Intructional Designer - IT

Degree or Diploma in Graphic Design/Visual Communications

The Sr. Designer is responsible for creation of visual branding and graphic designs that are used throughout large deal client pursuit lifecycle. This includes customized pursuit visual branding, and graphic design of artifacts that support effective visualization of the key messages in deliverables, such as executive summaries, key proposal documents, client presentations, and other client-facing artifacts, during the various stages of the pursuit lifecycle (proposal submission, orals, site visit, etc.). The Sr. Designer will partner with a writer from the strategic large deals group, and collaborate with global client facing and delivery leads within all business segments and across multiple geographies.

Locations

Global: India - Bangalore, Pune, Indore

Responsibilities

- Work together with a writing partner and collaborate with client facing teams and delivery to develop visual branding and graphic visualizations for pursuit artifacts

- Proactively participate in discussions and brainstorming with the Corporate Design writer and pursuit team to create graphic visualizations that communicate key messages, differentiation and value proposition

- Manage multiple concurrent pursuit assignments, establishing connects with relevant internal stakeholders such as client facing teams, sales, delivery, VLDN, and adhering to defined timelines to produce high-quality deliverables

- Design visual identities for large deal pursuits

- Create and enhance visual graphics in the proposal, orals decks, site visits

- Design posters, booklets, handouts, PPT decks and animated PPTs for client meetings

- Create reusable templates and sample artifacts as assigned

- Bring new innovative approaches to graphic visualizations from experience, research on creative design trends

Requirements

- Must be able to listen and articulate creative ideas with teams

- Ability to understand the client and/or end-user point of view and values in globally and regionally (e.g. US, Europe, etc.)

- Possess and apply excellent visualization and creative thinking skills; customize the graphic design to client business

- Work independently, iteratively and persistently to manage projects in a dynamic environment

- Collaborate well in teams while maintaining ownership and accountability for one's own work during all phases of a pursuit lifecycle (RFP, Orals, Client Meetings, Site Visits, DD, BAFO)

- Possess a strong sense of urgency and attention to detail; be able to prioritize assignments to meet deadlines with the highest quality.

- Work effectively with global, virtual teams in a very fast-paced environment, juggling multiple projects simultaneously

- Hands-on expertise in working with digital and print artifacts

- Keen eye for creativity and details and bring to bear any cutting edge technologies for design creation

- Possess problem-solving capabilities - analyzing information and presenting the best graphic solution to create a positive client experience; research the client company understand and connect to the client pursuit

Competencies

- Ability to work effectively with diverse sales and delivery teams virtually on a global level

- Project management skills to effectively manage deliverables to strict deadlines

- Ability to articulate ideas and convert into effective visual designs communicating the essence of a technical process, timeline, differentiators, etc.

- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills; ability to articulate a design in brainstorming sessions; help non-creative stakeholders visualize ideas more concretely

- Proficiency in using computer software (Adobe tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash and MS Office tools like Power point and Word, 3-D Software, Wacom) to design visual design elements

- Expertise in using Word, PowerPoint and Excel for the creation of pursuit documents and tools/templates

- Must be well versed in drawing and design skills

- Ability to research company backgrounds and understand and connect the research to the client pursuit; general understanding of IT/BPO sourcing and delivery models

- Expertise in creating hand-drawn paintings, digital artifacts or online content

- Flexibility to take on new projects as assigned

- Experience in visual design related to creating pursuit collateral for RFPs, orals presentations, CXO meetings, etc. (a plus)