Graphic Designer [207737]

Aquent; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Chicago is seeking a Graphic Designer (Presentation Designer) to create presentations and infographics. The position requires 2 days onsite work weekly in a hybrid model. Candidates should have at least 2 years of experience, strong skills in PowerPoint and Adobe Suite, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment. This is a full-time role with hourly pay, and candidates from ad agencies or similar backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a Presentation Designer or in a similar role.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and experience with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Ability to design professional and aesthetically pleasing layouts.
• Experience designing infographics, charts, and graphs.
• Ability to work independently or in a team and adapt to a diverse group.
• Strong communication and deadline management.
• Maintain brand identity across documents.
• Must be onsite 2x per week in Chicago Loop.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute PowerPoint presentations for clients.
• Create charts, infographics, and other visual content.
• Perform photo retouching and logo creation.
• Create client-branded PowerPoint templates.
• Apply design principles to create visually appealing presentations.
• Photo re-touching and manipulation.
• Logo creation, recreation, or vectorization.
• Design detailed maps and complex graphics.
• Format Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.
• Handle other presentation design tasks as needed.

Skills

Presentation Design

Infographics Design

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft PowerPoint

Photoshop

InDesign

Illustrator

Infographics design

Layout & typography

Team collaboration

Creative thinking

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Job description

Position Overview

Financial Services company in Chicago is hiring a Graphic Designer (Presentation Designer) in a full time capacity. In this role you will work closely with bankers and executives to design and execute presentations, charts, infographics, multi-page documents, and more. This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days onsite per week (Chicago Loop). The ideal candidate is personable and must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Benefits & Compensation

IMPORTANT: This is a non‑exempt, full‑time (direct hire) opportunity with benefits. Pay is hourly and based on a salary. As this is a full‑time role, there is no end date.

Ideal Candidate

Candidates with ad agency, financial services, real estate, or similar background are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute PowerPoint pitch books and client presentations
• Apply and update client templates to presentations with consistency and technical formatting
• Create company branded and client charts, graphs, tables, icons and other infographics
• Create fully functional client‑branded PowerPoint templates
• Implementation of design principles; such as layout, alignment, color theory, typography, and visual hierarchy to create visually appealing and effective presentations
• Perform photo re‑touching and photo manipulation
• Perform Logo creation, recreation or vectorization
• Design or recreate highly detailed and complex maps
• Design print collateral (invitations, signage, and banners)
• Format Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents
• Other similar presentation design or document formatting requests

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience as a Presentation Designer or similar capacity designing and editing documents, spreadsheets and presentations
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel (non‑technical), and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Strong knowledge and experience designing infographics, charts, tables and graphs
• Ability to work independently on a project or collaboratively as a team player and able to integrate with a diverse team with varying opinions and ideas
• Ability to take ideas and think creatively to make professional, aesthetically pleasing layouts while maintaining company identity standards
• Ability to work with a job ticketing system, work well under pressure and make quick sound decisions
• Professional written and verbal communications skills
• Flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within tight deadlines
• Research skills – know the places to look and manage time spent efficiently
• Strong aptitude to acclimatize and learn quickly

Client Description

Financial Services

Other Requirements

MUST be able to work onsite 2x per week in Chicago Loop.
MUST be ok working as a designer in a PC environment.