Internal Firm Services
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
IFS - Clients & Markets
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career in Sales and Marketing will provide you with the opportunity to focus on positioning a distinctive PwC brand in the marketplace and drive long term revenue growth for the Firm. Youll focus on designing, developing, and implementing communication programmes and media events to promote and sell the PwCs brand and services as well as contribute to and evaluating our pricing strategies in the marketplace.
Our Design and Innovation team works to develop a positive visual representation of the PwC brand. As part of our team, youll be helping the team with brand messaging, creative and strategic design, and innovative design compliance that aligns with the PwC brand.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
- Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
- Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
- Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
- Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
- Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
- Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
- Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
- Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
- Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Working in the Design Support Shared Services Centre, you will work on multiple projects from the creation of concepts and production of visual marketing collateral.
In this role, you will be part of a blended cross-functional team and tackle all aspects of the design process, help to lead client engagements and guide other members of the design team. Moving from insights to ideas, you will creatively solve problems, threading design and business thinking together to deliver innovative and thoughtful solutions.
The senior designers solve complex customer and business problems on multiple projects through their skills.
You will take ownership of the standards in their discipline and collaborate with other designers to define and govern those standards.
Role Description
- Work on projects from start to finish working collaboratively across teams on ideation, asset creation and implementation.
- The creation and design of brochures, invites, newsletters, proposals and digital designs amongst others.
- Comprehensive understanding and extensive working knowledge with Adobe Creative Suite.
- Good understanding of working with long-form documents and working with style guides and graph tools.
- Receive briefs and ensure that there is full understanding of the requirements before proceeding. Interpret briefs into acceptable branded designs.
- Passionate about design & social media and understand the latest innovations in digital & social design.
- Understand and be able to do DTP work.
- Working knowledge of working with corporate identity and becoming a brand custodian.
- Keep up to date on trends and new technologies.
- Have full knowledge of the print and repro process and what requirements are to be met in order to deliver material suitable to printer standards.
- Understanding of cost implications should a job be supplied incorrectly and sense of responsibility towards the clients budget restrictions.
- Identify needs or problems and be able to come up with solutions.
- Look for ways to develop new design within the guidelines, marketing and production opportunities.
- Manage multiple projects of varying complexities and meet deadlines.
- Work proactively under your own initiative and as part of the design team.
- Be accountable for daily duties allocated, and to ensure everything expected is executed correctly.
- At all times adhere to rules, procedures, policies, instructions and agreements.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- A proven record of the following applications: Creative Suite including InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, After Effects, Animate and related software. An onsite practical test is absolutely necessary before employment is considered.
- Ability to accurately prepare files for both print and web and run the relevant pre-production checks.
- Able to work both independently, and collaboratively within a team.
- Strong communication skills able to express themselves clearly and communicate proactively before any issues arise.
- Ability to adhere to internal processes, including following brand guidelines.
- Strong working knowledge of both digital and print marketing materials.
- Good eye for detail.
- Apple Mac and PC literate.
Requirements
- Relevant Degree
- 5-10 years experience
Optional Skills
Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)
Travel Requirements
Up to 20%
Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No
Government Clearance Required?
Yes
Job Posting End Date
October 21, 2023
