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$58.00/hr - $60.00/hr
Our top financial client based in NYC is seeking a top-notch Editorial Designer to join their team! The Editorial / Layout Designer plays a pivotal role in shaping high-profile marketing materials—primarily pitch decks, fact cards, and other presentation-driven deliverables. This designer combines strategic thinking with exceptional visual execution, using layout, hierarchy, and typographic systems to distill complex or technical ideas into elegant, easy-to-consume visual narratives. The ideal candidate demonstrates mastery of grid-based design, strong familiarity with design systems, and a refined sense for visual storytelling in corporate and investor-facing contexts and will work closely with the head of Presentation Design and the Global Head of Design.
What You’ll Do
Support ongoing development of visual systems, templates, and best practices that enhance quality, speed, and scalability of design output.
Explore and introduce AI tools and processes that increase efficiency and support creative ideation across layout, visualization, and content workflows.
Design and produce marketing materials, including pitch decks, fact cards, and presentation templates, with a focus on clarity, visual balance, and brand consistency.
Apply grid-based layouts and design systems to create clean, modular compositions that scale across multiple formats and audiences.
Translate abstract or technical information into structured, high-impact visual stories—highlighting key insights while reducing visual noise.
Develop and refine charting and information design to visually communicate complex data with precision and impact.
Collaborate closely with marketing, creative, and investment teams to understand objectives and deliver compelling, audience-centric visual solutions.
Ensure all materials align with brand and editorial guidelines, maintaining consistency across Adobe, Microsoft, and Figma environments.
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, working efficiently under tight timelines while upholding a high standard of precision and craft.
Engage in iterative feedback cycles, proactively offering and integrating input to refine creative direction.
Develop and educate Presentation team to elevate design capabilities to the global team.
What You’ll Bring
5+ years of experience in editorial, layout, and presentation design, preferably within marketing, finance, or communications.
Proven expertise in grid-based composition, typographic hierarchy, and visual information design including use of modular and repeatable layouts.
Familiarity with design systems and the ability to maintain consistency across multiple touchpoints and applications.
Strong conceptual and strategic thinking—able to transform dense, analytical content into visually coherent stories.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop), Figma, and Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
Exceptional attention to detail and a strong sense of visual refinement.
Demonstrated portfolio showcasing editorial or presentation work that balances aesthetic sophistication with clarity of message.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to discuss and defend design rationale to both design and non-design audiences of all levels.
Experience developing or maintaining brand and design systems.
Proven experience in charting, data visualization, and information design.
Interest and experience in introducing AI tools into creative workflows.
Exposure to corporate, finance, or professional services environments.
Working knowledge of accessibility and readability principles for digital and print materials.
Client Description
You know some of those reasons you might give for not wanting to work within a financial company’s marketing organization? Yeah, this isn’t that place. Our client is an investment firm which is really breaking that mold. They’re interested in investing in the things that matter. They integrate environmental, social and governance principles into their corporate strategy, and by doing so, are able to have a positive impact on their communities where they live and work. Whether it’s focusing on reducing their carbon footprint by decreasing carbon emissions, expanding their solar capacity, and making their office locations greener, fostering social responsibility through DE&I, supporting the employment of veterans, and promoting economic development, as well as partnering with clients who are like-minded, this financial company is a cut above. Our client is on an exciting journey towards full digital transformation. They have accelerated that process aggressively by investing in products and people to help spearhead the journey. There is top-down support by the most senior leaders, who understand how critical it is to optimally digitalize the business to operate more effectively into the future. This is an exciting time to join an organization where you can make a direct impact on the journey to digitalization.
About Aquent Talent
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands. Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal‑opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.
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In Summary: A top financial client based in NYC is seeking a top-notch Editorial Designer to join their team . The Editorial / layout Designer plays a pivotal role in shaping high-profile marketing materials . The ideal candidate demonstrates mastery of grid-based design, strong familiarity with design systems, and a refined sense for visual storytelling .
En Español: Este rango de remuneración es proporcionado por Aquent. Su salario real se basará en sus habilidades y experiencia hablar con su reclutador para aprender más. Rango de pago básico $58.00/h - $60.00/hr Nuestro principal cliente financiero con sede en Nueva York está buscando un diseñador editorial de primer nivel para unirse a su equipo! El candidato ideal demuestra dominio del diseño basado en la red, una fuerte familiaridad con los sistemas de diseño y un sentido refinado para contar historias visuales en contextos empresariales e inversores. Diseña y produce materiales de marketing, incluidos pitch decks, tarjetas de hechos y plantillas de presentación, centrándose en la claridad, el equilibrio visual y la coherencia de marca. Lo que usted hará Apoya el desarrollo continuo de sistemas visuales, plantillajes y mejores prácticas que mejoran la calidad, velocidad y escalabilidad del producto de diseños. Explore e introduzca herramientas de diseñar AI y procesos que aumentan la eficiencia y apoyan la ideación creativa a través del diseino, visualización y flujos de trabajo corporativos. Diseñan y producen materiales de mercadotecnia, incluidas las plataformas gráficas, fichas de hecho y modelos de presentaciones, con enfoque en la clareza, el balance visual y consistencia de la marca. Nuestro cliente es una empresa de inversión que realmente está rompiendo ese molde.Están interesados en invertir en las cosas importantes.Integran principios ambientales, sociales y de gobernanza en su estrategia corporativa, y al hacerlo pueden tener un impacto positivo en sus comunidades donde viven y trabajan. Ya sea centrándose en reducir su huella de carbono reduciendo las emisiones de carbón, expandiendo su capacidad solar y haciendo sus ubicaciones de oficinas más ecológicas, fomentando la responsabilidad social a través del DE&I, apoyando el empleo de veteranos y promoviendo el desarrollo económico, así como asociándose con clientes que tienen ideas afines, esta compañía financiera está por encima.Nuestro cliente se encuentra en un viaje emocionante hacia la transformación digital. Han acelerado ese proceso agresivamente mediante el acceso a productos creativos y personas para lanzar los beneficios dentales. Más información sobre nuestros increíbles beneficios! Aquent es un empleador de igualdad de oportunidades. Evaluamos a los solicitantes calificados sin tener en cuenta la raza, color, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad de género, origen nacional, discapacidad, estatus de veterano y otras características legalmente protegidas.