Assistant Manager – Visual Strategy & Brand Creatives

The Role: The Visual Standard Bearer

ValuStrat is seeking an Assistant Manager – Brand & Design to act as the custodian of our visual authority. We are looking for a commercial storyteller.

Your mandate is to elevate ValuStrat’s visual identity to sit comfortably alongside Tier-1 Global Consulting Firms while injecting the modern, minimalist design ethos of top-tier tech brands. You will bridge the gap between strategic consulting and creative execution, ensuring that every deck, social post, and report signals intelligence, precision, and scale.

📌 Core Responsibilities

1. Strategic Brand Leadership

• Visual Guardianship: Own, enforce, and evolve the ValuStrat Brand Identity. You will be the ‘Chief Quality Officer’ for all visual output, ensuring zero tolerance for misalignment, kerning errors, or off-brand aesthetics.
• Minimalist Elevation: Transition our collateral to ‘modern minimalist.’ Use whitespace, typography, and structured grids to communicate.
• Template Architecture: Build and maintain master systems (PowerPoint, Illustrator, Figma) that allow the wider business to move fast without breaking brand rules.

2. Commercial Storytelling & Information Design

• High-Stakes Decks: Take raw data and rough consulting notes and transform them into winning pitch decks and RFPs. You must understand the narrative flow of a business presentation.
• Data Visualisation: Move beyond basic Excel charts. Design bespoke infographics, diagrams, and financial visualisations that make complex data instantly digestible for C-Level clients.
• Report Publishing: Lead the typesetting and layout of our flagship market reports, ensuring they look like premier industry publications.

3. Digital, Social & Motion Execution

• Social First: Design ‘scroll-stopping’ creative assets for LinkedIn. This includes carousel sliders, static insights, and short-form motion graphics that look premium, not ‘clickbaity.’
• Hands-on Execution: You are a leader at heart who executes. You will personally design key assets.

4. AI-Augmented Creativity

• Gen-AI Workflow: Actively utilise Generative AI tools (Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Google AI Suite) to rapid-prototype concepts, generate stock-free imagery, and speed up execution by 10x.
• Innovation: Stay ahead of design tech. If a new AI plugin or method for automating slide generation becomes available, you are expected to implement it.

✅ The Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for a ‘T-Shaped’ Creative: Deep expertise in Design, with broad skills in Strategy and Technology.

• Experience: 4+ years of experience. You are likely a Senior Designer ready to lead, or an Art Director who misses being hands-on.
• The Consulting Eye: You understand that Design in our world is beyond art, it's business communication, it’s paying attention to finer details. You know how to make a Balance Sheet look beautiful.
• Obsessive Attention to Detail: You spot a double-space error from a mile away. You are bothered when objects aren't perfectly aligned. ‘Good enough’ is not in your vocabulary.

🛠 Technical Proficiency

• The Trinity: Expert-level mastery of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Figma.
• The Consultant’s Canvas: Advanced/Master level proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint. (You must be able to design in PPT).
• Motion & Video: Strong working proficiency in Adobe Premiere or After Effects (for social content).
• The New Wave: Proficiency in Generative AI Tools (Midjourney, DALL-E 3, Google Nano Banana, Google Veo & Flow, Firefly, Runway Gen-2, Magnific AI, Pomelli by Google Labs).

🎓 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design, Visual Arts, or Marketing.
• A portfolio that demonstrates B2B/Corporate sophistication. (Note: We love artistic flair, but please show us how you handle typography, grids, and large documents).

Why This Role?

• Impact: You are shaping the perception of a leading consulting firm across the EMEA region.
• Autonomy: You will steer the ship on visual direction, moving us away from legacy styles toward a future-ready aesthetic.
• Innovation: We encourage the use of AI and new tech to break the ‘time vs. quality’ barrier.