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This role partners closely with consulting teams and client leaders to shape engagement deliverables, provide creative direction, and ensure high-quality, client-ready outputs that tell a story and unite teams toward the same vision. \nThe Visual Communications Manager drives quality standards, contributes to resource planning, identifies client opportunities, and applies visual communication strategies that strengthen consulting impact. This role may also support internal team learning and development while effectively delivering across multiple, concurrent engagements.\nJob Duties:\nIdeates and delivers on visual communications strategy and delivery for consulting engagements, ensuring alignment with client objectives and elevating engagement outcomes\nPartners with consulting teams and account leaders to shape deliverables and develop effective, compelling visuals that distill and simplify complex concepts\nAsks good questions. Thinks diagnostically, quickly analyzing scenarios to determine the most effective, creative solutions\nListens carefully to identify opportunities where visual design elements can expand scope and add exponential client value\nConceptualizes, designs, develops, and refines client-ready visual materials, presentations, and communication tools across multiple mediums including digital, print, client intranets/websites, and eLearnings\nProvides quality oversight, strategic guidance, and subject matter support for visual communications work within assigned engagements\nManages multiple projects simultaneously, monitors priorities, and addresses risks, issues, and changes in scope in a timely manner\nSupports business development efforts through creation of proposal content and pitch materials, as well as identifying follow-on opportunities with existing clients\nContributes to practice development through coaching, onboarding support, and participation in internal learning initiatives\nCollaborates with leadership on resource planning, staffing visibility, and utilization management across active and upcoming work\nEffectively presents design concepts and rationale to internal stakeholders and clients\nOther duties as required\nSupervisory Responsibilities:\nMentors and trains Visual Communication Associates \nManages delivery of the Visual Communication workstreams and “hands-on” execution \nEffectively liaises with, delegates to, and guides the RISE design team to produce high-quality graphics that add value to visual communication workstream deliverables\nQualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:\nEducation\nBachelor’s degree, required; 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