AddressBackground
Accenture Song is the world’s largest creative agency reimagining business through experience. Made up of world leading brands including Fjord, Droga 5, Bow and Arrow and Bionic we enjoy the scale of a global network with the soul of a boutique agency.
The Growth and Business Design team within Accenture Song is growing a phenomenal team of creative designers, strategists, venture architects and product developers around the globe. Locally, the team is looking for strategic and creative thinkers, passionate about creating visionary futures with ambitious c-suites, developing unique value propositions that change the game for consumers, and launching new ventures which redefine markets.
What interests us
We are driven by creating impact and are looking for change makers who share our passion for growth. We are constantly asking ‘where next?’ and design strategies, propositions and businesses that impact the world in a positive and dynamic.
What we do
We work with clients to deliver impactful growth through our “3V” methodology, discovering white space, proving value and rapidly launching and amplifying the venture. Our methodologies are our unique advantage and require world-class individuals to create value utilising them.
The 3 Vs:
Vision - Design strategic territories and a compelling vision for growth, with the blueprint to realise it
Value - Rapidly develop and test growth portfolios and value propositions that change the game
Venture – Incubate, accelerate, and scale new businesses that redefine markets
We work on big questions. We reimagine rather than optimize. We use human-centred design with a creative toolkit to deliver impact. We don’t work in one industry but across all of them, on corporate and on social challenges.
The team
We are successful because of our talented team and their insatiable curiosity. If you are hungry, entrepreneurial and believe in a more innovative future we want to hear from you. You could have a background in design, strategy, ventures, or are just ready to turn your sharp mind to bigger questions. If this sound like you, then reach out.
Accenture Song - Design is growing a phenomenal team of designers, strategists, brand architects and product developers around the globe. Locally the strategic design team (formerly 2nd Road) is looking for strategic and creative thinkers, passionate about creating visionary futures with Executives and Boards, and bringing new ideas to the world.
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The role
Design Consultants use their toolkit to visually communicate ideas and turn complex information and ideas into forms that are accessible and meaningful. They are curious, empathetic and collaborative minds that are integral to our project teams, working with consultants and clients to design and produce compelling deliverables at different stages of a project.
They use their design skills to sketch visual models, frame research insights and to produce workshop and presentation materials. Design Consultants are responsible for continuing to push the boundaries of how we can better share possible futures, big ideas, new business concepts and whole systems of change with our clients.
What will you be doing and with whom?
You will be a hands-on contributor to teams that include Strategic Designers, Directors and clients, collaborating on projects to:
Contribute to strategic narratives and customer value propositions shared with Executive stakeholders
Produce client material, from low to high fidelity as required (e.g. sketches, diagrams, PowerPoint slide decks, refined graphics and illustrations and polished, posters/ bound presentation material created in InDesign)
Visually represent business processes, systems, and abstract concepts
Design conceptual models and prototypes of new businesses and ideas as a core part of the ideas team
Craft conceptual models that help
Design and create tools, stimulus and activities that aid ideation and strategic conversations with customers and Executives
Conduct ethnographic research, distilling actionable insights
Capture and synthesise conversations from workshops, trends and research, and client interviews
What will you be responsiblefor?
Your main responsibilities will be to:
create impactful visual content that aids the development, discussion or presentation of project work (big ideas)
create a visual language for presentation materials that is best suited to the needs of the client and the intent of the project
ensure the quality and consistency of all branded documentation/products
manage print production timelines, including setting content deadlines for project teams accordingly and managing relationship with printers when necessary
balance your time and contribution across multiple projects
pair on ethnographic and trends research, documenting, seeking fresh perspectives and distilling insights
What knowledge and capabilities will you draw on?
You will be well-suited for this position if you have:
strong graphic design skills, focused on information and document design
strong visual thinking skills, including aptitude for representing ideas through conceptual drawings or illustrations
strength in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat)
flexibility to design in PowerPoint and Word as required
good attention to detail, including typography, colour, image, and document set-up
excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills
capability and confidence to carry project inputs and outputs through from concept (early brief, sketches) to completion (highly polished print output)
an understanding of iterative prototyping and constructive critique as an essential part of the design process
experience with or exposure to user research to better understand user problems or to test prototypes
ESSENTIAL DISPOSITION
As a Design Consultant and more importantly, as a member of the Growth and Business Design community, it is essential that you be:
Collaborative, eager to work with a multi-disciplinary team of consultants across a broad range of wicked problems.
Comfortable with ambiguity, ready to muck about in the fuzzy front-end of a project to find the essence of the situation and frame or re-frame it as necessary.
Tenaciously curious, always wanting to find out more about what is going on, or simply following your intuition to further explore that which superficially seems unconnected.
Excellent at holistic thinking, always relating the detail back to the whole system and spotting significance.
Agile with synthesis, able to bring together divergent pieces to create new understanding and meaning.
Empathetic, capable of putting yourself in both the shoes of the user as well as the shoes of our clients to understand what motivates them and what their meaning of ‘good’ is.
What qualifications and experiences will be relevant?
You will be well-suited for this position if you have:
2 + years relevant experience in a mix of the below:
solving complex problems in large corporations through an in-house role in strategy, growth or innovation
customer driven innovation, growth hacking within a start-up, accelerator, design/digital consulting practice or relevant creative agency
working on customer driven innovation and value proposition development
designing and executing pretotyping, prototyping, rapid experimentation both digitally and face to face with customers (EDM, Social Ads, landing pages, analytics)
translating human behaviours from tests and experiences into concrete concepts and solutions
solving customer problem in large corporations, start- and scale ups or at agency level
Qualification in Visual Communication, Industrial Design, Information Design, Digital Media or another equivalent degree
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services and Accenture Song — all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 710,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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