Graphic Designer

Vacancy type: Full time, permanent

Job Level: Manager

Location: Fully remote or hybrid from one of the following ASI core countries: Pakistan, Türkiye or India.

Salary: based on location and experience

Service areas: Communications, Business Development

About the role

We are thrilled to welcome a creative and skilled Graphic Design Manager to our vibrant team. In this important role, you will collaborate closely with our Business Development and Communications teams, bringing your artistic vision to life through engaging visual content. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about creating high-quality graphics, communications and business publications and materials, we would love to hear from you Join us and help shape ASI's strategic storytelling

Key responsibilities

Bid & Proposal Support

1. Create impactful visuals and graphics for proposals and bids, including infographics, charts, diagrams, and other visual aids to enhance document quality and clarity.

2. Format and design bid documents to ensure a professional, polished, and brand-aligned presentation.

3. Work at pace to produce high volumes of visuals for last-minute bids or quick-turnaround projects, maintaining quality under pressure.

4. Collaborate closely with the Business Development team and technical experts to understand bid requirements, explore ways of visualising complex ideas, and tailor visuals accordingly.

Communications Support

1. Design social media visuals to support campaigns, announcements, and events.

2. Develop infographics and other visual content for articles, reports, and presentations.

3. Create layouts for monthly newsletters to ensure visually engaging and on-brand communications.

4. Support internal and external communications with on-brand visual content for events, webinars, and other materials.

Brand Management & Consistency

1. Ensure all designs align with ASI's branding guidelines and maintain consistency across all outputs.

2. Support the adoption of the new branding package across all teams and materials and create new templates in line with the new branding.

Process Improvement & Asset Management

1. Develop and maintain a library of templates and design assets to streamline content creation processes.

2. Provide guidance on best practices for document formatting and graphic design to internal teams.

About ASI

ASI (Adam Smith International) is a global advisory company that works locally to transform lives by making economies stronger, societies safer, and governments more effective. We work on behalf of governments, foundations and companies that share our ambition to take on the big challenges facing the world. They come to us to develop strategies and to design, deliver and evaluate programmes that, in turn, stimulate economic growth, stability and good governance.

For nearly three decades in almost 100 countries, we have been working in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil society in countries at all stages of development.

Our core team of staff and technical experts, in multiple offices around the world, ensures the quality of delivery and high ethical standards that we and our clients require. We bring together a global network of specialist experts, who contribute their experience and know-how, where and when it is needed.

Company-wide, both our pipeline of business opportunities and portfolio of programmes are growing. We want to recruit high calibre candidates to support the continued growth and delivery of our global portfolio against the quality and high ethical standards that we and our clients require. This is an exciting time to join Adam Smith International and become part of a team of bright, dynamic and committed people, determined to transform lives for the better.

ASI is owned and operated by its employees. We are committed to corporate integrity and a triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial performance. ASI is a registered B Corp, one of the highest-ranking B Corps in the UK on its measure of positive social and environmental impact.

About you

You will possess:

1. Proven experience in graphic design, particularly in a fast-paced, high-volume environment (e.g., bids, proposals, or similar).

2. Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint and Word as well as online design platforms like Canva.

3. Strong understanding of visual storytelling, with the ability to create engaging and impactful graphics.

4. Experience in producing social media visuals, infographics, and layout design for newsletters or reports.

5. Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritise and meet tight deadlines without compromising quality.

6. Attention to detail and a strong commitment to brand consistency.

7. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams, timezones and departments.

What we Offer You

Our people are at the heart of our strategy and our decisions. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, a dynamic and friendly team environment, the opportunity to support a highly successful portfolio of programmes, and support to develop your skills and progress in your career. The diversity of our workforce makes ASI a great place to work, more creative and resourceful, and underpins strong partnerships. We keep a sharp focus on diversity and inclusion, including through our Equality Action Plan and our Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and through leadership from our Executive Team and oversight by our Board.

We recognise the importance of your life outside of work. We are proud to support flexible working arrangements, and commit to make a success of flexible working arrangements wherever possible. We've built a culture to reflect our values, full of likeminded professionals who are smart, passionate and great at what they do. This is an exciting role managing a number of interesting and innovative programmes and with considerable growth potential within ASI.

ASI is committed to continually improving the diversity of our workforce through the attraction, retention and development of a diverse range of talented people. We want people to be comfortable bringing their whole self to work and recognise that inclusion brings further opportunities for innovation and creativity.

Heard Enough? Ready to MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

Please submit

1) a CV (no more than 2 pages)

2) a short introduction on why we should choose YOU - Please note that we do NOT require a cover letter for this position. You should use other, more creative means (video, presentation, photos, an infographic – up to you) to convince us why we should choose YOU.

Deadline for applications is 12th January 2025.

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. ASI encourages applications from candidates of all social backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and orientations.