Creative Designer - Senior Associate

Job Description

Our purpose focuses on how we contribute to society, and how our business decisions can contribute to greater trust and solving important problems. In order to achieve our purpose and deliver a first-class service to our clients, we need first-class supportinternally. The people who power us - our internal teams - have a vital role to make sure we have all the right resources, services and technology to be the best we can be. Not all of us work directly with external clients.Sales and Marketing is a centralisedsupport function and covers all aspects of professional services marketing, sales support and business development. Who we are looking forWe 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, proposalsand client deliverables. Youll be supporting the development and implementation of the firms 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 firms 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 PwCs creative design needs which are widening in their scope with the addition of the use of new digitalchannels 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, digitaland social media. As a multi-skilled creative designer youll 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.Youll 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 youll work with other designers to help push the PwC brand into newdigital spaces. The role will play a key part within the Creative Centre of Excellence and part of PwCs 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 highlycreative design solutions to the UK and global firms. About the roleResponsibilities 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 assetsand animations.
• Youll 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 clients 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.
• Youll 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.
• Youll have excellent influencing and communication skills to be able to challenge internal clients to deliver best practice.
• Youll be expected to use our internal training systems to continuously up-skill and develop your understanding of the firms 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 competenciesOur people need to demonstrate a defined set of core skills and behaviours. We refer to these as our global core competencies. Theyre integral to who we are as a firm and form the basis of our people appraisal process. We will also assess you against themwithin our recru