About the role
At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
The opportunity
EY GDS Creative Center of Excellence (CoE) is an inhouse agency that helps EY teams build a better working world by delivering high-impact, high-quality and on–brand creative solutions. People in the CoE help create experiences that are not just creatively inspiring, but also strategically precise and deeply human — across multiple media platforms.
As a Senior Associate — Senior Graphic Design, you ideate and deliver best-in-class creatives that intrinsically align with the EY brand and business objectives. You liaise with workflow coordinators, art director, and content teams to render creative concepts strategically and tactically into effective collaterals (MS-based applications, print and interactive collaterals). Your primary work involves creating design solutions for impactful proposals, illustrations, layouts and enhanced user experiences, across multiple streams. You have an astute understanding of design principles and highly refined sense of aesthetics. So, you comfortably work within the brand specifications, yet push the boundaries to deliver compelling and inspiring creative solutions to customers.
Your key responsibilities
Conceptualize and design branding materials, such as brochures, placemats, illustrations, layouts, infographics, on-screen presentations, proposals and social media collaterals
Adhere to EY brand guidelines, meet and exceed defined expectations in terms of aesthetics, quality, turnaround time and efficiency
Familiar with the latest design trends and advocate the same to team members and customers
Mentor junior team members on best design practices
Prioritize deadlines and effectively manage multiple creative projects parallelly
Communicate effectively with customers while understanding design briefs and sharing ideas
Provide unique and innovative design solutions to customers and convince them to make the right design choices
Take ownership and work as a design consultant independently
Be responsive to customers on calls and emails
Be a part and contribute towards various organizational initiatives
Skills and attributes for success
A user-centric mindset with creative, innovative, and analytical approach
Working knowledge of creating infographics and data visualization techniques
Flawless typography skills and keen sense of balance and intuition when it comes to layout
Excellent communication (comprehension, verbal and written) and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and persuade
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to interact effectively and positively in a fast-paced environment
Understanding of current and future visual trends
Aptitude for art direction
To qualify for the role, you must have
Bachelor's degree or college diploma (preferably in Graphic Design or related discipline)*
Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign and Adobe Document Cloud (Interactive Media)
Strong visual design capability
5+ years of relevant experience
Ideally, you'll also have
Preferable knowledge of Adobe After effects, Premier Pro and motion graphics skills
Team management experience
About the company
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.
Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.
Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.