Visual Communications Support Consultant

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

This role is part of Arcadis’ Global Excellence Centre (GEC) and will join our 3,000+ talented individuals working in India, Romania, and Philippines, in partnership with Arcadis’ offices globally.  The GEC brings key capabilities and capacity to support our clients seamlessly around the world.  For those in GEC there are options to be dedicated to one country; developing deep knowledge and strong relationships, as well as opportunities to be part of teams working truly globally as a centre of excellence, offering diversity and variety. Arcadians are by nature, globally minded and culturally aware, and Arcadis strongly believes in flexibility which enables change over time as your career progresses. The GEC model is well embedded in Arcadis, and the strong relationships that exist between our global offices are truly unique. 

Our Environmental Planning team is looking for a Visual Communication Support Consultant. Your specialist graphic skills will be instrumental in the creation of visually compelling graphics that elevate the presentation of our materials for a variety of Clients. We are looking for a passionate individual with ability to simplify complex information and present it in a visually compelling and memorable way. Your role will involve close collaboration with various teams to understand core messages and translating them into impactful visual elements. Utilizing your graphic design expertise, you will create high-quality graphics, charts, and diagrams to effectively communicate intricate ideas to diverse audiences through various media including documents, presentations and videos. 

As part of our Environmental Planning team, you’ll be integral to working on how we can improve quality of life. With your specialism in environmental management, or planning or your technical or sustainability expertise, your work could involve protected species, pollution, surface water and materials management, air quality or noise. You will need to be a team player who loves to collaborate, is able to drive ideas and projects and think ‘outside the box’ – variety and diversity are also integral to this role. 

Role accountabilities:

You’ll be challenged and inspired by projects that demand a variety of ideas and solutions. It’s why we value collaboration. Why you’ll work with talented colleagues who bring fresh thoughts. And whilst each Arcadian brings their own perspective, we are united by a passion for embedding sustainability in all that we do, collaboration and a desire to solve the most complex challenges our world faces.

• Graphic Design: Develop visually appealing and professional infographics, charts, and diagrams that not only convey information effectively but also prioritize ease of understanding.
• Brand Consistency & Quality Control: Ensure all graphics align with our brand guidelines and visual identity. Maintain consistency in design elements across different materials.
• Research: Conduct research to gather relevant industry and project-specific visual references to enhance our visual storytelling.
• Deadline Management: Manage multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely completion of all graphic design elements. Collaborate with teams to prioritize and address urgent graphic design needs.
• Communication: Effectively communicate with team members to gather necessary information and provide updates on graphic design tasks. Collaborate with various departments to gather input and feedback, fostering continuous improvement.
• Accessibility: Ability to embed accessibility features in project work and public facing documents to comply with legal requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Degree/Diploma or equivalent in a relevant discipline.
• Proficient in the knowledge, use and application of a variety of industry graphics related software packages, including Adobe Creative Suite (especially Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design) and other relevant desktop applications (MS Word and PowerPoint),
• Ability to draw / sketch to quickly communicate ideas graphically.
• Effective research, data gathering and analysis skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Knowledge of embedding accessibility in design.
• Some knowledge of environmental consultancy services and awareness of the typical outputs associated with landscape and urban design and EIA related visualisations and graphics would be beneficial

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.