Overview Digital Media Solutions (DMS) works with scientists, universities, organizations, societies, and publishers across more than 150 accounts from around the world. At DMS, we work with different stakeholders of the scientific landscape to visualize and disseminate their work. Through our content writing and design services, we convert complex scientific ideas into engaging content and visuals tailored to different audiences. Our marketing team creates tailored promotion and distribution strategies to help researchers and organizations create a media presence. Read more about DMS and past projects here. As a PowerPoint (PPT) Graphic Designer , your role will be to create visually compelling and professionally designed presentations for a variety of projects, including scientific and technical content. You will utilize your design expertise to develop engaging PowerPoint slides, incorporating animation, graphics, and layout techniques to elevate the visual storytelling. Additionally, you will design supplementary materials like flyers, social media banners, infographics, posters, and graphical abstracts using PowerPoint. Your work will involve understanding client briefs, crafting design concepts, and delivering polished presentations that align with the client’s expectations and branding guidelines. Responsibilities Develop high-quality PowerPoint presentations with advanced animations, transitions, and layouts to effectively communicate key messages. Create graphical abstracts, flyers, social media banners, infographics, and posters in PowerPoint, ensuring consistency across different formats. Understand client briefs and objectives, translating requirements into visually engaging presentations and graphical abstracts. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including content writers and marketing consultants, to enhance the visual narrative. Ensure adherence to design principles, maintaining a clean and professional look across all deliverables. Review peers and freelancers’ outputs, providing constructive feedback to ensure quality and delivery-readiness. Qualifications And Prerequisites Expertise in PowerPoint, including advanced skills in animation, transitions, and slide templates. Experience creating a range of visual content, such as presentations, graphical abstracts, infographics, social media banners, and flyers. Familiarity with design principles like balance, alignment, contrast, and hierarchy. Basic skills in Adobe Design Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop), Canva or Mind The Graph are a plus. Prior experience with Japanese, Chinese, and/or Korean content, is an added advantage. Application Process Before applying, please ensure you meet the role requirements listed above and have legal authorization to work in the country where this role is advertised. Our selection process typically involves an initial screening by a recruiter, a technical assessment, and two to three interview rounds. For this role, the selection process involves an initial screening by a recruiter, 1 assignment and 1 interview round. Equal Opportunity Our hiring practices reflect our commitment to providing equal opportunities and creating an environment where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed. We celebrate the uniqueness of our team members and prohibit discrimination of any kind, based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or any other protected characteristic. Accelerating from Anywhere As a remote-first organization, these are essential attributes we look for in all our candidates. Taking ownership of your work with minimal supervision, showing strong ability to organize, prioritize and deliver results independently. Documenting work that brings everyone on the same page. Maturity to choose between synchronous and asynchronous collaboration. Effectively collaborating with colleagues across different time zones by setting dedicated hours for collaboration and keeping team members updated through your MS Teams status. About CACTUS At Cactus Communications, we break barriers between science and researchers. We are a science communication and technology company. We specialize in AI products and solutions that improve how research gets funded, published, communicated, and discovered. At CACTUS, we champion an "accelerate from anywhere" culture that fuels our high-performance mindset. Flexibility isn't just a benefit—it’s the cornerstone of our productivity. By empowering our teams to work when and where they thrive best, we ensure innovation, drive, and excellence remain at the heart of everything we do. Together we, Power research. Empower people . Show more Show less
