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Wellington Visual Designer in Boston, Massachusetts
About Us
Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.
About the Role
The Position
Wellington Management is seeking a talented mid-level Designer to join our global creative team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating user-centric designs that enhance client experience and differentiate Wellington from competitors. This role requires a skilled design eye, a collaborative creative nature, and a willingness to tackle any design challenge, no matter the output.
Roles and responsibilities
Create on-brand marketing collateral for our clients and prospects: design layouts and edits; photo research, purchasing, and editing; icon sourcing and design; development of new infographics and data visualization; production; archival of final files
Design across media, including output for: digital brochure PDFs; printed handouts; print and digital advertising; social media imagery; trade show exhibits; online events; flyers; and digital experiences
Help create and maintain the templates, image libraries, style sheets, and components that make it possible for our global designers and agencies to express the same visual language, efficiently and at scale
Implement our brand standards and design systems that help provide our clients with clear, consistent, and professional visual identity across regions and channels. This may include refining or expanding components to address gaps and updating style guides to add, update or retire components
Participate in positive, collaborative, cross-team knowledge-sharing to promote awareness of design processes, best practices, software skills, areas of potential efficiencies, and innovations through technology
Partner with designers, editors, developers, operations, key business stakeholders, and vendors to gather requirements and objectives, workshop ideas, promote the benefits of brand standards and visual consistency, iterate on design solutions, and guide distributed teams
Qualifications
A positive temperament and willingness to learn during every project; the ability and organization to balance multiple priorities and seek clarification when needed; the grace to accept feedback; the drive to create better solutions as a result of those additional perspectives; and the flexibility to adapt when company priorities shift.
Advanced understanding of typography, layout, color, with a clean, refined aesthetic.
5+ years of designing for B-to-B, within a regulated industry (finance, pharma, healthcare, energy), or other content- and data-heavy materials.
Software: Advanced to expert skills in Adobe Creative Suite software (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat), and PowerPoint. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel. Familiarity with Turtl, Figma, Flourish, or Animate.
Familiarity with one or more of the following: designing for accessibility, data visualization, design operations, storyboards and animation, user experience and journeys, user research, wireframes, UI design.
A basic understanding of financial terms and concepts.
Portfolio, website, or other work samples required.
A note to applicants: while we have outlined the key qualifications for this role, we understand that no candidate is perfectly qualified for any job. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and believe that skills can be developed. If you do not meet all the requirements listed but are enthusiastic about design and find the work interesting and challenging, we encourage you to apply.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.
As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to r ace, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law . If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at GMWTalentOperations@wellington.com .
At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is:
USD 65,000 - 150,000
This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered when making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; role; skills and experience; certifications; and education. This range is an estimate, and further details on salary and total compensation aspects will be shared with candidates during the recruitment process.
Base salary is only one component of Wellington’s total compensation approach. Other rewards may include a discretionary Corporate Bonus and/ or Incentives, if eligible. In addition, we offer a comprehensive and high value benefit package to meet the unique needs of our employees and their families, and we are committed to fostering a flexible work environment that enables employees to thrive personally and professionally. Examples of our benefits include retirement plan, health and wellbeing, dental, vision, and pharmacy coverage, health savings account, flexible spending accounts and commuter program, employee assistance program, life and disability insurance, adoption assistance, back-up childcare, tuition/CFA reimbursement and paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)
Tracing our history to 1928, Wellington Management is one of the world’s largest independent investment management firms. We serve as a trusted adviser to clients in over 60 countries, visit our website to see our assets under management. Our innovative investment solutions are built on the strength of proprietary, independent research and span nearly all segments of the global capital markets, including equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and alternative strategies. As a private partnership whose sole business is investment management, our long-term views and interests are aligned with those of our clients. We are committed to attracting a talented and diverse workforce, and to fostering an open, collaborative culture of inclusivity because we believe multiple perspectives lead to more informed investment and business decisions. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome people with diverse life experiences, fresh ideas, and specialized subject-matter expertise.
For more information, please visit https://www.wellington.com/en/ (https://www.wellington.com/en/about-us)