AddressSenior Presentations Operator
Salary: £34,000 per annum
Location: London, EC2V 5DD
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm with 30 minute break
Work model: Hybrid – London, in the office initially 4 days, WFH 1 day for training, after settled, the hybrid reverts to a flexible 2 WFO / 3 WFH
Williams Lea seeks a Senior Presentations Operator to join our team!
Williams Lea is the leading global provider of skilled business-critical support services to financial, legal and professional services firms.
Sound good so far? Then this is the perfect position for you and you are just the individual that we are looking for!
Purpose of role
You will be lone staff member join a team of three, but located with a high profile separate client team. Within the same building you will have two colleagues, supporting a different client team. You will be responsible for your own workflow, client management and quality.
Main responsibilities will involve: Support the production of pitchbook style materials for a London based International Bank. Alongside standard pitchbooks you will also work on some ad-hoc requests, but the majority which will require more design input, but most of the work will be in Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and Excel and Word. This is an established team with a hybrid working model and you will be expected to work independently and directly with the clients, taking briefs and discussing their requirements.
The role:
- Advanced skills in MS PowerPoint and Excel charting including animation
- Skilled in Microsoft Office including Word and Outlook, Excel
- Must work with a high degree of accuracy and a creative eye for slide layouts
- Advanced Excel charting, including recreation from hard copy materials
- Knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator desirable
- Work well under pressure: used to working to, and meeting / negotiating deadlines
- Managing own workflow
- Main day-to-day will be to support the client team on the production/amendments of presentations using PowerPoint by applying the client brand guidelines to all outputs
- Take briefs from clients whilst advising them on the best technical and design solution for layouts
- Educate and influence clients to choose effective and functional layouts and deliverables within their timeframes
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the ability to liaise at all levels (client, team, manager and IT)
- Step up in Team Leaders absence, re admin and operational judgement calls
- Follow standards and digital guidelines for branded materials
- Proactive in self-development, using training materials and sources provided
- Keep up to date with software tools and equipment
- Keeps up to date with any changes to the client brand guidelines and communicates these changes to the rest of the team
- Develop and share best practice and working knowledge with team members
- Enthusiastic and willing attitude towards work
- Punctual and reliable
Person Requirements:
- Strong level of technical and creative design knowledge
- Understand and anticipate clients’ needs and expectations
- Innovative with the ability to implement problem solving initiatives
- Keen and eager to learn and develop new skills to support the growth of the team
- An active interest in new industry trends, emerging technologies and innovation
- Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent customer relationship management skills
- Calm and mature personality with the ability to work both on own initiative and in a team environment, often under pressure and to strict deadlines
- Professional, confident, and enthusiastic team player
- Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise an often-conflicting workload
- Collaborative and proactive approach
- Can do attitude
Person Specification
Essential Skills:
- At least 5+ years’ experience in working as a Presentations Operator
Personal Attributes:
- Pro-active
- Resilient
- Communicative
- Organised
- Collaborative
REWARDS & BENEFITS
We believe in supporting our employees in both their professional and personal lives. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including but not limited to:
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers – Including our TechScheme which can be used on a range of gadgets such as Smart TV’s, laptops & computers or household appliances.
Life Assurance
Private Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance,
Health Assessments
Cycle-to-work scheme
Gym memberships
Referral Scheme
You will also have the opportunity to work for a global employer who is dedicated to offering each and every employee an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding career with future career development prospects!
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY
The Company values the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the organisation and will not discriminate because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (which includes colour, nationality and ethnic or national origins), religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation (each of these being a “protected characteristic” in discrimination law). It will not discriminate because of any other irrelevant factor and will build a culture that values openness, fairness and transparency.
If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like to make a reasonable adjustment to enable you to make an interview please contact us at careersatWL@williamslea.com
Please note: Due to the high volume of responses received for this role we will not be able to contact all applicants directly. If you have not heard from us in four weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
