Presentation Design Specialist

Sequoia Financial Group Llc • Mayfield Heights, OH

20h

About The Position

Do you thrive in creating best-in-class dynamic presentations? Are you looking to combine your passion for visual design, presentation content, and strategic communication to help creatively and effectively drive engagement? Sequoia’s in-house marketing and communications team could be the right fit. As we continue to grow, we're seeking a talented presentation design specialist to enhance our brand and support engagement efforts through high-quality, compliant presentations.

The presentation design specialist will play a critical role in developing, editing, and managing presentations to elevate our brand, educate clients and prospects, and support our business development goals. This role requires strong design skills, a deep understanding of marketing and communications concepts, and the ability to collaborate across internal teams. The specialist will have the ability to represent complex concepts in understandable presentation content. All candidates must submit at least three samples or provide access to an online portfolio of writing and design and be able to demonstrate a commitment to Sequoia’s core values of integrity, teamwork, and passion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual art, marketing, communications, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience as part of an agency or in-house marketing team.
• 3+ years creating presentations in a professional setting.
• Strong expertise with PowerPoint and related integrating tools (e.g. Excel).
• Ability to create animations and interactive presentation elements.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong design skills and ability to create visually appealing presentations.

Nice To Haves

• Financial services industry or highly regulated industry experience is preferred.
• Working knowledge of CRM and CMS platforms (e.g., Salesforce, WordPress, Asana).

Responsibilities

• Presentation Development and Creation: Produces presentation designs that are clear, engaging, and compliant. Decks will be used for client, prospect, partner, and executive presentations, webinars, events. Ensures that all content aligns with brand standards and overall marketing and communications objectives.
• Strategic Content Development: Partners with internal constituents to understand the goal of the presentation and the content elements to produce high-quality, visually-oriented materials. Delivers final presentations to the applicable internal audience, highlighting features and content concepts. Applies consultative approach to recommending final content.
• Original Design: Designs and creates visual aids to enhance existing and new presentation decks. Ensures presentations are visually appealing and align with brand standards.
• Presentation Management: Responsible for serving as a primary point of contact for managing SlideHub content, Sequoia’s presentation management software.
• Collaboration: Works closely with marketing team members, advisors and subject matter experts (SMEs) to translate complex financial topics into digestible presentation content for a broader audience.
• Professional Development: Stays on top of market trends and research; shares relevant insights, trends, and technology with the team to enhance marketing deliverables. Continuously improves presentation-creation skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees