Graphic Designer (Multimedia)

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,400+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 10 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

Role Overview

The Graphic Designer (Multimedia) will serve as the design lead within the marketing organization — responsible for elevating how the firm shows up visually across digital, experiential, print collateral, and presentation-based channels. This role is for a highly skilled, self-directed designer with strong aesthetic judgment and technical versatility.

You will own projects and partner with marketing colleagues from concept through execution, translating business objectives and messaging into compelling visual systems, motion assets, video content, and branded materials. You will ensure the brand is expressed clearly, cohesively, and impactfully across all touchpoints.

Success in this role means the firm’s visual presence feels polished, premium, differentiated, and dynamic — across static, motion, and digital formats.

This position must be based in our NYC office and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days per week.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You’ll Do:

Brand & Visual Identity Stewardship

• Apply and uphold brand standards across all marketing and firm materials
• Ensure consistency in typography, color, layout, motion, and visual hierarchy
• Evolve and refine brand guidelines and scalable design systems
• Own asset organization standards, including naming conventions, versioning, and template governance; maintain organized design libraries, templates, and shared brand assets

Design & Asset Creation

• Design high-quality marketing assets across formats, including: digital and website assets; social media creative; business development and pitch materials; thought leadership layouts and white paper design; event materials and promotional assets
• Create and refine PowerPoint templates and presentation materials with strong visual storytelling
• Design and support website visuals, landing pages, and digital components in partnership with Marketing and Technology teams
• Prepare files for digital publishing and print production
• Balance speed, quality, and strategic clarity across all outputs

Motion Graphics, Video & Multimedia

• Create motion graphics, animated infographics, and GIFs for digital and social channels
• Shoot and edit short-form video content for marketing initiatives and internal communications
• Execute light post-production, including editing, color correction, and formatting
• Ensure motion and video assets align with brand standards and visual identity
• Shoot professional headshots
• Plan and coordinate production needs with photographers including shot lists, schedules, and coordination

Creative Ownership & Execution

• Own creative work from concept through final delivery — including ideation, design, revision, and production
• Translate stakeholder needs into thoughtful, high-impact visual solutions
• Present design concepts clearly and confidently, incorporating feedback constructively
• Create internal enablement materials (e.g., instructions, how-to decks, reusable templates) to improve creative consistency and speed
• Work directly with vendors for production and printing
• Manage multiple creative projects simultaneously while maintaining quality and attention to detail

You Have:

• 4+ years of experience in graphic design, visual design, or a related creative role
• Strong portfolio demonstrating range across brand, digital, motion, video, and presentation work
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop)
• Experience with motion tools (After Effects or similar) and video editing software (Premiere Pro or similar)
• Strong PowerPoint design capability
• Familiarity with Figma, Canva, or other digital design tools preferred
• Demonstrated use of AI tools to enhance creative workflows, efficiency, or output quality
• Strong understanding of layout, typography, color theory, and visual systems
• Disciplined file management and version control practices; highly organized in everything you do down to the last detail
• Proven experience as a self-starter, with the ability to own projects end-to-end with minimal oversight, while also being a strong collaborator and creative partner to teammates

You Are:

• Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth
• Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
• Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, particularly within the office of the CFO
• Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture
• Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)
• A self-starter with a strong work ethic
• Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization
• Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
• A team player, able to work with team members across all levels
• Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work
• A leader of others; you lead by example

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $100,000 to $120,000 USD + benefits + bonus. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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