Creative Presentation Designer (Contractual)

The Company

Egon Zehnder (www.egonzehnder.com) is trusted advisor to many of the world’s most respected organizations and a leading Executive Search firm, with more than 550 consultants and 63 offices in 36 countries spanning Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. Our clients range from the largest corporations to emerging growth companies, government and regulatory bodies, and major educational and cultural institutions. The firm is a private partnership which allows us to operate independent of any outside interests. As a result of this unique culture, Egon Zehnder has the highest professional staff retention rate for a global firm in our profession. We have a blue chip client base across all industries and operate at the Board and senior management level.

Knowledge Centre India (KCI)

Established in January 2005, KCI in Gurgaon, works in close collaboration with the Global offices of Egon Zehnder. There are 5 teams that make up KCI: Research, Research Operations, Visual Solutions, Projects/CV Capture and Digital IT.

The Global Visual Solutions Team

The Global Visual Solutions team was started in 2011 to provide professional formatting and presentation finalization capability in the Firm.

Currently, the team has 18 members working across 3 shifts to provide 24/5 coverage to offices worldwide. The team supports consultants, researchers, practice leaders, and partners by providing support across business documents, marketing, and digital communication assets.

The team works on document conversion, brand adherence, and provide design solutions across various medium and platforms. The team provides brand and template adherence support across all internal and external communication. Additionally, the team works with the global community to create innovative videos, thought papers, newsletters, merchandise and many other custom supports.

The position

Creative Presentation Designer

As a Creative Presentation Designer, you will be a part of the journey to strengthen our brand and design delivery to the global Egon Zehnder organization. You will join the “Creatives” at Global Visual Solutions Group in Gurgaon, India - a team with a strong focus on brand and design, which understands the power of storytelling through visual communication that engages our clients, candidates, employees, and society.

We are looking for a graphic design professional with experience in consulting, developing, and designing comprehensive brand communications. The role involves operational and coordination abilities to handle day-to-day work logs, manage client interaction, and understand request briefs for design.

They should have a strong eye for design, particularly when it comes to PowerPoint slides and presentation layouts. This is a niche design role, and a presentation designer’s main responsibility will be to uphold brand standards while creating effective, dynamic and well-thought-out internal and external presentations that are impactful.

We are looking for a UIX design professional with experience in consulting, developing, and designing comprehensive brand communications. The user experience (UX) designer should be able to understand the business requirements and any technical limitations, as they will be responsible for conceiving and conducting user research, interviews, and surveys, and translating them into sitemaps, user flows, customer journey maps, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. The UX designer will also be expected to design the overall functionality of the page and ensure a great user experience, iterating upon it in accordance with user testing.

The UX designer will create interactive layouts that enhance user experience with our brand and facilitate an enjoyable reading experience on our website or e-communication. The candidate should have a strong understanding of creating mockups and prototypes and then translating these, as well as any static pages, into dynamic templates while working with the Content and Creative teams.

The Creative Presentation Designer will report to the Art Director at Creatives, Visual Solutions Team at KCI

Shift Timings- 3PM-12AM

This will be a contractual role for 12 months.

Requirements

Roles and Responsibilities

Technical

• Own the production of presentations for pitches and other business development activities, internal meetings, seminars, and thought leadership series.
• Developing creative solutions for leave-behinds, presentations, brochures, event collateral, portfolios, and more.
• The work includes designing RFIs, Documents, Presentations, Credentials, Marketing assets, Event invitations, and Internal Communications – acting as guardian for all aspects of the agency brand.
• Creatively conceive and illustrate complex ideas, visions, and strategies
• Extensive knowledge and experience with latest versions of PowerPoint, including creating slide masters, being aware of PC/Mac differences, designing for various output media (projector, monitors and printouts), object animations, embedding video.
• Delivering on the theme/vision as set by the Art Director and Product Owner
• Maintain presentation resource and information systems.
• Consult on the visual story and flow of content to create engaging presentations.
• Conceptualize new branding and/or designs for both internal and external communications.
• Create data visualizations that are clear and easy to understand.

Operational

• Work with multi-disciplined teams including Producers, Artists, Programmers, Marketing, and other Leads to create/author content to achieve the project’s vision.
• Independently coordinate multiple marketing efforts against rapid and frequent deadlines
• Coordinate with studios and other offices to gather and share best practices, new presentation technologies, and strategies.
• Analyzing and brainstorming content implementation
• Create well-thought-out presentations with a good eye for design & aesthetics.
• Communicate with clients and interpret design feedback.
• Stays current on creative software skills and trends.

Designing Knowledge/ Experience

• 2 to 5 years of design experience in a creative environment with both presentation and graphic
• Mastery of MS PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign is required. Background with SharePoint and MS Teams preferred.
• 90% of the time will be spent designing presentations, so mastery of PPT, Keynote, and Google Slides is essential, both off and online.
• Knowledge of the latest design/production tools, platforms, languages, and versions of applicable software programs of Photoshop and Illustrator is highly valued in this role.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to effectively collaborate with other designers and executives in different regions to provide creative solution recommendations.
• Versatile, self-motivated, well organized and pay close attention to details; able to effectively prioritize and deliver in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Understands the relationship between content, design, and technology.
• Proficiency at grasping new technical concepts quickly and utilizing them constructively.
• Proven ability to prioritize work to balance multiple projects and deadlines.
• Adobe Creative Suite (predominantly InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/ XD)
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft Office products
• Graphic design foundation and theory

Benefits

Benefits which make us unique

At EZ, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Egon Zehnder can mean for you!

Benefits Highlights:

5 Days working in a Fast-paced work environment

Work directly with the senior management team

Reward and Recognition

Employee friendly policies

Personal development and training

Health Benefits, Accident Insurance

Potential Growth for you!

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will be doing regular catchups with your Manager who will act as your career coach and guide you in your career goals and aspirations

Highlights: If you are looking to work in a team that would cater to your creative needs this is the best place to work.

EZ Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Egon Zehnder aims for a diverse workplace and strive to continuously lead with our firm values. We respect personal values of every individual irrespective of race, national or social origin, gender, religion, political or other opinion, disability, age and sexual orientation as warranted by basic rights enshrined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights. We believe diversity of our firm is central to the success and enables us to deliver better solutions for our clients. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment and supportive work environment, where everyone feels comfortable to be themselves and treated with dignity and respect and there is no unlawful discrimination related to employment, recruitment, training, promotion, or remuneration.

Egon Zehnder is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Egon Zehnder provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, citizenship status, age, national origin, disability, or any other legally protected status and to affirmatively seek to advance the principles of equal employment opportunity.