Director, Creative Services

Company Profile

Bain & Company is the management consulting firm that the world's business leaders come to when they want results. Bain advises clients on strategy, operations, information technology, organization, private equity, digital transformation and strategy, and mergers and acquisition, developing practical insights that clients act on and transferring skills that make change stick. The firm aligns its incentives with clients by linking its fees to their results. Bain clients have outperformed the stock market 4 to 1. Founded in 1973, Bain has offices in various countries, and its deep expertise and client roster cross every industry and economic sector.

The firm established several functions in the Indian market early 2000s and its remit across functions has expanded over time. Since 2019, these functions have become part of Global Business Services (GBS). Global Business Services (GBS) is a network of five interconnected business-function hubs across India, Poland, Malaysia, Mexico and Portugal, serving Bain globally to run our business, support other functions, and help drive innovation internally. We are over 1000 business professionals – serving functions in operations, HR, finance, legal, tech, marketing, research, and data analytics – who support our offices globally. Our mantra of 'shared innovation, seamless execution,' underpinned by a passion for results, teamwork, and creativity, helps Bain stay at the top of our game operationally.

Department Overview

Visual design helps communicate ideas, not distract from them. Creative Services design visual solutions that are clear, informative, and engaging for your target audience whether you're speaking to a room of two or 200.

Position Summary

The Director, Creative Services – Presentation Design will be challenged to lead a continually evolving global program to innovate on Bain's Presentation Design standards.

This will require periodic reviews of our global presentation design and visual communication standards, involving regular communication and knowledge sharing with Bain's client-facing teams, internal communication stakeholders, and close collaboration with other design departments—notably Marketing.

The Director, Creative Services - Presentation Design will work closely with Creative Services leadership to ensure presentation design communication standards are visually consistent.

The role may require hands-on design leadership and involvement on high profile presentation design projects.

Essential Functions

Program Management

• Bring bold thinking and creative ideas to evolve Bain's presentation design visual identity and formatting standards (Core / Plus)
• Serve as a thought partner to a wide range of internal stakeholders including Brand Identity and TSG Consulting Innovation & Products to improve Bain's presentation design toolkit (Toolbox, Mekko Graphics, and asset library)
• Oversee the rollout of future upgrades to Bain's presentation design visual identity and formatting standards
• Source, evaluate and establish a global ecosystem of expertly trained external third-party design partners to support and facilitate supplemental presentation design requirements
• Lead the design and development of Creative Services collaboration portal on SharePoint and ensure presentation design is clearly represented on AMP
• Partner with PPK to define and establish a process for ensuring material posted to our internal knowledge platform (Iris) complies with Presentation Design and Bain brand / visual-identity standards

Product innovation

Training and PD

Qualifications and Experience

Preferred

WHAT MAKES US A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

We are proud to be consistently recognized as one of the world's best places to work, a champion of diversity, and a model of social responsibility. We are currently ranked the #1 consulting firm on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list, and we have maintained a spot in the top four on Glassdoor's list for the last 15 years. We believe that diversity, inclusion, and collaboration are key to building extraordinary teams. We hire people with exceptional talents, abilities, and potential, then create an environment where you can become the best version of yourself and thrive both professionally and personally. We are publicly recognized by external parties such as Fortune, Vault, Mogul, Working Mother, Glassdoor, and the Human Rights Campaign for being a great place to work for diversity and inclusion, women, LGBTQ, and parents.

Skills Required

Adobe Creative Suite, Project Management, Sharepoint, Powerpoint, Brand Management, Rpa, Data Visualization, Presentation Design