Conceptual Designer

Job details

Location: Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester

Capability: KPMG Business Services

Experience Level: Associate/Assistant Manager

Type: Full Time

Service Line: OEH

Contract type: Permanent

Job Description

Conceptual Designer

Base Location: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham

The KPMG Business Services function is a cornerstone of our UK business. Operating from 20 UK locations and sitting with KPMG Central Services we do work that matters.

Within Central Services we are part of a community of experts across a wide range of critical activities who help grow, run, and protect KPMG in the UK.

From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Business Support, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Sales and Marketing, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm, which we support with diligence and expertise.

KPMG is one of the world’s largest and most respected consultancy businesses, we’ve supported the UK through times of war and peace, prosperity and recession, political and regulatory upheaval. We’ve proudly stood beside the institutions and businesses which make the UK what it is.

What will you be doing?

CREATE is recognised as being the leader in terms of creative output and quality to the whole firm both in the UK and Globally.

Working closely with the larger CREATE team, you will be using your conceptual and ideation experience to build strong creative messaging to drive creativity and produce amazing products. You will be able to understand complex problems and produce creative solutions and then manage and govern the creative as the project evolves. Using your outstanding design skills, you will produce high quality work and be able to mentor team members to get the best out of them.

You will be able to work within and push master brands for both KPMG and our clients. Producing stand out projects all sympathetic to KPMG’s already established brand.
• Using your creativity and design thinking you will help communicate visual stories and solve customers problems with creative conceptual solutions.
• Creating impactful visual content that aids the development and presentation of the customers stories, ensuring their quality, consistency and effectiveness.
• You will feel comfortable to push the boundaries of how we visually communicate concepts, business models, strategic narratives, brand stories, and presentation materials
• As the Conceptual Designer, you will use your outstanding Adobe CC skills and be accountable for execution of high end design products – these could be marketing communications & campaigns, proposal material, social media, web, event collateral or presentation decks.
• You will be able to understand the big idea and then deliver a concise story to sell and make it relevant to customers.
• You will deliver copy that will be at the heart of the big idea and reflects the values and core of the KPMG brand, you will have a proven track record of success in developing compelling and persuasive content for multiple channel campaigns and be able to tailor the copy to make it relevant for these different channels.
• Execute strategic, bespoke and routine design projects from concept through to production, balancing multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Determine project scope including effective brief taking, negotiating deadlines, and creating and communicating timescales, to define cost estimates for complex marketing/communication campaigns.
• Build up strong relationships with KPMG’s brand team.
• Educate and influence customers to ensure that deadlines are delivered accurately on schedule and within budget.

What will you need to do it?
• Proven experience working as a Designer in an agency environment.
• Formal qualification in Graphic Design and/or related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced technical skills in Adobe Create Suite (InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop/XD) packages.
• Have strong skills in typography, layout, digital design and colour.
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong copywriting skills that will amplify KPMG’s tone of voice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, working with staff at all levels.
• Good project/time management and problem-solving skills.

To discuss this or wider Central Services roles with our recruitment team, all you need to do is apply, create a profile, upload your CV and begin to make your mark with KPMG.

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Why KPMG Business Services at KPMG?

Every day our firm performs better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. The difference we make shines through to our people and our clients. We’re KPMG Business Services (KBS). We’re a cross-functional team, bringing together experts across a wide range of critical activities which help to grow, run and protect our business. From HR and Learning, Finance, Procurement, Facilities and Operations, through to Risk and Legal, Corporate Affairs, and Market Development, our approach is focused on driving the improved performance of the firm. We work shoulder to shoulder with our client-facing teams and we focus on delivering our services in ways which help to drive efficiency, improve quality and enhance our firm’s brand and reputation.

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