Presentation Specialist

About Ninety One:

Ninety One is an independent, active global asset manager dedicated to delivering compelling outcomes for its clients, managing R3.08 trillion in assets (as at 31.12.24).

Established in South Africa in 1991, as Investec Asset Management, the firm started offering domestic investments in an emerging market. In 2020, almost three decades of organic growth later, the firm demerged from Investec Group and became Ninety One. Today the firm offers distinctive active strategies across equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives to institutions, advisors and individual investors around the world.

About the team

As part of the busy global Marketing team within Ninety One, the presentations specialists within Creative Services help develop a wide selection of marketing collateral for the firm. Our presentations team work closely with key business stakeholders to produce stunning marketing material, bringing creativity, accuracy and professionalism to expressing the Ninety One brand, alongside a keen sense of commercial awareness.

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for updating master presentations, pitch books, reportbacks, webinars, webcasts and roadshows and providing ad hoc PowerPoint assistance; ongoing creation, formatting, maintenance and updating of content for Institutional, Advisor, Investment Platform and Private Clients in SA as well as Namibia and Botswana.
• As a representative and guardian of our corporate style, work with our Brand team to ensure corporate style is effectively represented in all material.
• Developing new slides from drafts / briefs, converting content into our branded PowerPoint templates and working with the slide masters to ensure appropriate, high quality formatting for onscreen and printed use.
• Prepare charts from excel and tables, working with the Investment and Performance teams to source data and produce financial documentation which is fully accurate at all times.
• Take ownership of monthly / quarterly updates of recurring pieces of Marketing collateral, updating data points and working with stakeholders to refresh content.
• Actioning jobs that come in via the team inbox, to ensure timely delivery to the sales teams

You should consider applying if you have:

• Expert PowerPoint skills, with experience working with slide masters in branded templates
• Broad MS Office knowledge across Excel and Word
• Experience of formatting documents to corporate style
• Ability to stay calm under pressure, comfortable working to tight deadlines and confident asking questions
• Strong communication and relationship skills, diligence and a high attention to detail
• Bachelor’s degree / related qualification
• 2-5 years’ experience (financial services preferred)

Some of the attributes we look for in a person

• The ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships
• A client focused and collaborative approach
• High conviction and be comfortable sharing opinions
• Ability to analyse, interpret and assimilate information