Graphic Design, Principal Analyst

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ACCOUNTABILITIES Identify customer needs and create strong creative proposals. Ask insightful questions to stakeholders and interpret their requirements. Develop creative materials, including videos, graphic design assets, infographics, and slide designs for presentations. Efficiently manage and self-organize workload. Ability to collaborate with other team members effectively. Adhere to company brand guidelines. Simplify complex requests into business-focused creative proposals. Oversee multiple projects, managing timelines and customer relationships effectively across different time zones. Support other creative team members as needed by providing clear feedback, guidance, and direction. Ensure clear communication and provide consistent updates on the project. Ensure quality checks on deliverables. Record videos and photos for reports as needed. Utilize compliant AI tools for asset creation and revision. Keep project updates current in Jira. DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition. Demonstrated expertise in visual storytelling, layout, typography, information design, presentation design, image editing, and production-ready file preparation. Strong end-to-end video and motion capability, including concepting, storyboarding, editing, audio treatment, transitions, animation, rendering, and delivery for multiple formats. Practical experience with Adobe Firefly or comparable enterprise-approved generative AI tools for prompt development, image generation, image editing, and creative exploration. Proficiency in a project management software, including creating and updating work items, managing boards and workflows, tracking dependencies, and maintaining accurate delivery status. Ability to structure information, analyze inputs, and produce clear project, workload, status, and performance reports using Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word. Working knowledge of brand governance, accessibility, digital asset organization, quality control, and responsible use of AI-generated content. Decision-making and Autonomy Independently make day-to-day creative, production, prioritization, and workflow decisions within agreed scope, standards, and timelines. Proactively identify ambiguity, capacity constraints, quality concerns, and delivery risks; resolve them where possible and escalate early with options and recommendations. Balance stakeholder needs, brand governance, available resources, and delivery commitments using sound judgment and documented decisions. Interaction Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at different levels and across cultures, serving as a consultative partner rather than an order taker. Present concepts and recommendations confidently in English, listen actively, manage feedback, and align diverse contributors around clear decisions. Maintain transparent written communication, accurate updates, and concise status reporting across global time zones. Innovation Stay updated on design, video, branding, and communication trends, and AI tools proper of the creative industry. Utilize compliant AI solutions for graphic design, image generation and video production. Complexity Aware of cultural differences in a global environment. Efficiently manage multiple projects while learning from organizational initiatives and communication guidelines. Maintain strong customer relationships with clear expectations and follow-ups. EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: Essential Skills and Qualifications Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in graphic, visual, multimedia, or communication design, including substantial ownership of complex projects as a senior individual contributor. Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Multimedia, Communication Design, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. Advanced proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition, supported by a portfolio demonstrating graphic design, presentation design, video editing, and motion graphics. Required experience working in a creative agency, design studio, in-house creative studio, or comparable fast-paced, multi-client production environment. Hands-on a project management software; the candidate must be able to independently maintain work items, boards, priorities, timelines, dependencies, and status reporting. Excellent written and spoken English, with strong presentation, facilitation, proofreading, and stakeholder communication skills. Demonstrated ability to create clear executive presentations, structured reports, project updates, and communication materials across formats and channels. Proven stakeholder management and creative advisory skills, including brief development, expectation setting, feedback management, and presentation of recommendations. Highly self-driven and organized, with a consistent record of managing competing priorities, making sound decisions, and delivering quality work with limited supervision. Experience working effectively within global, cross-functional teams and across cultures and time zones.