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We Are:
Innovation Growth Studios ethos -
We are a global Accenture capability made up of product mavericks, technology mavens, and growth hackers. Featuring product owners, designers and technologists alongside commercial and operational strategists, our multi-disciplinary pod helps clients find, capture, and defend their next great opportunity in weeks, not months.
Our ethos is to build in the real world and not in the proverbial corporate basement away from the ideation valley of death. We build, test, iterate, and scale with the only people who matter real customers.
Our team culture is very important to us. We believe in progress over process, meaning we are very proactive in getting things done, being resourceful, and facing challenges with a can-do attitude. We support one another and deliver to our clients with speed, while adhering to the highest standards of design quality.
You are:
A senior visual designer creates impactful graphics that are coherent and consistent, but at the same time impressively unique, based on visual fundamentals and theory of design. A senior visual designer should have fully technical skills over tools and methodologies applied to visual design projects, this role will help to lead other junior designers in the execution of projects. This senior role should co-work with the lead roles in the planning, execution, and follow-up of the projects, including coaching, client facing and delivery.
The Work
+ Collaborate in brainstorming sessions with the team and promotes team alignment.
+ Creates templates/style guides for client brands, through processes that encourage free thinking and creativity without boundaries.
+ Provides design direction, mentorship, and effective feedback to junior roles.
+ Collaborate with time estimations on design tasks.
+ Lead client presentations.
+ Communicates with client to discuss and finalize the design of grids and layouts.
+ Makes recommendations for improvements in reports, tools, processes and assigned tasks pertinent to the design capability.
+ Proactively identifies risks in the projects and propose possible solutions.
+ Establish, develop, and guides relationship with team members and stakeholders.
+ Proactively identify business opportunities within the vertical.
+ Justify design decisions eloquently and explain visual concepts from the visual language and creative rationale and pitch them to the team and stakeholders in an engaging and convincing manner.
+ Manage and organize the internal and external assets and deliverables repositories.
+ Proven design & layout skills, great eye for composition, color, typography, and detail oriented.
+ Working independently, keeping project timelines on track and showing process.
Scope & Complexity:
+ Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex design problems. May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures.
+ Requires understanding of the design projects set by creative leads and provide tactical support.
+ Primary upward interaction is with creative leads and peers. May interact with client and/or within Accenture.
+ Comfortable with ambiguity in a fluid organization.
Heres what you need:
Bachelor'sdegreeor equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience Minimum of 3 years experience in defining brand guidelines for clients in various industries Minimum of 3 experience in the following visual or graphic design tools;
+ Advanced knowledge in Adobe Creative Suite tools. (Required: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, XD and InDesign)
+ Experience designing for mobile platforms (iOS guidelines, Material Design and Responsive Web Design) and basic knowledge in UI/UX solutions
+ Experience in data visualization and infographics development, design and tables
Minimum of 3 years using Master Template best practices for PowerPoint (Design parameters and rules in composition, layout, typographic hierarchy, use of color palettes, image, object mask, etc.)
+ Vector-based import & export best practices
+ PowerPoint design tools proficiency
+ Sequence-based layouts and design to achieve optimal content-storytelling
+ Slide animation and transition expertise
+ Optimize assets and file weight
+ Online and remote workflow mastery for multiple file users
Bonus Points If: You have good written and oral communication skills You have a strong portfolio that demonstrates aesthetic & strategically creative solutions You are open-minded and demonstrate flexibility and optimism in adapting to change You have advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint You are a problem solver who thrives in a fast-paced environment You are able to determine how best to approach visual design regarding accessibility variables such as color, contrast, size, etc. You have familiarity with Agile work cycles, Waterfall and/or other methodologies
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