Would you like to design for one of the world’s most prestigious law firms?
We are looking for a professional, engaging, creative and highly skilled individual to join us in the newly created position of PowerPoint Designer within our Digital Team. The role will create a brand-new capability within the team so, as well as an individual with design skills and highly advanced expertise in PowerPoint, the opportunity will suit a creative individual who enjoys proactively identifying opportunities to add value and sell in solutions that others may not have thought of. Flexibility, collaboration, and tenacity will also be important attributes for a person who will be developing new solutions for the firm.
Who we are //
Slaughter and May is a leading international law firm, recognised throughout the business community for its exceptional legal service, commercial awareness and commitment to clients. We advise across the spectrum of legal matters including high-profile, ground-breaking and complex transactions, contentious matters and all aspects of risk. We deliver innovative and bespoke solutions to our clients, domestically and internationally. We provide clear legal advice that spans the globe whilst tackling the cultural nuances between jurisdictions. Our lawyers understand how to coordinate and manage matters in the jurisdictions most relevant to our clients.
With over 1,200 partners and staff worldwide, everyone’s contribution is valued, and we all enjoy an open, friendly and supportive environment. We have an underlying sense of pride in who we are and what we do, and our inclusive culture gives rise to a unique diversity of thinking, which is critical to our success and helps maintain our position as a true market leader. To support our employees in achieving their professional development objectives, we offer an unrivalled variety of learning and development opportunities to everyone, as well as a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package. The firm has evolved a hybrid approach to working, which sees our people working in remote environments as appropriate while usually spending 40-60% of their time in our Headquarters at One Bunhill Row, in the heart of the City of London.
We are now offering this opportunity to become part of our Business Development team, which supports our lawyers in providing first-class legal advice to some of the most prestigious and well-known global businesses.
ROLE OVERVIEW //
The use of PowerPoint has increased dramatically across the firm. This ranges from bespoke presentations for internal and external training and events to creating documents for pitches. In addition, clients are increasingly requesting that legal advice be delivered in presentation/PowerPoint format.
To respond to this growing need, are creating a new role within the Digital Team that will elevate the quality of individual, high profile presentations and work with users to elevate the quality and effectiveness of materials produced by others using PowerPoint. We also see an opportunity to create more effective, brand compliant materials that are more easily editable by users across the firm. The person will need high level expertise in the use of PowerPoint and an advanced understanding of its capabilities, as well as high-level design and layout skills. They will also need to work well with others and be able to demonstrate the ability to take design briefs from senior partners, lawyers, executives, heads of departments and managers and deliver creative, engaging visual materials that match their requirements.
This represents an excellent opportunity for an experienced PowerPoint designer to establish a new capability within the firm and demonstrate how their skills can add value. It will therefore suit an ambitious individual who likes being a specialist within the team who brings particular expertise around visual design, the effective presentation of complex concepts and the creation of infographics, but who can also work well with others and sell in the capabilities and benefits of the PowerPoint medium more generally
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES //
The key responsibilities of this role are set out below and there may be others which are not listed. You may be required on occasion to work outside our normal working hours of 9:30am to 5:30pm
· Take briefs and understanding messages from a wide range of people across the firm, including the most senior lawyers, partners and business executives.
· Create bespoke, high quality and high impact PowerPoint materials to meet individual briefs, often working against tight deadlines.
· Design infographics and graphics that effectively present sometimes dense, complex legal concepts and text in an attractive and engaging format.
· Build a library of materials in PowerPoint that can be re-used.
· Review existing materials and work with others to identify items that could more effectively be produced in PowerPoint rather than other formats.
· Support others in creating materials, including creating base documents to support others in presenting often detailed legal advice in more visual ways.
· Layout thought leadership reports and other materials in PowerPoint to make them attractive and easy-to-read.
· Inputting to the firm’s brand strategy and design approach to ensure materials remain effective and consistent.
· Using PowerPoint, as well as potentially other tools, to create pdfs and other assets that can be offered as downloads on the website or social media.
· Creating graphic assets for use on social media, for example for LinkedIn, Twitter or other media.
· Supporting other members of the digital team to deliver key projects, which may potentially involve being trained on how to use other digital platforms such as the website content management system.
· Engaging with other teams (for example our in house design agency and the document specialist teams) to support them in managing workloads, providing support as necessary and assisting in prioritisation.
CANDIDATE PROFILE //
Candidates for this position will be expected to have worked in a similar role and experience within a financial services or professional services environment would be an advantage. We also require candidates to be:
Essential:
· Expert knowledge of PowerPoint and an advanced understanding of its capabilities.
· Excellent creative design and layout skills, as well as the ability to interpret material accurately and find ways to present it visually.
· Ability to creatively interpreting information and data and find effective ways to visually represent it and highlight key messages.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, spoken and presentational.
· Ability to take the initiative and challenge status quo.
· Proven ability to manage multiple deliverables within a tight timeframe and deliver high quality work.
· Ability to communicate effectively (written, spoken and presentational, as well as visual), and work well within a team.
· Excellent attention to detail and accurate use of grammar.
· A willingness to provide feedback, share information and contribute ideas and suggestions as necessary.
· Ability to build strong business relationships with internal and external clients and the resilience to deal with demanding individuals.
· Active listening skills and ability to understand complex concepts, as well as comfortable working with senior business executives and partners.
· Experience of working in a diverse team whilst fostering an inclusive team culture.
· High level of professionalism and integrity; displays the highest standard of professional ethics.
· Experience of using the Adobe Creative Suite.
Desirable:
· Experience with, or willingness to learn, about and engage with new digital platforms.
You will also be expected to display the attributes set out under the firm’s Key Behaviours for Business Services staff for this level of role. Below are the most relevant for this role:
· Technical & professional expertise
· Service excellence
· Drive to deliver
· Analysis & judgement
· Communication & influence
· Working with others
Business Services Development
We offer a variety of learning and development opportunities to members of our Business Services team, including sessions open to everyone on topics ranging from personal impact and resilience to written communication. We also run a series of development programmes for supervisors and managers, as well as various bespoke team and one-to-one sessions.
OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS //
We anticipate this being a two-stage process:
1ST INTERVIEW
At first interview, as well as the usual interview process, candidates may be expected to provide examples of their work that demonstrate their skills. PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT
Short-listed candidates may be asked to complete an exercise such as creating a short PowerPoint deck from an example.
2ND INTERVIEW
The final interview will focus on confirming whether the candidate will work well within the wider team and enjoy the working environment.
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