Junior Visual Designer

**Nous is a great place to work**

Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 800 people working across Australia and New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and Canada. We are a values-based organisation that is inspired and determined to improve people's lives in significant ways. Working in cross-disciplinary teams we create innovative and enduring solutions that transform businesses, governments, and communities. We realise a bigger idea of success.

Nous is recognised as Australia's top workplace, ranking first in the 2021 Best Places to Work Awards (Australia), and a Great Place to Work in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2013 - we only enter every second year We've been previously named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review.

**So, what does a Visual/Graphic Designer at Nous do**

Nous offers a broad consulting capability across business strategy, public policy, organisational capability, executive talent and development, transformational change and digital strategy and capability.

Our International Visual Design Studio works alongside Nous consultants to support them to solve their client's challenges. We offer a range of capabilities, including: multimedia; digital design; collateral; visual identity; illustration and data visualisation. Our visual design team works alongside consultants to produce a wide range of Nous and client branded prints, presentations and digital products ranging from infographics and dynamic presentations to brochures, reports, complex charts, workshop materials, tenders, and other detailed communications pieces.

Each day will vary - you might be working alongside a Nous team to create graphics for a proposal and improve the layout, or you might be focused on visually lifting client deliverables for a project. The key is to be able to receive a comprehensive brief from consultants and work alongside them to develop a visually engaging product. Typically, in your first few years this will be predominantly in word and PPT.

You can learn more about Nous' International Visual Design Studio here.

**Further detail on this role**

Reporting to the Senior Visual Designer (based in Sydney), the Junior/Graduate Visual Designer will primarily design Word and PowerPoint materials, with intermittent opportunities to work in Adobe Creative Suite. Across your tenure at Nous, you will then have the opportunity to further develop your skills in the capabilities listed above. As part of your role, you will also be required to support the broader development of Nous' Visual Design library, such as updating our key templates and assets and ensuring brand alignment across our client-facing material.

**And the practical skills and experience required**:

- Understanding of visual design principles and mastery of the creative design process
- Ability to provide creative options and work through an iterative refinement process with Nous consultants
- Intermediate Adobe Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign) and Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint and Word is essential) on a PC/Windows platform, and a passion for exploring and developing skills in new visual design tools
- A flexible attitude and high-quality standard - someone who is willing to go above and beyond for client satisfaction
- Willingness to support Visual Design team initiatives to help improve our service to the broader business (for example, updating of templates and assets and support to strategic projects).
- The ability to build relationships across a large, international network of consultants, communicate clearly and work collaboratively to achieve joint outcomes
- The ability to self-manage and work with intensity to meet tight deadlines, while maintaining a high attention to detail

**What makes Nous a Great Place to Work?**

Our aim is to deliver a flexible experience that delivers positive influence and growth for you, our colleagues, and our clients.

Below are some of the ways Nousers are encouraged to enjoy that experience:

- We offer active career and professional development support. You can access up to $500 in professional development without approval and we reimburse one professional membership per year.
- Giving all Nousers greater flexibility around public holidays. Understanding that people of different cultures, religions, and political beliefs may wish to choose to take alternate days of leave from scheduled holidays.
- Hybrid working, with monthly remote working allowance, and once off payment to set up your WFH office.
- A collaborative bonus that reflects company performance, and is available to all
- Celebrating commitment to Nous by enabling access to long service leave after 5 years of employment
- Supporting working parents by providing 18 weeks of paid primary carer parental leave and 10 weeks of paid secondary carer parental leave (access to parental leave is gender neutral)

**Finally, the important details