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The opportunity
EY's Markets Enablement team is seeking a Creative Design Senior Specialist. This role is pivotal in enhancing our strategic deals with innovative visuals and design strategies. The role reports to the Area Deal Lead and is expected to serve as a beacon of pursuit excellence, bringing vast knowledge, tools, and resources from across the firm and their own professional experience to proactively deliver creative design assets progressing the pursuit towards a winning outcome.
This role supports the firm's most high-value, strategic deals across the following scope of responsibilities:
- Developing leading practice pursuit design, driving process consistency, and identifying synergies in collateral development.
- Develop and communicate complex ideas, solutions, and value propositions through compelling visual, cohesive, and persuasive narratives that resonate with clients and effectively convey the team's strategic.
- Collaborate and stretch team's thinking to integrate design elements seamlessly into proposals and materials, incorporating user-centered design principles, ensuring that the design not only is professional and visually appealing but also enhances the overall user experience and engagement approach.
- Ensure design work across all design assets remains consistent with the company's branding identity, while also tailoring visuals to resonate with the specific needs and preferences of client or industry.
- Infuse current design and industry trends, design techniques, and emerging technologies to bring fresh and innovative design ideas, enhancing the overall quality and impact of presentations and materials.
- Focus on the Quality and Risk Management of their work and resource management of opportunities by leveraging their pool of offshore designers.
- Responsible for the performance and resource management of a team of pursuit designers (both onshore and offshore) and for elevating team building, mentorship and inspire team members on their work and performance.
- Conceive and deliver strategic design initiatives that have a significant impact on the firm's ability to win more, win bigger and win better.
Your key responsibilities
Some or all of the below accountabilities will be applicable depending on the scope of the role:
- Responsible for the developing the visual design strategy that supports our win strategy and the client's requirements using a variety of design tools and software.
- Contributes to overall win strategy by developing innovative visuals, presentations, graphics, and packaging methods which resonate with the client's business issues, culture, industry and market position.
- Conducts client, service line/solution and sector research to develop a creative strategy that is tailored for the pursuits.
- Produces design comparable based on above research to give the team optionality in the creative strategy.
- Attends and contributes to pursuit strategy calls throughout the pursuit process to enhance knowledge of client and offering to further tailor the creative strategy and to proactively offer ideas for design solutions and innovation.
- Pitches and influences the pursuit team on creative strategy, including determining any budgetary needs and obtaining approval as applicable/necessary.
- Focus on the Quality and Risk Management of their work and resource management of opportunities by leveraging their pool of offshore designers.
- Responsible for the performance and resource management of a team of pursuit designers (both onshore and offshore) and for elevating team building, mentorship and inspire team members on their work and performance.
- Conceive and deliver strategic design initiatives that have a significant impact on the firm's ability to win more, win bigger and win better.
Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for the role you must have
- University/Bachelor/Technical degree or equivalent work experience required.
- 15+ years of Graphic Design/Communications / Pursuits Strategy experience.
- Previous experience of managing teams/communities.
- Cross-border experience gained working in a large global organization.
- Strong understanding of Deal Activation or new business pitches.
- Proven ability to influence and build collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
Ideally, you'll also have
- Experience in a professional services environment is highly advantageous.
- Understanding of Business Development, Pursuit Management or new business pitches.
- Design-related accreditations (e.g., Adobe Certified).
- Demonstrates executive presence and influence with senior firm stakeholders.
- Self-motivated, resourceful, and able to work from own initiative with limited supervision.
What we look for
We're interested in creative and strategic thinkers who are ready to make an impact. Candidates should be flexible with work hours and open to moderate travel, ready to contribute to our culture of excellence and innovation.
What we offer
- Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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