Presentation Design Specialist

We are looking for an experienced Business Presentation Designer to develop and produce visually impactful presentations that resonate with our audience and showcase our leadership in global energy markets in a B2B environment. If you are looking for a challenge where you will collaborate with consultants and creatives in a unique and fast-growing industry, then ACT may be right for you.

About ACT

We help organizations hit their climate targets, no matter how ambitious. Since our founding in 2009, we have become a reliable partner for high-impact climate projects that generate carbon credits, energy efficiency projects and certificates, experts in renewable electricity and gas markets, renewable fuels, and emission allowances. Our Amsterdam, New York, Paris, Shanghai, and Singapore teams deliver tailor-made solutions backed up by extensive market knowledge. Since the beginning of the energy transition, we have been early adopters, constantly finding new products and participating in new markets. This has given us the knowledge to serve our clients better. In shaping environmental markets, ACT enables its partners to pursue sustainable futures.

Overview of the role

We are looking for a mid-level Graphic Designer to join our global Marketing team in Amsterdam. Our ideal candidate is passionate about building audience experiences, brand identity, and brand development, and has the skills and agility to work creatively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

In this role, you will be responsible for further developing and deploying our sales collateral which is presented via email and to large live audiences at events. You will be working with a combination of written content, imagery, and data which requires a broad skill set to incorporate all effectively. You will need to be progressive and actively aim to understand the content well enough to translate it into immersive and easy-to-understand visual stories and experiences.

You should be a T-shaped designer with core skills and experience in presentation design, but with awareness and the ability to develop and keep an overview of the visual identity. You should make conscious design decisions and create content that confidently shows off our wide range of products and services.

In this role, your focus will be on Business Presentations, but you will also work together with the rest of the Graphic Design team, Copywriters, Product Marketers, and Sales teams. You will also be an expert in handling the design of a typical marketing portfolio, such as digital and print advertisements, social campaigns, trade-show collateral, internal communication material, etc.

We're growing rapidly and are always open to new creative input. We love it when new team members bring ideas on how we can improve our storytelling. In fact, we see new and exciting business challenges every day, so you should be similarly excited to pitch creative concepts and solutions to solve these challenges and take our brand to the next level.

What you will do:

We have a vast number of ongoing projects and a huge to-do list of design ideas, so your specific talents and interests will shape the role significantly. Here are the role’s baseline tasks and desired traits.

• Design digital, rich-media Business Presentations used in client pitches, proposals, and at external events.

• Understand experience design and how it influences your work and your audience. You know how to apply basic XD principles in your presentations.

• You have an excellent eye for layout and typography and make sure it shines on your slides.

• Maintain brand consistency while catering to internal stakeholders’ design needs.

• Regularly communicate with stakeholders from outside the Marketing team to receive accurate input and ensure all creative ideas match the needs of the business.

• You have an eye for UI. Taking independent initiative on this is much appreciated.

What we are looking for:

• 2-6 years of professional experience in business presentation design, graphic design, multimedia design, or a related discipline

• Solution-focused problem-solver with a strategic and empathic approach to design work

• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to advocate for your creative ideas to internal stakeholders

• Skilled in data visualization

• Experience working with brand guidelines

• A self-starter whose comfortable working independently within a corporate context

• Expertise in PowerPoint and preferably also in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

• Professional proficiency in English (C2 or equivalent or higher)

• An affinity for environmental issues, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and sustainability