Senior Graphic Designer

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Strategic Bid Center (SBC) team at Mercer. This role will be based in Lisbon. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

The Strategic Bid Center (SBC) team enables consultants with strategic and bespoke solutions during the sales cycle, increasing Mercer’s chances of winning new business through lead generation, client-focused proposals, strategic research, virtual consulting tools and graphic design support.

Our Design Team within SBC supports Mercer's sales and business development functions across all lines of business within United States. Our creative team spans across United States, India and, soon to come, Portugal offering expertise in presentation design, interactive media, creative enhancement for virtual and on-site client meetings – all with focus on client-centric approach.

This position entails accountability of design process – ideating, designing, quality assurance and branding across all levels of project complexities. The Senior Graphic Designer will be an integral part of our global creative team driving innovative, strategic design and client experience forward.

We will count on you to:

• Independently create innovative, impactful, on-brand visual concepts for client-facing collateral.
• Possess essential artistic abilities to communicate ideas, apply sound judgment, strategize, and coordinate within cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrate adaptive creative skills, a flexible mindset, and the ability to react to the pace of business.
• Feel comfortable managing multiple priorities and working in ambiguous situations.
• Collaborate efficiently with teams on strategic initiatives and operational improvements to benefit the design process.
• Maintain attention to detail and ensure the quality of design across all project phases.
• Bring new ideas and approaches to enhance our client meeting experiences.
• Create one-off and repeatable microsites, presentations, and supporting materials for sales pitches and internal initiatives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, primarily PowerPoint, is required for creating and editing presentations.
• While video skills are not a primary focus, experience with video or multimedia content creation is a plus.

What you need to have:

• Excellent design, color, and typographic skills.
• Exceptional understanding of brand guidelines and quick adaptability.
• Solid knowledge of industry tools, understanding of intuitive design, and responsive user experiences.
• Proven 3+ years of experience working as a graphic designer in a corporate consulting, business firm, or creative environment.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to work as part of a team.
• Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills, along with strong interpersonal skills.
• Portfolio demonstrating a range of clean, well-designed text layouts, graphics, and published websites or mobile apps (not prototypes).
• Skilled in Adobe InDesign and Photoshop; Adobe Premiere Pro and/or After Effects is a plus.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office is required, mainly PowerPoint.
• Fluent in English (C1 level).

What makes you stand out?

• Experience creating compelling PowerPoint slide designs.
• Experience building appealing Word documents that connect the text with imagery, giving a sense of strategy and client centricity.
• A passion for learning and trying new things.
• Skills in interactive media (web or video).

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.