Senior Designer, Corporate Communications

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 420,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants seeks a Senior Designer to serve as the Institute's sole in-house designer and brand guardian. You will conceive, art-direct and produce high-quality visuals translating the Institute's positioning and thought leadership into compelling output across print, digital, social and video channels.

Acting as custodian of the brand identity, you will maintain guidelines, templates and asset libraries, and coach colleagues on proper brand

Qualifications

• Degree or higher diploma in Design, Visual Communication, Digital Media, Multimedia or related disciplines
• Minimum of 8 years' relevant design experience, preferably including lead/sole in-house designer or senior designer in a creative agency
• Strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity, publication design, campaigns and digital/social creative
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro/After Effects) and Canva
• Bilingual typographic sensibility in English and Traditional Chinese; good command of English and Chinese

Responsibilities

• Act as custodian of the Institute's corporate visual identity, ensuring consistent brand application
• Maintain, refresh and enforce brand guidelines, templates and asset libraries
• Advise and coach colleagues on correct brand application as in-house design adviser
• Create scalable template systems for routine departmental requests
• Develop original concepts and provide art direction for brand positioning
• Hands-on creator and art director for brand assets, logos and marketing collateral
• Transform technical information into data visualizations, infographics and publication layouts
• Maintain photo, video and digital asset library with licensing and version control
• Create basic motion graphics and short-form video edits for corporate videos and events
• Familiar with video production, from storyboarding to post-production
• Brief and manage external studios and creatives to supplement in-house capacity
• Ensure vendor output meets quality, brand alignment, and timelines; approve proofs

Skills

Brand identity

Art direction

Infographics design

Motion graphics

Bilingual English/Chinese

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Cloud

Canva

Job description

Senior Designer, Corporate Communications

To serve as the Institute's sole in-house designer and brand guardian, personally conceiving, art-directing and producing high-quality visual communications that translate the Institute's positioning, messages, thought leadership, and diverse membership related activities into compelling and consistent output across print, digital, social and video channels.

Role and Responsibilities

Act as custodian of the Institute's corporate visual identity, ensuring consistent and disciplined application of brand guidelines, typography, colour, imagery and visual tone across all internal and external touchpoints

Maintain, refresh and enforce brand and design guidelines, templates and asset libraries; advise and coach colleagues across divisions on correct brand application, acting as the Institute's in-house design adviser

Create scalable template systems to streamline routine departmental requests

Develop original creative concepts and provide art direction that differentiate the Institute and reinforce its professional image and thought leadership positioning

Act as the hands-on creator and art director for the Institute's diverse visual outputs—ranging from core brand assets, logos, and marketing collaterals (such as member seminars, corporate events, regulatory updates etc.)

Transform technical information into structured data visualizations, infographics, and professional publication layouts.

Maintain the Institute's photo, video and digital asset library, including image licensing, usage rights, file management and version control

Create basic motion graphics, animated infographics and short-form video edits for corporate videos, event highlights and member/student campaigns

Familiar with video production, from storyboarding to creative concept, the whole pre and post production video production cycle.

Brief and manage external design studios, illustrators, photographers, videographers, printers, publishers and other creative service providers, and freelance support engaged to supplement in-house capacity

Ensure vendor output meets quality standards, brand alignment, cost effectiveness and agreed timelines; approve artwork and production proofs on the Institute's behalf

Qualifications and Required Attributes

Degree or higher diploma in Design, Visual Communication, Digital Media, Multimedia or related disciplines

Minimum of 8 years' relevant design experience, preferably including experience as a lead or sole in-house designer, or as a senior/mid-weight designer in a creative agency; experience in professional bodies, financial institutions, statutory/public organisations or in-house brand teams is a strong advantage

Strong portfolio demonstrating brand identity work, publication/editorial design, integrated channel campaigns, and digital and social creative

Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro/After Effects) and Canva

Demonstrated capability in motion graphics and video editing

Hands-on experience with AI design software and tools to enhance creative workflows and asset generation.

Strong bilingual typographic sensibility in English and Traditional Chinese (with an acute eye for cross-lingual layout rhythm, font pairing); good command of written and spoken English and Chinese, and knowledge of Putonghua

Able to work independently with minimal supervision, self-manage multiple concurrent projects and tight deadlines

Responsible, self-motivated, well-organised and highly detail-oriented, with strong ownership of quality and accuracy

Proactive team player with a positive attitude, strong interpersonal, communication and stakeholder-management skills, and the ability to present and defend creative rationale to senior management and internal stakeholders

Resourceful, results-driven and adaptable to new challenges;

Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Chinese word processing and related applications

The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants is recognized globally as the pre-eminent body of top-tier accountants that leads and serves businesses and the public interest of Hong Kong. At the Institute, we say a CPA is a "success ingredient" in a career, in the business world, and in society as a whole. In building a strong accounting profession, the Institute helps to establish and continuously enhance Hong Kong's reputation as a world-class financial centre.

We are inviting high calibre professional to join us.