Presentations Designer

Houlihan Lokey • Chicago, IL

9d • $60,000 - $70,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) is a global investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments worldwide with offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Independent advice and intellectual rigor are hallmarks of the firm’s commitment to client success across its advisory services. Houlihan Lokey is the No. 1 M&A advisor for the past five consecutive years in the U.S., the No. 1 global restructuring advisor for the past six consecutive years, and the No. 1 global M&A fairness opinion advisor over the past 20 years, all based on number of transactions and according to data provided by Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters).

Houlihan Lokey's Presentations Studio is seeking a full-time Presentations Designer to join our team in Chicago, with a primary focus on conceptualizing and designing high-impact investment banking pitch books. The ideal candidate will play a key role in crafting visually compelling presentations, as well as ensuring the consistency and quality of document formatting across Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat Pro. While production and formatting tasks are part of the role, emphasis is placed on innovative design and creative input.

This position is hybrid, requiring a minimum of 2 days in the office per week.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience as a Presentation Designer or similar capacity designing and editing financial documents, spreadsheets and presentations
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel (non-technical), and Adobe Acrobat Pro
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator
• Strong knowledge and experience designing infographics, financial charts, tables and graphs
• Ability to work independently on a project or collaboratively as a team player and able to integrate with a diverse team with varying opinions and ideas
• Ability to take ideas and think creatively to make professional, aesthetically pleasing layouts while maintaining company identity standards
• Ability to work with a job ticketing system, work well under pressure and make quick sound decisions
• Professional written and verbal communications skills
• Flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within tight deadlines
• Research skills - know the places to look and manage time spent efficiently
• Strong aptitude to acclimatize and learn quickly

Nice To Haves

• Preferred Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Graphics, Business or related field

Responsibilities

• Design and execute PowerPoint pitch books and client presentations
• Apply and update client templates to presentations with consistency and technical formatting
• Create company branded and client charts, graphs, tables, icons and other infographics
• Create fully functional client branded PowerPoint templates
• Implementation of design principles; such as layout, alignment, color theory, typography, and visual hierarchy to create visually appealing and effective presentations
• Perform photo re-touching and photo manipulation
• Perform Logo creation, recreation or vectorization
• Design or recreate highly detailed and complex maps (shale, oil, pipelines)
• Design print collateral (invitations, signage, and banners)
• Format Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents
• Other similar presentation design or document formatting requests

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees