Title: Visual Designer
Location: Hybrid in Mettawa, IL
Pay Rate: $34-37/hr depending on experience
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Planet Technology is seeking a Visual Designer to join one of our well-known global pharmaceutical clients.
Visual Designer Responsibilities:
• Create and update content-heavy PowerPoint presentations on PC and Mac.
• Interpret complex information and concepts and translate them into easy-to-understand graphs, charts, and infographics.
• Familiar with Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator to edit, resize, and enhance images and artwork for use within PowerPoint.
• Use Acrobat to apply annotations from editors and clients.
• Create digital and print materials: infographics, trade show graphics and engagements, journal ads, banner ads, user interfaces, emails, websites, interactive PDFs, and more.
• Work side by side with creative managers, writers, and account managers to complete presentations.
• Communicate with creative and project teams and drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment.
• Willing to take instruction and adapt to established formatting guidelines; ability to add creative value when needed.
• Perform photo and vector searches on stock websites and internal databases.
• Work overtime on-site when needed to complete time-sensitive projects.
• Conceptualize and execute materials that meet brand standards.
• Develop creative solutions within the confines of FDA regulations.
Visual Designer Qualifications:
• Education + experience: Bachelor’s degree in design or related discipline; 2+ years of experience working in a creative agency environment.
• Technical skills: Proficiency in PowerPoint; knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; fluency in both PC and Mac environments; maintain awareness of current design trends and new techniques and technology.
• Soft skills: High degree of organizational skill and initiative to drive projects to completion in a fast-paced environment; ability to absorb and respond to constructive feedback from clients and creative management; ability to turn projects around quickly as well as good problem-solving and presentation skills.
• Resume: Tailored resume that highlights skills and experience relevant to this role.
• Portfolio: Portfolio must include a variety of dynamic PowerPoint presentations that showcase slide transitions, animated elements, video, data visualization, and good typography. Present other brand/design work for digital materials: infographics, banner ads, emails, and interactive PDFs.
• Working files: Bring working PowerPoint files and other creative digital work to on-site interviews and be prepared to walk us through your creative thinking and problem-solving solutions.
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Keynote, Staffbase, Knak, and XD (nice-to-have).
