Graphic Design Specialist

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a talented individual to join its Creative Services team in London. This hybrid role involves providing desktop publishing support, creating high-quality marketing collateral, and collaborating with clients and the Creative Director. You'll leverage your expertise in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite to enhance presentations and documents while managing multiple projects under tight deadlines. The dynamic environment offers a variety of tasks, ensuring no two days are the same. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and enjoy creative challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive leadership

Vibrant and inclusive culture

Career opportunities

Benefits and rewards

Qualifications

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and Adobe CC.
• Experience in corporate design and document preparation.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide desktop publishing support to deal executives.
• Create and improve PowerPoint and Word templates.
• Assist with general MS Office requests and template troubleshooting.

Skills

Microsoft Office PowerPoint

Microsoft Office Word

Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Job description

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We are seeking a talented individual to join our Creative Services team at Marsh. This role will be based in London. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Reporting to the Creative Director, you will provide desktop publishing support to the deal executives and be responsible for the production of high quality marketing collateral. You'll combine your high level of proficiency in MS Office with a creative approach to content layout and template design. Contributing to high profile transactions, you will be flexible and resilient while working within tight timeframes.

A role in the Creative Services team will expose you to a fast paced environment with a good level of variety. Working with the Creative Director and clients you will ascertain scope of work/objectives, agreeing deliverables and time frames. Engagement with clients is constant. You will lead your own projects and receive exposure to all sector teams.

We will count on you to:

Bid submissions and presentations

• Working alongside the Creative Director and clients you will ascertain scope of work/objectives, agreeing deliverables and time frames
• Creating new PowerPoint and Word templates for client presentations
• Working on improving layout of presentations and placemats as per guidelines, suggesting improvements and designing alternate layouts/charts/diagrams
• Providing advanced formatting support for PowerPoint and Word documents and Excel charting, including redesigning slides in PowerPoint
• Tailoring pitch materials to specific client requirements or to convey key messages
• Having custody of key documents through the editing/review/proofing stages
• Layout copy, tables and graphs of final bid submission documents
• Sourcing imagery, developing and researching concepts, designing or working with existing layout templates, developing concepts and submitting for client approval
• Overseeing final production of bid submission documents where required, including liaising with printers and other suppliers
• Creating final PDF submission by consolidating various documents/components (covers, dividers and attachments etc)
• Other layout/design requests as required which may include development and production of flyers, brochures, advertisements and fact sheets
• Embedding video/audio/Flash components as required

Other duties

• Assisting the team with general presentation requests, updating business materials and resources
• Assisting with general MS Office requests and template/document troubleshooting
• Image searching using photo libraries as required
• Concept development and template development
• Liaising with printers and other suppliers for final production of printed materials
• Upholding corporate branding to ensure consistency with style guide
• Updating job tracking systems and maintaining a high standard of procedural work practices

What you need to have:

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Word, intermediate Excel
• Working knowledge of Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Experience designing, developing and using templates
• Excellent organisational skills, the ability to work efficiently under pressure and multi-task to meet deadlines
• Exceptional attention to detail with a focus on quality and consistency
• Proven ability to work as part of a team and build relationships with internal clients and colleagues
• Excellent eye for layout and design essential
• Relevant experience working in a corporate in-house design/presentation/document preparation environment
• Adept at problem solving and a quick learner
• Preference for working in a fast paced environment

What makes you stand out?

• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Word, intermediate Excel
• Working knowledge of Adobe CC (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign) and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Experience designing, developing and using templates
• Excellent organisational skills, the ability to work efficiently under pressure and multi-task to meet deadlines

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

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Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is the world’s top insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.