Visual Graphics & Media

Junior/Business Presentation Designer (Japanese Speaker)

Job ID: 94415
  • Tokyo
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Do you want to work on complex and pressing challenges—the kind that bring together curious, ambitious, and determined leaders who strive to become better every day? If this sounds like you, you’ve come to the right place.

Who You'll Work With

You will work in our Tokyo office as part of McKinsey’s visual graphics team. Our team provides support in improving visual communications for McKinsey consultants in Japan. As a Junior/Business Presentation Designer, you will work primarily on presentation projects daily, collaborating with consultants and peer designers to deliver compelling business presentations. 
Our team is part of a global design community in McKinsey that interacts regularly with various regional and global functions to exchange knowledge and best practices.

Your impact within our firm

You will help McKinsey consultants tell their stories to clients by turning their conceptual drafts into engaging presentation content.  
You will help provide compelling and effective visual communication solutions for a wide variety of needs of the consultants. Your work will combine adherence to tight deadlines with creativity and commitment to quality. You will create materials in compliance with detailed brand guidelines and style requirements, ensuring high quality and positive audience experience. Responsibilities include but are not limited to single slide production in PowerPoint to open a meeting discussion, creating a powerful data visualization infographic/illustration, end-to-end customized presentation designs, and consistent presentation formatting along predefined brand guidelines. 
You will work with our consultants to develop ideas for transforming initial drafts and data input into visually engaging and interactive experiences for our clients. You will advise on the optimal graphic approach during briefing discussion, draft proposals and develop final presentation materials by ensuring high quality both in content and graphic layer.
You will have opportunities to manage various stages in the request coordination: reviewing incoming queries, advising consultants, and negotiating timelines according to available team capacity. In team problem-solving you will bring your own ideas to co-create best practices and continuously improve our work. Within diverse initiatives, you will have opportunities to shape our future service delivery and office environment as well as help drive team development and training. 
These professional challenges will give you many opportunities to showcase your credentials and further advance your expertise. Working at McKinsey offers access to a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and learning opportunities. Our environment is constantly changing and improving through implementation of global best practices. It will provide you with ample room to nurture your creativity as a designer and professional.  

Your qualifications and skills

  • Graduate in a design-related field such as graphic design 
  • 0-5 years of professional experience in a graphic-related field or freelancing, or relevant internship experience
  • Native level Japanese and conversational fluency in English 
  • Strong proficiency in Windows OS and advanced knowledge of MS Office Suite with emphasis on PowerPoint
  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (CC) a requirement
  • Customer service focus; ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment
  • Quality-driven mindset with strong eye for layout and design and excellent attention to detail
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, with ability to work in fast-paced environment, to prioritize and organize work schedule to meet deadlines
  • Ability to express ideas graphically, problem-solve and communicate complex ideas effectively
  • Willingness to learn, share knowledge and experience with peers, open mindset towards changes and eagerness for continuous improvement
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Job Skill Group - CSSA
Job Skill Code - BPD - Business Presentation Designer
Function -
Industry - Media & Entertainment
Post to LinkedIn - Yes
Posted to LinkedIn Date - Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 GMT 2023
LinkedIn Posting City - Tokyo
LinkedIn Posting State/Province -
LinkedIn Posting Country - Japan
LinkedIn Job Title - Junior/Business Presentation Designer (Japanese Speaker)
LinkedIn Function - Advertising;Art / Creative;Design
LinkedIn Industry - Management Consulting
LinkedIn Seniority Level - Entry level