Job Summary

• The Design & Video Expert will be part of our Design Studio team that offers design and content services to the Bank. Design Studio is part of Group Enablement Services at Standard Chartered GBS. We are looking for a highly creative and detail-oriented Graphic Designer / Video Editor to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for visual storytelling and a strong ability to translate concepts into compelling designs and video. You will play a key role in creating and maintaining our brand identity across various platforms, ensuring our visual communication is consistent and engaging. You will be responsible for developing, enhancing and maintaining a suite of design collaterals and presentations that will be leveraged globally by our journey leaders (business heads) and management team for the purpose of internal and external communications.

Key Responsibilities

• Looking for a candidate with 7+ years of relevant experience in Design & Video creation.
• Create visually appealing graphics for digital and print media, including social media posts, advertisements, brochures, banners, presentations, and website assets. Develop original designs, illustrations, and layouts that align with the brand’s identity.
• Hands-on experience in designing CXO friendly presentations, whitepapers, communications, attention grabbing social media assets, dashboards etc, leveraging existing data sets
• Skilled at data exploration; able to quickly transform and synthesize data from multiple sources and identify optimal data structures to support end-state reporting needs
• Work closely with teams to conceptualise and execute creative campaigns.
• Ensure all designs adhere to brand guidelines and maintain visual consistency across all platforms. Update and refine brand assets as needed.
• Lead and manage multiple portfolios and get into business development as and when required
• Motivate and lead managers to perform their best and manage accounts, stakeholders and deliverables, managing multiple design projects simultaneously, meeting deadlines without compromising quality.
• Stay updated on design trends, tools, and industry best practices to keep our visuals fresh and innovative. Incorporate modern design techniques and styles where appropriate.
• Ability to convey messages in a simple manner, supported with strong visual aids
• Budgeting, workflow management, Design QC and process setting experience is a must. 
• Video expertise is an added advantage. A keen eye for detail, and the technical expertise to produce high-quality video content. You will be responsible to create videos using stock footage, animated videos with graphic elements and assemble recorded footage, applying creative edits, and delivering polished videos that align with our brand and objectives

• Create storyboards and illustrations 
• Edit raw footage into engaging and cohesive videos for various platforms (e.g., social media, commercials, corporate events, etc.).
• Apply colour grading, audio balancing, and motion graphics to enhance video quality.
• Offer creative input to improve storytelling and visual aesthetics.
• Ensure videos meet technical standards for different platforms and formats. Manage file organization and backups to maintain an efficient workflow.
• Strong understanding of visual storytelling, pacing, and composition.
• Preferred: Familiarity with colour grading and sound design techniques. Experience creating content for social media platforms (e.g., Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn).

Regulatory & Business Conduct 

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] * 
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Serve as a Director of the Board 
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent) 
   

Key stakeholders

• Internal stakeholders

Other Responsibilities

• Banking / Global Business Services domain knowledge is good to have but not a necessity
• Experience of running and managing large creative/design initiatives/teams
• Excellent communication, presentation and documentation skills
• Stakeholder management skills and project management skills
• Proficiency in softwares like Adobe suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier, After effects) and very strong expertise in MS PPT, Word, Excel.
• Strong understanding of typography, color theory, composition, and layout.
• Experience with motion graphics or video editing software (e.g., After Effects, Premiere Pro).
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
   

Our Ideal Candidate

• MS Office tools (PPT, Excel, Word)
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Illustrator 
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Premier
• Adobe After effects

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

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