Deck/UX Designer

POSITION SUMMARY:  

We’re looking for a versatile Presentation & Experience Designer to own the visual quality of our pitches, proposals, and client-facing materials. As a media agency without a dedicated creative team, this role is critical in translating strategy and ideas into clear, compelling, and well-designed presentations.

This role is design-forward, not strategy-heavy: you’ll work closely with account, strategy, and leadership teams to shape content into persuasive narratives, polished decks, and simple digital experiences. You’ll also provide light UX design support for client-facing flows, mockups, and wireframes when needed.

This is an ideal role for a designer who enjoys structure, storytelling, and clarity—and wants ownership over presentation quality across the agency.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Presentation & Deck Design

• Design high-quality pitch decks, proposals, and client presentations from outlines, notes, or rough drafts
• Translate complex media, performance, and strategy concepts into clear visual narratives
• Create and maintain presentation templates (Google Slides / PowerPoint / Keynote)
• Ensure visual consistency, hierarchy, and readability across all materials
• Elevate slides with charts, diagrams, timelines, and frameworks (not just “pretty slides”)
• Collaborate with leadership on high-stakes new business pitches

Light UX & Experience Design

• Create low- to mid-fidelity wireframes for simple client-facing experiences (landing pages, dashboards, content hubs)
• Improve flow, structure, and usability of presentations and digital concepts
• Partner with strategy or media teams to visualize user journeys and touchpoints
• Provide basic UX thinking (information architecture, hierarchy, clarity), not full product design

Visual Systems

• Help define and evolve the agency’s visual standards in the absence of a formal creative team
• Build reusable design components (slide layouts, icons, charts)
• Apply client brand guidelines accurately and thoughtfully

Collaboration & Process

• Work independently with minimal hand-holding
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment
• Take feedback from non-designers and translate it into effective design solutions

REQUIREMENTS:

• 3–6 years of experience in presentation design, graphic design, or agency design
• Strong expertise in Google Slides and/or PowerPoint (this is essential)
• Proficiency in Figma (or similar) for layout and light UX work
• Strong understanding of:
  • Visual hierarchy
  • Typography
  • Layout and spacing
  • Storytelling through design
• Experience designing for client-facing or executive audiences
• Ability to work from rough content and make it polished and persuasive
• Comfortable working without a large creative team or art director

Please Note: This is a hybrid position requiring a combination of in-office work at our Chicago location and remote work from home. The specific schedule will be finalized upon hire.  We are only looking for candidates in/around the Chicago Metro Area and do not offer relocation assistance. 

We Bring Brands To Where People Live Their Lives.

NOVUS is an independent local media planning and buying agency. We are focused on local media of all types including video, audio, OOH, digital, and print. We have carved out a unique position in the marketplace; with comprehensive data sets, proprietary tools and some of the best strategists in the industry, NOVUS builds and executes plans that achieve remarkable results.

NOVUS provides a collaborative work environment, with career advancement potential and offers an array of benefits as well as considerable time off allowances. Additionally, as a mid-sized agency, team members have direct exposure to senior management on a regular basis and they get the opportunity to work on a range of assignments with significant responsibilities. By joining one of the premier media companies in the industry, you'll be part of a team that is passionate, engaged, forward-thinking and seizing opportunities daily.

We are committed to providing salary ranges for all open positions. Please note that the specific compensation for this role will be determined based on your experience, qualifications, location, and internal equity considerations. The salary range for this position is: $65,000 - $85,000. This range reflects the base salary for this position.

NOVUS offers a full array of health care and wellness benefits, which currently includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurances, short and long-term disability, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, a health savings account, legal services, identity theft protection and an employee assistance program. Eligible employees are those that are full-time salaried or part-time salaried employees working 30 hours per week or more, as well as those whose eligibility is required by applicable state law.  A group retirement savings plan is also available to all salaried employees.  While the Company continually seeks to improve upon and add to its current benefits suite, it believes you will find the benefit programs as comprehensive as any in the industry.

Novus Media is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against and applicant or employee of the Company, on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, marital or family status, age, gender identity or expression, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.  Our agency is committed to creating a workplace where every employee feels welcomed, respected, and valued. We embrace diversity in all its forms, and we strongly encourage people from a variety of backgrounds to apply.