Aquent
Creative Designer [210972]
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Creative Designer
Location: Central London (Marble Arch area) – Hybrid (3 days onsite: Tuesday–Thursday)
Hours: Monday–Friday, 09:00–17:30 (True work-life balance—no mandatory overtime required)
Salary: £48,000 – £58,000 + performance bonus
The Opportunity
Are you a structured yet highly imaginative designer looking to bring your skills to the absolute top tier of corporate finance? We are partnering with an elite, globally recognised private markets advisory specialist that has raised over €120bn for leading asset managers.
They are looking for an exceptional Creative Designer to join an agile, highly collaborative 4-person in-house design function. If you love a fast-paced environment, value absolute precision, and want a visible seat at the table where your design opinions are actively encouraged, this is your next step.
What’s in it for you?
- Lucrative Earning Potential: Strong base salary paired with a highly protective, performance-driven 15–25% discretionary bonus structure.
- Holiday Allowance: 20 days holiday + bank holidays + a guaranteed full-week office closure between Christmas and New Year.
- Cutting-Edge Toolkit: Full access to Adobe CC, advanced AI-integrated presentation software (Claude for PowerPoint), and hands-on training in web platforms.
- Culture of Authenticity: Join a friendly, highly collaborative group where you are encouraged to bring your full personality to work and directly impact creative strategy.
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Core Presentation Architecture: Masterfully build and format high-stakes PowerPoint presentations, ensuring pixel-perfect alignment, clean typographic hierarchy, and flawless execution.
- Digital & CRM Asset Creation: Take ownership of corporate B2B email marketing layouts using specialist financial CRM platforms and create engaging graphics for LinkedIn.
- Web & Emerging Tech Management: Oversee and update basic company web pages via Squarespace and integrate AI efficiencies into daily design tasks.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Collaboration: Actively manage external production vendors, tackle unique tactical side projects with high autonomy, and confidently guide senior corporate partners on visual best practices.
What You’ll Bring
- Professional Background: Proven design experience within professional services, corporate environments, or B2B creative agencies.
- Technical Arsenal: Elite command of the Adobe Creative Suite and absolute, deep proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint layout mechanics.
- A Pristine Portfolio: A digital portfolio or personal website showcasing strong corporate graphic design execution, grid discipline, and specialised presentation design work.
- Impactful Personality: A confident, proactive, and expressive communicator who feels comfortable giving creative pushback to senior internal clients when necessary.
- Pluses: Prior experience with animation, motion graphics, or video editing software.
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Client Description
Our client is a private markets specialist, partnering with leading GPs to deliver integrated, multidisciplinary services across primary fundraising, capital solutions and strategic advisory consulting.
Aquent is dedicated to improving inclusivity & is proudly an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from under-represented groups & are committed to providing support to applicants with disabilities. We aim to provide reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, to those with a medical condition, disability or neurodivergence.
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