As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with big ambitions we have a clear goal to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally. This vision touches everything we do, motivating and inspiring us to become better every day. If you are looking for a firm where you can build a future and make an impact, then RSM is the place for you. A unique opportunity for a Presentation Designer with PowerPoint skills to join our busy in-house design team. You will be responsible for bringing our brand to life with your exceptional creative skills through our digital platforms, print media and PowerPoint presentations. Background This is an exciting time to join the firm, and the design team. The Presentation Designer will be actively supporting the development and growth trajectory of the firm, and supporting the creative function as the team develops to support the firm’s business needs. The design team has set out an exciting strategy to deliver the vision of the firm and bring sophistication and quality to all our creative thinking, design development and project activation. Positioning the firm as a leader in every aspect of middle market business advisory. To support in the delivery of this strategy, we are expanding the current team of ten to include this role. In this role you will be supporting the Head of Design and a team of highly skilled, experienced designers, including animators and videographers. Your main area of focus will be creating dynamic PowerPoint presentations and creating assets for these through use of Adobe Creative Cloud software applications. As the successful candidate you will be able to keep a cool head as you embed your creativity on projects within the framework of our RSM brand. You will have the opportunity to develop your skillset, managing a suite of presentations as well as your communication skills when proactively managing multiple stakeholders. You will have skills and experience in working collaboratively with other designers, whilst managing multiple projects, and key stakeholders. You will work closely with our national leadership team on developing cutting edge PowerPoint presentations from start to finish. You will play an integral role in the wider Brand and Communications team, supporting our Digital, PR, Internal Comms, Brand and Content teams. You will be supporting RSM’s global vision to be the adviser of choice to middle market business leaders. Internally, collaboration with peers and stakeholders will be key to delivering excellence, with a single clarifying thought which guides all our decisions, behaviours, values, and actions, ‘The Power of Being Understood’. This is a role where you need to be highly motivated, inquisitive, adaptable and an excellent communicator, with the confidence to challenge the status quo and bring the outside in. You will also have a strong desire to understand the bigger picture, with the ability and confidence to ask the questions to tell our brand story through your design work. Job Description Reporting to our Senior Design Executive and working closely with brand, communications, and our people teams, you will coordinate a wide variety of design projects across the business and deliver within the framework of the global visual identity system. This is a varied role and you will have developed great skills already in managing projects across numerous stakeholders, with strong communication skills to proactively keep everything on track. Responsibilities The main responsibility of this role is creating bespoke PowerPoint presentations and templates; You will also have the opportunity to create and implement design concepts for other platforms including our website, social media, digital and printed assets; Work within the global brand guidelines to create visual elements, illustrations, charts and infographics which effectively communicate our key messages; Design visually engaging templates and assets for CREATE, our Microsoft add-on which is used by the wider business to produce high quality and on-brand collateral in PowerPoint, Word and Excel; Collaborate on multiple projects of varying complexities, meeting the deadlines and supporting team members; Work alongside multi-disciplinary teams to ensure solutions meet with our strategic marketing and design objectives and help to support best practice across all visual and designed collateral. What We Are Looking For You are self-motivated, goal oriented, have strong creative judgement and a great communicator; With a solid understanding of digital creative marketing and the ability to adapt across different channels, optimising for a mobile audience where necessary; As a great communicator you can articulate and effectively present your ideas to all levels in the business; You have the skills to manage multiple projects and priorities, collaborate and manage deadlines and the ability to organise your work within a design job booking process; Able to work to tight deadlines and manage key stakeholders accordingly; Excellent layout skills across digital and printed collateral, web/digital interfaces especially PowerPoint presentations; Importantly you are a design pioneer, curious and not afraid to take risks, with a keen eye for detail, and a passion for keeping on top of industry trends to keep us ahead of our competition. What Experience You Need At least 2 years’ industry experience with a focus on presentation design. A strong portfolio demonstrating a wide range of design and PowerPoint skills and awareness of industry trends. You are a great communicator with the ability to manage stakeholders and bring their vision to life by storytelling through expert PowerPoint layouts with an appropriate use of animation. Previous experience working with visual identity systems and global brand guidelines. An understanding of modern digital techniques, including web, social and template design. Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office with a focus on PowerPoint. Good working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator is beneficial. An understanding of (CC) Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe XD is a plus. An understanding of designing for social platforms (Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram). Proven experience creating high-quality visual designs and thinking conceptually. Diversity and Inclusion at RSM At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That's why we're working together to ensure our firm's principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.