Solution Presentation Designer; Visual Storytelling Specialist - TEMP

Solution Presentation Designer (Visual Storytelling Specialist) - TEMP-TO-HIRE

New York, NY, United States and 1 more

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About Us

We’rea professional services company at the intersection of marketing and technology, partnering with ambitious brands to solve complex challenges, accelerate growth, and drive performance. Our integrated teams combine strategic insight, creative execution, data fluency, and technical expertise.

We believe our biggest asset is our combination of different backgrounds, cultures, and disciplines that come together to form iCrossing community. What we do starts with our people.

We are part of the Hearst Corporation, the world’s leading media, entertainment, and content company, which gives us access to the most valuable data and insights,talentand audiences.

About this job

We’re looking for aSolution Presentation Designer who can transform complex ideas, technical content, and data intoclear, persuasive, visually compelling PowerPoint presentations. In this role, you’ll combine world-class design with strategic storytellingto create decks that drive alignment, understanding, and action - while ensuring brand consistency and delivering under tight timelines. You’ll collaborate closely with stakeholders to refine messaging, improve slide structure, and produce high-impact presentations for executives, sales, marketing, internal communications, and customer-facing engagements.

This is a temp-to-hire role and requires 2 days per week in the office.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Storytelling & Narrative Development

• Develop and refineend-to-end presentation narrativesaligned with business goals, audience needs, and desired outcomes.
• Ensure every slide has a purpose, with strongmessage hierarchy, logical flow, and clear transitions.
• Advise stakeholders on framing, sequencing, and clarity to strengthen persuasion and decision-making.

Visual Design & Storytelling

• Translate complex information, business concepts, and data intoimpactful visual storiesusing layouts, graphics, icons, diagrams, charts, and purposeful animation.
• Apply best practices in visual hierarchy, pacing, and emphasis to improve comprehension and engagement.
• Create slides that are executive-ready and audience-focused, balancing clarity with polish.

Template, Master Slides & Brand Management

• Develop and maintainbespoke templates, master slide systems, layouts, and reusable components.
• Ensure strict adherence tobrand guidelines(typography, colors, imagery, iconography, tone).
• Build scalable libraries of assets that enable consistent, enterprise-quality outputs.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with internal teams (Engagement team, Marketing, Product, Leadership, etc.) to understand objectives, audience context, and key messages.
• Provide constructive guidance to optimize content clarity, narrative structure, and messaging - beyond aesthetics.
• Translate stakeholder feedback into design improvements while protecting storyline integrity and brand quality.
• Convert quantitative and qualitative data intoclear, digestible visuals(charts, infographics, frameworks).
• Select appropriate visualization methods based on intent (compare, trend, composition, correlation).
• Ensure accuracy, readability, and alignment of data visuals with the narrative “so what.”

Technical Excellence & Optimization

• Demonstrate expert-level proficiency inPower Point –including slide masters, formatting systems, and advanced features.
• Demonstrate expert-level proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop and Illustrator for developing creative assets for presentations.
• Optimize decks for multiple formats:live presentation, virtual delivery, print/PDF, widescreen, and large displays.
• Troubleshoot formatting, compatibility, font embedding, and performance issues to ensure smooth delivery.

Project & Time Management

Manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting fast-paced, high-volume, and tight deadlines.

• Estimate effort, set realistic timelines, prioritize tasks, and communicate progress clearly.
• Maintain organized file structures, version control, and reusable component libraries.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Advanced command of design…