Associate Creative Director, Information Design

Job Description:

We are looking for a visual designer with typography and presentation deck design experience, and an ability to challenge the misnomer that PowerPoint is not for designers. You will report to a Creative Director. Please note that a digital portfolio is required.

If you swoon over publication design and relish long-form content that flexes your typography and design skills, love the challenge of creating visually engaging and easy to navigate marketing reports, pushing the creative limits in PowerPoint, transforming data tables into engaging visuals for analysts and CMOs alike, interpreting brand guidelines to create visual systems like layouts, color palettes, and other visual elements for a diverse set of brands, you're a great fit for this role. The Information Design studio lives within Merkle's Experience Design community and tasks similarly to an in-house creative team. We specialize in marketing communications and partner with subject matter experts across Merkle to improve our client business communications. Our common deliverables include consulting and trend reports, RFPs, concept pitches, KPI dashboards, data visualizations, infographics, and product marketing materials like case studies and capabilities.

Responsibilities

·     You will work across brand guidelines for both Merkle and our clients.

·     You will design presentations for our high-profile deliverables including concept pitches, consulting/trend reports, infographics, KPI visualizations/dashboards, and product marketing materials highlighting our capabilities and case studies.

·     You will collaborate and can be a strategic partner with teams including Sales, Strategy, Product, and Client Creative.

·     You will learn our business inside and out so you can be a strategic storyteller and brand steward for Merkle and our clients. The mission for the Info Design team is to help content creators make the complex simple, clear.

·     You will work with executives, subject matter experts and a variety of creative leaders to shape their content

·     You will take ownership of projects, establish direction, and help lead other creatives by providing feedback and support 

·     You will consult with creative leadership, and project partners, to achieve project goals.

·     You will communicate among peers, managers and partners, which include executive leadership.

·     You will manage direct reports.

·     You will be a tenured designer, collaborate to expand design and process best practices.

·     You will scope work, manage resources and timelines.

Qualifications

·     Minimum 10+ years relevant experience

·     Experience building top-notch design within PowerPoint, web, print, mobile, and social networks

·     Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator

·     Page layout and typography skills

·     Information design expert

·     Design and manage entire projects from concept to completion

·     In-house and B2B design experience

·     Experience leading other designers (mentor or direct report)

Additional Information

The anticipated salary range for this position is $94,000 - $152,375 annually. Actual salary will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and other benefits also are available. For more information about dentsu benefits, please visit dentsubenefitsplus.com

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Location:

USA - Remote - Illinois

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent