Graphic Designer II - Marketing

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

What is the role?

The Mastercard Creative Studio is looking for a talented designer to join our amazing in-house creative team. You will work in partnership with internal team members, including brand strategists, innovators, designers, and writers. The role will require you to:

• Be creative, intuitive, and motivated - taking projects from concept through to production
• Communicate effectively with fellow designers, wider Creative Studio team and teams across Mastercard
• Partner with the marketing team to turn complex ideas into designed stories that can be used to market and sell our various products
• Use and interpret brand identity guidelines, design standards and interactive best practices
• Adapt and interpret brand guidelines in a way that keeps our sales materials fresh, modern, and engaging
• Design impactful graphics and interactive presentations for various outlets such as PowerPoint, web, mobile/tablet and social media
• Work with researchers, analysts, and other subject matter experts to visualise engaging and differentiating thought leadership content, including blogs, articles, webinars and white papers
• Consult on other media like websites, digital display or social marketing, trade show and event signage, report designs/templates and more

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design or related discipline
• Minimum 3-5 years working as a graphic designer, with a strong portfolio demonstrating creative thinking and working with established brands
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign
• Excellent understanding of Microsoft Office including Word and PowerPoint
• Experience with project management software is a plus

Necessary skills:

• Possess solid knowledge in graphic design with the ability to apply brand style guides creatively
• Apply strong conceptual skills, high level sense of typography, colour theory, and visual composition
• Interpret Mastercard brand guidelines successfully across a range of media and formats, including multi-page presentations and marketing assets
• Ensure designs best reflect our brand and are innovative and sophisticated
• Display creative curiosity by seeking out new design techniques and maintaining cutting edge industry knowledge

Business skills:

• Collaborate with and serve as a strategic partner to internal team and stakeholders across the company
• Experienced in presentations, comfortable communicating visual concepts and ideas to key stakeholders at Mastercard
• Understand the business goals, marketing strategies and value propositions of our stakeholders and clients
• Work effectively with others to identify challenges and opportunities and use creative and strategic thinking to generate solutions
• Manage creative requirements, expectations, and deadlines for all projects

Work style:

• A quick learner with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced team environment
• Passionate problem solver with a love for design, impactful visuals, and innovation
• Self-motivated and detail-oriented, with a positive "get stuff done" mindset
• Possess a growth mindset and a willingness to give and receive feedback

Please provide a portfolio of recent work

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.