and drive the artwork being produced by the current team across print, screen, digital and social media.
As a multi-skilled creative designer you’ll be well skilled to create impactful artwork across different platforms from using PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Word and Google to create presentations, to crafting illustrations to bring our campaigns to life. You’ll bring new insights, knowledge of current trends, creative ideas and challenge our people to produce work to the highest standards. No creative challenge will be too much for you and you’ll work with other designers to help push the PwC brand into new digital spaces.
The role will play a key part within the Creative Centre of Excellence and part of PwC’s in-house creative and visual within the Sales and Marketing function. A core team of 35 people, including designers, video producers and project managers delivering highly creative design solutions to the UK and global firms.
About the role
Responsibilities include:
You will be responsible for producing a variety of artwork and able to bring them to life across PwC branded and client deliverables. From reports, presentations, event material, brochures, illustrations, interactive projects, social media assets, web assets and animations.
You’ll help support other designers, of various experience levels, to drive the quality of the creative work produced, challenge ideas and work to be world class.
You will be taking briefs from clients, challenging and questioning clients as appropriate. Able to discuss appropriate options for design and advising clients of best use of graphics whilst adhering to brand guidelines.
You will be required to work using PwC and client’s guidelines and have relevant experience to solve creative problems within an established brand infrastructure.
You will have excellent layout skills, using grids and structure to build documents that are aligned with precision.
You will have excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills in order to develop and maintain strong internal and external relationships with key clients and contacts from all levels of PwC.
Although part of a large design team, you will need to be comfortable working on individual projects as well as in a team on projects.
You will have the opportunity to work across all lines of service and industries in the UK, as well as to collaborate with a range of PwC people, developing relationships and making yourself a valued member of PwC.
You will have excellent attention to detail to proof your own work and that of others for quality control. Ensuring we uphold brand and industry standards across all formats of work.
Manage end to end production of documents, e.g. liaise with printers (internal and external) or digital team for online or social deliverables.
Take ownership of client enquiries, proactively solving client issues and resolving or escalating as appropriate.
You will be part of a team that helps drive the aspirational Creative Centre of Excellence. Your role will be to help deliver this vision by thinking bigger, better, bolder and innovating as necessary
Requirements
You will be skilled in the complete Adobe Creative Suite, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and experience in After Effects and XD will be an advantage.
Highly skilled working experience of PowerPoint and Microsoft Word with experience of using GSuite (Slides, Sites and Docs) an advantage.
A solid experience of integrated business campaigns is essential as your work will cover print and digital delivering brand / marketing collateral across B2B audiences.
You’ll have excellent organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload and handle several tasks at once within given deadlines and suggesting possible solutions.
You have a portfolio that displays an excellent track record of inventive and compelling creative work across print and digital mediums.
You’ll have excellent influencing and communication skills to be able to challenge internal clients to deliver best practice.
You'll be expected to use our internal training systems to continuously up-skill and develop your understanding of the firm’s strategy to meet its future needs.
You can demonstrate the ability to build relationships with clients and suppliers.
Show a deep passion for graphic design, typography, creativity and delivering excellent client service.
Solid design skills, significant experience and / or a relevant qualification
Our competencies
Our people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. They're integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against them within our recruitment process to benchmark your own skills and behaviours. We recommend you visit the below web page to find out more about our global core competencies and to consider how your own experiences will align against them. This will help you through the recruitment process with us.
http://www.pwc.com/uk/en/careers/experienced/applying-to-pwc.jhtml
