Senior Presentation Specialist - Medical Communications

Sr Presentation Specialist

At ICON, it's our people that set us apart.

As a global provider of drug development solutions, our work is serious business. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun while you do it. With our vision to be the partner of choice in drug development, we hire only the best and brightest in the industry. Are you one of them?

We are looking for passionate, resilient, and inspiring individuals to join our team. As the Sr Presentation Specialist:

In this role, you will

• Redesign slides by incorporating visual storytelling and data visualization best practices to communicate information in a succinct, meaningful way using MS PowerPoint and the Adobe Creative Suite
• Work with Creative concepts and art direction to create complete PowerPoint templates, including master slides, color palette, fonts palette, and visuals for use in client presentations
• Develop and maintain an archive of presentations and other collateral materials
• Perform formatting and redesign tasks in MS Word and MS Excel as needed
• Style and consolidate high quantities of scientific and promotional presentations for different ICO business units, including managed markets, medical communications, pricing and market access, health economics, and patient recruitment
• Work closely with account staff, content, and Editorial to ensure accurate placement and review of content
• Create unique backgrounds, images, and incorporate graphics and art from other applications
• Assist in the development of marketing collateral for the team (i.e. capabilities presentations, videos, websites, etc.)
• Work closely with Traffic Managers and account teams to organize and effectively manage your work load to meet client deadlines and expectations
• Manage a freelance pool and ensure the timely delivery of freelance projects according to in-house quality standards, which entails the following:
  • Weighing in on appropriate freelancers to consider after reviewing resumés, work samples, and qualifications
  • Ensuring that the freelancers involved in a project receive and return all required materials
  • Ensuring that freelance deliverables are completed by the deadlines assigned and in accordance with the specific instructions of each request and our internal company quality standards
  • Ensuring that all freelancers provide appropriate time tracking documentation and submit their timecards for timely approval

What you need

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in communications or local equivalent
• Strong graphic design and visual storytelling training and experience with the ability to interpret communication objectives into infographic and presentation formats
• Excellent communication skills with internal clients and creative services management
• Proficiency in time, project and resource management
• Ability to package slides and presentations into cohesive and engaging presentation media
• Proficient support software skills to aid in development and layout (Photoshop, illustrator, and any other new media packages)
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines on multiple projects