New Business Development Designer

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Job Summary
A New Business Development Designer combines creative design expertise with strategic thinking to support the growth of new business opportunities. This role involves creating compelling visuals, presentations, and branding materials that effectively communicate ideas and align with client needs. They collaborate closely with sales and marketing teams to drive innovative solutions, ensuring a strong visual and strategic impact.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•    Design and produce presentations and assets for new client pitches and corporate marketing collateral
•    Ideating and developing the design aesthetic for high value sales presentations.
•    Content management, building presentations, marketing concept development.
•    Develop design solutions that demonstrate creative excellence for all phases of the design process (from concept to final execution).
•    Apply brand guideline systems, typography, photography, color as needed while still contributing fresh ideas to meet business and user needs.
•    Develop and maintain strong partnerships with internal clients and vendors to ensure the level of service quality always exceeds expectations.
•    Support achievement of team initiatives.
•    Other as needed projects to support the NBD team.

JOB SKILLS AND TRAITS
•    Expert proficiency with Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, and Powerpoint.
•    Flexible, self-starter, action and results oriented with the ability to meet deadlines and manage to changing demands.
•    Creative thinker who can push the status quo and build new presentation assets. Willing to ideate multiple solutions until the right solution is agreed upon.
•    Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, written and verbal. Confident in presentation building skills.
•    Tenacious desire for the win and not afraid to dive into the story to be told and put in the work to achieve it.
•    Not afraid to try, make mistakes, and own results.
•    Knowledge of multiple consumer product categories with understanding of how products are decorated preferred.

QUALIFICATIONS
•    2 - 5 years exp supporting a fast-paced department.
•    1+ years working with sales executives.
•    Demonstrated experience with graphic and print design, product rendering, content management, visually “telling a story”, and out of the box ideation.
•    Established success within a multi-tasking, matrix management, cross-functional team environment with changing priorities and dynamic (fast) response times.
•    Strong problem solving and process improvement experience with an acute level of detailed attention.