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Overview
The Newton Investment Management Group describes a group of affiliated companies that provide investment advisory services under the brand name ‘Newton’ or ‘Newton Investment Management’. Those companies are Newton Investment Management Ltd, registered in the UK, and Newton Investment Management North America LLC, registered in the US, and both are indirect subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (‘BNY Mellon’).

We focus on delivering outcomes for our clients across:
Equity opportunities – including small and mid-cap, regional and thematic capabilities
Income – equity, fixed income and multi-asset
Absolute return – fixed income and multi-asset
Multi-asset solutions
Thematic and sustainable strategies
These capabilities are driven by our global investment platform which harnesses both fundamental and quantitative research, alongside a thematic framework and, where appropriate and as applicable, environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis.
With offices in London, New York, Boston and San Francisco, Newton manages £83 billion of assets (as at 31 Dec 2022). Newton provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advice to institutional clients, including US and global pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, registered mutual funds, other pooled investment vehicles and other institutions, and, via BNY Mellon, to individuals.
Newton is one of the BNY Mellon Investment Management (BNYM) family of eight boutique investment firms. BNYM IM is the global investment management arm of BNY Mellon, one of the world’s major financial services groups with operations in 35 countries. BNYM IM’s goal is to build and manage investment strategies that address the ever-changing needs of its clients, through a model that offers the best of both worlds: specialist expertise through eight forward-thinking investment firms, offering solutions across every major asset class, backed by the strength, scale and proven financial stewardship of BNY Mellon. The 5th largest UK institutional money manager, with $1.8 trillion AUM (as of 31 Dec 2022) BNYM IM provides a robust corporate foundation, together with worldwide resources and administrative support, while its investment boutiques are free to concentrate on what they do best – delivering specialist and focused investment performance to clients. This structure encourages an entrepreneurial, focused approach to investment and creates an environment in which each firm can perform and build on its individual experience and strengths in the development of new products.

Job Purpose
The successful candidate will work with various business areas to produce new business pitch presentations, client review packs and a variety of other marketing materials and internal communications that are professional, accurate and compelling in both content and design.
This role gives an opportunity to build strong marketing, product and regulatory knowledge and provides an excellent introduction to asset management and the financial services industry.

Key Responsibilities
Undertake the day-to-day work of the presentations & design team and demonstrate a continuous process improvement approach.
Provide support to the team to ensure that all allocated work and incoming issues are dealt with without risk to the company, in an efficient manner and to the satisfaction of all internal and external clients. Examples of responsibilities the successful candidate is likely to be involved in are:
Exercising the timely updates of standard fund/strategy presentations. Facilitating the production of client presentation packs and new business pitch packs using data provided by the portfolio management support, performance and risk teams.
Creating and updating tables and charts using MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
Demonstrate compelling design ideas in presentations and other marketing collateral (brochures, articles, banners, etc.) using PowerPoint and Adobe packages (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat) following existing templates and brand guidelines.
Represent the team in meetings (internal and external) when required and demonstrate effective relationships with other Newton and BNY Mellon areas.
Provide support to the other team / department members and contribute to key business strategic projects and initiatives.

Experience and qualifications required:
Strong working knowledge of MS Office 365 suite (mainly PowerPoint and Excel)
Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (mainly InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat)
Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, graphic and communication design or similar.
Previous internship or placement in the financial sector is desirable but not mandatory.

Competencies:
Thought (Business Awareness, Client Focus, Problem Solving)
Can take a creative idea and put it into practice
Comes up with useful ideas that challenge the status quo
Diverse thinking – promotes innovation
Designs and delivers solutions that meet client expectations
Results (Action, Accountability, Execution)
Hands-on approach with an enthusiasm to dive in at the deep end
Works with a sense of urgency and ownership
Tenacity to accomplish goals despite setbacks and obstacles
People (Collaboration, Feedback, Communication)
Connects with an organisation’s vision
Effective communication skills
Flexible – works co-operatively with others
Delivers messages in a clear, compelling and concise manner
Self (Courage, Resilience, Self-Awareness)
Displays intellectual curiosity – engages with peers
Tackles problem solving with confidence and positivity – remains calm
Hungry to improve – seeks performance feedback from a variety of people

Employer Description:
For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.