[Remote] Presentation Designer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Raymond James is a financial services firm, and they are seeking a Presentation Designer to create and develop presentations and pitch materials. The role involves collaborating with internal customers, designing graphics, and ensuring quality assurance in graphic production activities.

Responsibilities

• Makes key contributions to the themes, ideas and methods used in creating and producing medium- to large-scope PowerPoint Presentations, related assets, and pitch materials. Designs and renders original work for illustrating specific data in presentations
• Under limited supervision, consults with internal customers regarding design and associated costs
• Designs and prepares graphics for PowerPoint presentations and pitch materials
• Executes and troubleshoots complex graphic jobs
• Makes key contributions to graphics production activities and is accountable for quality assurance
• Ability to perform quality control review for own work and work produced by teammates
• Advises all levels of professionals regarding formatting, and provides on-the-spot document troubleshooting
• Ensures that the file management system is maintained
• Remains current in presentation design trends and technologies
• Manages deadlines through communication with the team
• Mentors and utilizes associate presentation designers
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's: Computer Graphics, Bachelor's: Digital Communications and Media/Multimedia, Bachelor's: Graphic Design
• General Experience - 13 months to 3 years
• Moderate understanding of design principles and best practices for formatting content
• Strong knowledge and experience designing infographics, financial charts, tables, and graphs
• Displaying complex data in a visually sophisticated, appealing, and engaging format
• Producing creative work within an established organizational style and attention to detail
• Mentoring and guiding associate-level presentation designers
• Mastery in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel (advanced charting), and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Expertise in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Expertise in MapInfo Professional
• Take ideas and think creatively to make professional, aesthetically pleasing layouts while maintaining company identity standards
• Organize information with attention to hierarchy, order, and emphasis
• Provide extensive attention to formatting detail and aesthetics
• Work concurrently under pressure on multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment with frequent interruptions and changing priorities
• Work effectively as part of a collaborative environment
• Understand a project request and extrapolate key information from it
• Communicate effectively and professionally with all organizational levels, both orally and in writing
• Develop creative solutions to graphic problems
• Build relationships with colleagues at similar levels, both within and outside of the department
• Consistently demonstrate a sense of urgency
• Ability to quickly determine priorities in a self-directed work environment so that both creative and operational responsibilities are met
• Clearly demonstrate a client-first focus in line with the Raymond James culture

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