The Presentation Designer plays a key role in supporting partners, directors and teams across KPMG New Zealand by creating high-quality, on‑brand PowerPoint deliverables. This is a PowerPoint‑focused role suited to someone who enjoys shaping content and applying a strong design eye to improve layout, diagrams and overall clarity.
Sitting within the Brand team, the role works closely with stakeholders to translate business content into clear, well‑structured and visually engaging deliverables for proposals, client delivery, internal communications and leadership forums. Strong PowerPoint capability and New Zealand cultural awareness are essential, ensuring outputs are professional and appropriate for local business audiences.
Create, edit and refine PowerPoint deliverables, including proposals, reports, presentations, templates, charts and diagrams, in line with agreed briefs and timelines.
Apply a strong design eye to enhance layout, flow, consistency and clarity across slides.
Ensure all outputs reflect New Zealand cultural awareness and are appropriate for local business audiences.
Work closely with partners, directors and teams to clarify briefs, respond to feedback, and meet deadlines.
Manage multiple pieces of work concurrently, maintaining high attention to detail under time pressure.
Work collaboratively with the wider Brand team and external suppliers when required.
Consistently apply KPMG brand guidelines, and client branding where relevant, helping maintain quality and consistency across deliverables.
Around 2-3 years’ experience working extensively in PowerPoint, ideally within a corporate or professional services environment.
Strong skills in slide layout, formatting, charts, diagrams and templates, with the ability to refine content for clarity and consistency.
A good eye for visual design fundamentals, including alignment, spacing, hierarchy and colour (formal design training is helpful but not essential).
Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and Illustrator) to support the creation of visuals, diagrams and graphics.
A portfolio or examples PowerPoint work that demonstrate strong execution, attention to detail and the effective use of visuals, diagrams and graphics to communicate ideas clearly.
Comfortable working directly with stakeholders, including partners and directors, in a professional and responsive manner.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, with strong organisational ability to manage competing deadlines.
A good level of New Zealand cultural awareness, with an understanding of local business audiences and expectations.
Comfortable working in a PC-based environment.
This role is best suited to someone early in their career and is not intended for candidates seeking a senior‑level position.
Recruitment Agencies: The recruitment for this role is being managed directly by the KPMG Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners if we require agency assistance. Thank you for your understanding.
Life at KPMG
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We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG.
As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:
— Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
— Opportunities for local and international secondments
— Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
— The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
— Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
— Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
— A paid professional association membership of your choice
— Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
— A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
— The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
— The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
— An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
— Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
— An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!
We believe that diversity of background and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our people, clients and communities. Our goal is to be recognised as an employer of choice for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, generation, flexible work status, family circumstances, sexual orientation or disability. Further info can be found on our website.
