Senior Graphic Designer

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer to lead the strategic design of materials for global sales pursuits. You will collaborate with the UK and US design directors and global Sales teams, producing documents, infographics, and sophisticated PowerPoint presentations for high-stakes proposals.

You’ll work with a cross-functional team, aligning with brand guidelines, managing projects, and delivering on-time, on-brief creative solutions in a virtual-capable,

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ graphics experience, preferably in a corporate, highly-matrixed environment.
• Proven leadership in design, stakeholder management, and project management.
• High proficiency in MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, etc., and the Microsoft Office Suite is mandatory.
• Socialive and Descript experience a plus.
• Experience supporting end-to-end video management, including editing and motion graphics, is a plus.
• Strong design and page layout skills are required, along with the ability to create graphic elements from scratch utilizing the best application that will support effective updates.
• Exceptional communication skills to support professional exchanges in brainstorming sessions involving cross-functional and multi-level management teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in art or design/visual communications.

Responsibilities

• Brainstorming: Participates in and initiates client team discussion to help brainstorm key messages and provides thought leadership to the team to ensure message is easily conveyed.
• Design: Designs customized or JLL-branded deliverables per client’s needs that visually capture the message to be conveyed in documents and presentations.
• Quality: Work produced should be on brief, on time, on target to business objectives, and elevate JLL’s presence with innovative and high levels of design aesthetic.
• Video: Support video and motion graphic projects with innovative solutions, strong project management skills, technical prowess, and future-focused adaptation to new technologies and techniques.
• Presentations: Designs sophisticated PowerPoint presentations that incorporate builds, transitions, hyperlinking and animations when appropriate.
• Client Service: Provides exceptional client service, meets own deadlines, and works to proactively identify issues that impact time service commitments for the team.
• Management Collaboration: Interacts with department management and senior leadership effectively and proactively.
• Works in close partnership with members of pursuit teams, including Sales, Sales Enablement, and Solution Management/Sales Engineering, helping with creative strategy on deals and ensuring creative alignment with win themes.
• Innovation: Upholds and strives to innovate within brand standard guidelines and established operational procedures.
• Project Ownership: Takes on ownership and day-to-day project management of assigned work.

Skills

Graphic design

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Project management

PowerPoint

Adobe Creative Suite

InDesign

Photoshop

Video editing

Motion graphics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in art or design/visual communications

Tools

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Descript

Socialive

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Job Overview

Senior Graphic Designer is responsible for the strategic design of materials used across our global sales pursuits, directly impacting revenue opportunities for a Fortune 200 company. Working alongside our Graphic Design Directors in the UK and US and global Sales Teams, this role requires skills in art direction, stakeholder management, and strategic communications, with an emphasis on designing documents, infographics, sophisticated PowerPoint presentations, and proposal material. The Senior Graphic Designer will partner with global Sales and Pursuit team members in a virtual capacity, and must be comfortable with virtual working arrangements. They will work side-by-side with our global design team, taking design direction from our Global Design Directors and maintaining close, day-to-day communication with clients and team to ensure creative alignment on projects, and adherence to best practices.

The Senior Graphic Designer must seek to understand business objectives, including strategy, audience, and key themes behind more complex design projects, and provide appropriate solutions and production support throughout the project lifecycle. This position requires individual to work with a variety of team contributors including graphic designers, graphics coordinators and various levels of management. Additional responsibilities will be assigned for specific areas depending on the person’s expertise and career development goals.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Brainstorming: Participates in and initiates client team discussion to help brainstorm key messages and provides thought leadership to the team to ensure message is easily conveyed.
• Design: Designs customized or JLL-branded deliverables per client’s needs that visually capture the message to be conveyed in documents and presentations.
• Quality: Work produced should be on brief, on time, on target to business objectives, and elevate JLL’s presence with innovative and high levels of design aesthetic.
• Video: Support video and motion graphic projects with innovative solutions, strong project management skills, technical prowess, and future-focused adaptation to new technologies and techniques.
• Presentations: Designs sophisticated PowerPoint presentations that incorporate builds, transitions, hyperlinking and animations when appropriate.
• Client Service: Provides exceptional client service, meets own deadlines, and works to proactively identify issues that impact time service commitments for the team.
• Management Collaboration: Interacts with department management and senior leadership effectively and proactively.
• Works in close partnership with members of pursuit teams, including Sales, Sales Enablement, and Solution Management/Sales Engineering, helping with creative strategy on deals and ensuring creative alignment with win themes.
• Innovation: Upholds and strives to innovate within brand standard guidelines and established operational procedures.
• Project Ownership: Takes on ownership and day-to-day project management of assigned work.

Performance Objectives

Performance Objectives The Senior Graphic Designer should be able to understand the objective and target audience of the projects, and should be able to independently manage creative ideation and design production using the brand guidelines, design input, and with minimal art direction. S/He is expected to deliver original ideas which meet the project brief.

Qualifications

• 6+ years’ prior graphics experience, preferably in a corporate, highly-matrixed environment
• Proven leadership in design, stakeholder management, and project management
• High proficiency in MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including InDesign, Photoshop, etc., and the Microsoft Office Suite is mandatory
• Socialive and Descript experience a plus
• Experience supporting end-to-end video management, including editing and motion graphics, is a plus
• Strong design and page layout skills are required, along with the ability to create graphic elements from scratch utilizing the best application that will support effective updates
• Exceptional communication skills to support professional exchanges in brainstorming sessions involving cross-functional and multi-level management teams
• Works effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and consistently demonstrates a high level of organizational skill and customer service
• Bachelor’s degree in art or design/visual communications
• Digital design/graphics experience from a professional organization

Location

On-site – Warsaw, POL

Equal Opportunity

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities.

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Company Overview

Jones Lang LaSalle (“JLL”) is a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company. For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with operations in over 80 countries around the world, our employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.