About the Role
Houlihan Lokey’s Presentations Studio is seeking a full time Integrated Designer to join our team in Chicago. This role will produce high quality digital reports, corporate decks, investment banking pitchbooks, PowerPoint templates, infographics, and format general documents/graphics using Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Cloud. The designer will create designs across a range of formats, working in a hybrid capacity based in Chicago.
Responsibilities
- Work on internal, external, event related, company/client branded ad-hoc projects
- Create digital and print designs from brief to completion
- Manage print production with internal reprographics team
- Design and execute seasonal marketing reports, pitchbooks, corporate decks, event presentations and other similar presentation design or document formatting requests in PowerPoint
- Design print collateral (one-pagers, brochures, booklets, invitations, signage, and banners)
- Design/format event collaterals such as information walls, agenda, itinerary
- Create/Format company/client branded general graphics (charts, graphs, tables, icons, diagrams)
- Create visual storytelling pieces such as data visualization and infographics
- Perform photo research and resizing
- Edit imagery to fit the purpose and scaling using Photoshop
- Create fully functional client branded PowerPoint templates
- Create mood boards to communicate early visual ideas and themes
- Design or recreate highly detailed and complex maps (shale, oil, pipelines)
- Format Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents
- Build and style outlook emailing templates or email banners
- Be present in the office for engagement with internal business partners
- Attend creative brief meetings with internal business partners and external clients
- Track Studio mailbox and respond emails received during local working hours
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Graphic Designer, Presentations Designer or similar creative role
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite
- Good knowledge of Word, Excel (non-technical), and Adobe Acrobat Pro
- A strong understanding of design for both print and digital
- Strong conceptual skills, knowledge and experience designing page layouts, infographics, financial charts, tables, and graphs
- Expertise in taking ideas and thinking creatively to make professional, aesthetically pleasing design works while maintaining company identity standards
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced work environment
- Ability to manage several projects at once and deliver within agreed timelines
- Ability to work well under pressure, make quick sound decisions and use your experience to anticipate problems and challenges before they happen
- Ability to work independently but also collaboratively as a team player and able to integrate with a diverse team when required
- Ability to work with a job ticketing system and a shared mailbox
- A keen eye to proactively monitor output quality, accuracy and consistency
- Professional written and verbal communications skills
Skills
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Illustrator
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Design for print
- Design for digital
- Page layout design
- Infographic design
- Financial chart design
- Table design
- Graph design
- Data visualization
- Photo research
- Image editing
- PowerPoint template creation
- Mood board creation
- Map design
- Outlook email template design
- Email banner design
- Job ticketing system
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- Chicago
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Design, Communications, Marketing, Business or related field (Preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $75,000
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
About the Company
- Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI) is a leading global investment bank recognized for delivering independent strategic and financial advice to corporations, financial sponsors, and governments.
- The firm provides innovative, integrated solutions across mergers and acquisitions, capital solutions, financial restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory.
- Uniquely deep industry expertise, broad international reach, and a partnership approach rooted in trust.
- Unmatched transaction volumes provide differentiated, data-driven perspectives that help clients achieve their most critical goals.
- To learn more about Houlihan Lokey, please visit HL.com.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
