Document Specialist

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 onbrand 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 Document Specialist, 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). 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 produce collaterals such as placemats, infographics, presentations, proposals, newsletters, posters, banners, and other marketing collaterals using MS-based applications
• Communicate effectively with customers while understanding design briefs and sharing ideas
• Provide unique, innovative, and effective solutions/design concepts to customers
• Meet and exceed defined expectations in terms of aesthetics, quality, turnaround time and efficiency
• Adhere to EY brand standards and remain cognizant of visual as well as verbal guidelines
• Mentor junior team members on best practices around applying creativity in production environment
• Stay up-to-date with latest design trends, socialize, and advocate the same to teams/customers
• Seamlessly manage multiple creative projects simultaneously
• Work with minimal supervision and guidance

Skills and attributes for success

• A user-centric mindset with creative, innovative, and analytical approach
• Working knowledge of creating infographics and data visualization techniques
• 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/College diploma (preferably in Graphic Design and/or related discipline)*
• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop
• 5+ years of relevant experience

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Intermediate/basic knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Interactive PDF, Adobe After effects, Premier Pro and motion graphics
• Team management experience

Technologies and Tools

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

What we look for

• Passion to tell stories through the power of visuals
• Creative problem-solving mindset with a flexible can-do attitude
• Self-starter with the ability to understand and translate verbal ideas into impactful, cohesive outputs
• Hands-on experience in developing brochures, newsletters, flyers, banners, business presentations, animated presentations, and various types of marketing collaterals
• Experience working with global clients
• Confidence, maturity, and ability to build strong client relationships
• A strong team player who is comfortable working collaboratively with others