Senior Graphic Designer

Your Team Responsibilities

At MSCI, creativity plays a key role in how we connect with investors around the world. Our global Marketing organization is a dynamic, fast-evolving team dedicated to bringing MSCI's solutions, insights, and expertise to life through meaningful and impactful experiences.

At the heart of this is our Design Studio, where creativity meets strategy. We're the team behind MSCI's visual storytelling, shaping how our brand looks, feels, and connects with audiences across campaigns, digital platforms, events, and print. We combine bold thinking, thoughtful design, and exceptional craft to create work that makes complex ideas clear, engaging, and memorable.

As a Senior Designer, you'll have the opportunity to make a visible impact on a globally recognized brand. You'll lead exciting, high-profile creative projects from initial concept to final execution, bring fresh perspectives to our evolving visual identity, and develop compelling creative solutions that work seamlessly across multiple channels and touchpoints.

You'll be more than a designer executing briefs. You'll be a creative partner, a problem-solver, and a driving force behind how our brand comes to life. Working alongside talented colleagues across Marketing, Product, Research, Sales, PR, Digital, and Events, as well as external creative partners, you'll help turn ambitious ideas into cohesive, impactful brand experiences that engage audiences worldwide.

If you're passionate about great design, energized by creative challenges, and excited by the opportunity to shape the visual presence of a global brand, this is a place where your ideas, expertise, and creativity can make a real difference.

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Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead creative for integrated campaigns and launches — shape and execute the creative vision for complex, multi-touchpoint initiatives across channels and collateral, partnering with internal teams and external agencies to deliver a strong, cohesive brand experience from concept through execution.
• Shape visual direction across collateral and assets — oversee the design and execution of a wide range of digital and print materials, including presentations, brochures, environmental graphics, and social content, as well as data visualizations and infographics that turn complex information into clear visual stories.
• Champion the visual identity — ensure consistent, high-craft application of the brand across all materials, evolve design systems and templates, and share creative ideas and direction with the team to help maintain quality and consistency.
• Drive event and experiential design — develop and execute the visual direction for events across a wide range of touchpoints, including signage, booth graphics, environmental graphics, digital displays, and on-site collateral, ensuring a cohesive and consistent brand experience.
• Manage projects and cross-team collaboration — own timelines and priorities across multiple workstreams, including high-priority, time-sensitive, and urgent projects at times.
• Partner with the Design Studio Lead, Creative Director, Multimedia Lead, and campaign teams to adapt creative concepts across channels and formats, and work closely with marketing partners to understand project objectives, deliver effective design solutions, and foster a strong studio culture of feedback and critique.
• Champion AI and modern design tools — incorporate AI into daily design work to boost speed and quality, and share best practices with the team.
• Stay current on emerging design trends, technologies, and tools that can improve workflow efficiency and elevate design quality.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

• 6–8+ years of creative impact: You bring extensive experience in graphic design, ideally within an in-house creative team, marketing organization, or agency. You're confident taking projects from the first spark of an idea through to polished, high-quality execution.

• A portfolio that speaks for itself: Your work showcases creative versatility, strong visual storytelling, and exceptional design craft across brand identity, marketing campaigns, events and environmental graphics, digital experiences, and print. Experience designing for B2B or enterprise brands is a big plus.

• A talent for making the complex feel simple: You know how to transform dense information, data, and complex ideas into compelling visuals. From infographics to data-driven storytelling, you create designs that inform, engage, and make an impact.

• A creative mind with a strategic approach: You balance big-picture thinking with an eye for the details. You're comfortable managing multiple projects, navigating shifting priorities, and delivering outstanding work without losing sight of deadlines or business goals.

• An ownership mindset: You're proactive, resourceful, and solutions-oriented. You take initiative, bring fresh ideas to the table, and take pride in driving projects forward from concept to completion.

• A natural storyteller and communicator: You ask the right questions, turn complex briefs into thoughtful creative solutions, and confidently articulate your design decisions to both creative and non-creative audiences.

• A collaborative spirit with a global perspective: You thrive in cross-functional teams, build strong relationships, and know how to influence and inspire stakeholders. You're comfortable collaborating across regions, cultures, and time zones, bringing adaptability, empathy, and a global mindset to everything you do.

• Master of your creative toolkit: Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, with the technical expertise to bring ambitious creative ideas to life.

• Presentation design that makes an impact: Strong expertise in creating compelling, polished presentations, especially in Microsoft PowerPoint. You're also comfortable working across Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and Word.

• AI-curious and future-focused: You're excited about the possibilities of AI in design and already incorporate tools like Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, or Claude into your creative workflow. You're always exploring new technologies to spark ideas, streamline processes, and elevate your work.

• An exceptional eye for design: You have a strong command of typography, color, composition, and layout, with the ability to create visually engaging, consistent, and effective designs across multiple formats.

• A passion for quality and craft: You believe the details make the difference. You bring precision, consistency, and a commitment to excellence to every deliverable.

• A confident creative voice: You can clearly communicate your ideas, explain the thinking behind your designs, and confidently present and advocate for creative solutions to senior stakeholders.

• A mentor and creative collaborator: You enjoy sharing your expertise, providing constructive feedback, and helping junior designers grow while contributing to a collaborative and inspiring creative environment.

• A global communicator: You bring advanced English proficiency and experience working with international, cross-regional teams. You're comfortable collaborating across cultures, functions, and time zones.

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with Figma, Flourish, or dedicated data visualization tools.
• Knowledge of UX/UI principles and accessibility standards (e.g., color contrast, readable typography, inclusive design practices).
• Interest or experience in motion, animation, or video.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

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