The freelance Senior Presentation Designer at Article Group leads art direction, visual styling, graphic design, technical QC, and PowerPoint animation on assigned technical keynote presentations and event collateral. You will work directly with clients and other Article Group creative collaborators, and be accountable for creative problem-solving, PowerPoint presentation design and animation, and collaboration with other designers and animators. You will be accountable for delivering high-quality design output at proper technical specifications for each asset you are assigned
You will help achieve creative excellence across design-centric workflows and deliverables. You will demonstrate consultative listening to grasp client objectives, persuasive presentation of creative concepts, and adaptive problem-solving when incorporating feedback
Your background skews toward keynote and presentation design, art direction, and visual storytelling. You are capable of direct partnership with clients, including senior C-suite or VP executive speaker stakeholders. Ultimately, you are responsible for crafting and delivering work that ladders back to the core creative vision of assigned deliverables with team members and clients
This role requires advanced PowerPoint design capabilities. Candidates should be comfortable designing high-visibility executive-level presentations, designing polished slides from blank pages, and iterating rapidly in live client sessions
This role frequently requires direct, 1:1 collaboration with clients. Designers will be expected to work with clients as partners in the creative process, and become trusted, embedded members of the client keynote development team
This is a freelance, project-based contract role with variable hours based on client demand and event schedules. You will work in a remote environment. Travel for on-site events and rehearsals will be required. You will find success in this role if you are senior enough to design and iterate quickly in PowerPoint with a high taste level in close, personable collaboration with client stakeholders. Examples of our work can be found here: AWS reInvent 2024 Sizzle Reel
Provides creative expertise in client pitches, work shares, and brainstorms to clearly articulate the meaning behind creative decisions
Designs creative output inclusive of data visualizations, technical diagrams, and conceptual, informational slides within brand guidelines
Moves ideas past the obvious and brings teams and clients along with them
Designs storyboards for animated sequences as needed, in adherence with Article Group best practices for motion design
Workshops ideas in direct collaboration with client stakeholders, assesses feedback, and communicates clear paths forward after every client conversation
Escalates project risks and concerns regularly to senior Article Group leadership
Expert in Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Creative Suite (specifically Photoshop and Illustrator). Working knowledge of Keynote, Google Slides, Figma is expected. Knowledge of After Effects and Media Encoder is nice to have
Knowledge of AI tools such as Midjourney, Firefly, Runway, Claude, and Gemini is a bonus