Graphic Designer

Financial Services company in Chicago is hiring a Graphic Designer (Presentation Designer) in a full time capacity. In this role you will work closely with bankers and executives to design and execute presentations, charts, infographics, multi-page documents, and more. This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days onsite per week (Chicago Loop). The ideal candidate is personable and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

IMPORTANT: This is a non-exempt, full-time (direct hire) opportunity with benefits. Pay is hourly and based on a salary. As this is a full time role, there is no end date.

Candidates with ad agency, financial services, real estate, or similar background are encouraged to apply. Ideal candidate has about 2-8 years of professional experience.

Design and execute PowerPoint pitch books and client presentations

Apply and update client templates to presentations with consistency and technical formatting

Create company branded and client charts, graphs, tables, icons and other infographics

Create fully functional client-branded PowerPoint templates

Implementation of design principles; such as layout, alignment, color theory, typography, and visual hierarchy to create visually appealing and effective presentations

Perform photo re-touching and photo manipulation

Perform Logo creation, recreation or vectorization

Design or recreate highly detailed and complex maps

Design print collateral (invitations, signage, and banners)

Format Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents

Other similar presentation design or document formatting requests

2+ years of experience as a Presentation Designer or similar capacity designing and editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations

Expert knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel (non-technical), and Adobe Acrobat Pro

Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator

Strong knowledge and experience designing infographics, charts, tables and graphs

Ability to work independently on a project or collaboratively as a team player and able to integrate with a diverse team with varying opinions and ideas

Ability to take ideas and think creatively to make professional, aesthetically pleasing layouts while maintaining company identity standards

Ability to work with a job ticketing system, work well under pressure and make quick sound decisions

Professional written and verbal communications skills

Flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within tight deadlines

Research skills - know the places to look and manage time spent efficiently

Strong aptitude to acclimatize and learn quickly

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