Asset & Wealth Management, Marketing, Associate - Chicago

Job description

Role Overview

This Associate, Designer will sit within the in-house marketing team in Asset Management Marketing in Chicago and report to the US Head of Design in New York. This role is responsible for coordinating product materials updates with junior designers based in Chicago. Design functions include conceptualizing and executing high-quality visual assets that communicate the firm's market insights, product offerings, and brand values.

The designer must balance creative innovation with strict regulatory compliance and global brand standards. This role will execute at a creative level but is also required to perform essential production and formatting work. The workload is structured as approximately 20% management, 40% creative design and 40% production & formatting. The ideal candidate is a versatile designer who is equally comfortable designing for digital/web environments and preparing assets for physical print production.

Key Responsibilities

Workflow Management Intake & Maintenance: Manage update of Innovator ETF suite of materials, coordinate requirements and schedule with channel and product marketing.

Conceptualization & Ideation

Collaborate with marketing strategists to brainstorm and design visually compelling campaigns, digital assets, and print collateral.

Campaign Asset Creation

Design high-fidelity web banners, social media graphics, and email assets for business focus campaigns.

Infographics

Translate complex financial data, market outlooks, and economic data into clean, modern, and easy-to-understand infographics.

Motion design

Create short animated display ads or edit short talking-head videos per video template.

Production & Formatting Template Management & Versioning

Update, format, and maintain existing marketing collateral, pitch books, and product materials in monthly or quarterly cadence.

Insights

Support content and product team’s ad hoc insights by creating header image and data visualization for webpages Presentation Support: Refine and format high-stakes PowerPoint presentations, ensuring correct use of templates, typography, and brand consistency.

Event Branding & Environmental Design

Adapt and elevate established brand standards to design cohesive visual assets for high-profile client events and conferences. Apply existing brand guidelines to stage backdrops, digital and directional signage, step-and-repeats, and custom booth layouts.

Key Qualifications & Technical Skills

Experience: 3–5 years of professional design experience, preferably within financial services, corporate marketing, or an agency environment.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communications, or a related field.

Portfolio

Portfolio of designer's work as weblink or PDF is required.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Expert knowledge of Indesign (multi-page document layout), Illustrator (vector graphics), and Photoshop (image editing). After Effects, Director and/or other motion design experience strongly preferred.

Figma

Advanced proficiency in Figma for layout design, prototyping, and utilizing component libraries.

Microsoft Office

Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint and Word to ensure seamless integration of design assets into corporate templates.

Attention to Detail

Exceptional precision is required to handle complex financial data and regulatory disclosures without errors.

Organization

Strong organization skills with ability to manage multiple projects at once with tight and competing deadlines.

Team Player

Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who is open to feedback to refine design. Experience managing junior team members. Salary Range The expected base salary for this Chicago, IL, United States-based position is $85000-$150000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus if you are an active employee as of fiscal year-end.

Benefits

Goldman Sachs is committed to providing our people with valuable and competitive benefits and wellness offerings, as it is a core part of providing a strong overall employee experience. A summary of these offerings, which are generally available to active, non-temporary, full-time and part-time US employees who work at least 20 hours per week, can be found here.