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Visual Meaning

Why choose Visual Meaning?

Visual Meaning is a creative, dynamic place to work, dedicated to creating shared meaning – most often to enable business change and whole-system transformation. We are an enthusiastic and friendly team of visually trained business consultants, illustrators and software developers working together to represent systems in a way that everyone can understand.

We’re passionate about making a great workplace for our employees to thrive and grow, offering interesting work, fantastic colleagues and competitive remuneration and benefits. We’re committed to an open, inclusive culture and truly believe in making a difference to our people, our clients and the world around us. 

Please do have a look through the opportunities to join us on this journey and get in touch.

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Consultant

Oxford based
Full time, salary dependent on experience

A creatively minded Business Consultant, who has a willingness to learn and a desire to leave the world a better place is needed to join our specialist consultancy that leverages the power of visual aids to help people understand anything that’s big, complex, ambiguous or difficult. Working alongside a talented team of Illustrators, Software Developers, and other Consultants you will have a key hand in producing easy to understand, bite sized visuals that help clients see their systematic problems and how they can change them.
One on our current consultants has put together this awesome video of what we do, why we think it could change the world, and the kind of people we’re looking for to come join us on the journey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P83wpcddZiQ
 
It is not expected that you will have experience in all areas of the role, what is KEY is your raw intelligence, excellent analytical skills, an ability to hold and make sense of a high volume of complex or ambiguous concepts. You will also be curious, open, and have outstanding collaborative skills and a willingness to learn and progress.
 
We’re an innovative consultancy combining visual and systems thinking techniques to represent change across all stages of the transformation lifecycle. Working with organisational leaders, programme directors and cross-industry groups, we make conceptual maps that give everyone a shared image of what’s going on, and where the potential problems lie. We’re growing fast and are looking for a Business Analyst / Business Consultant to join our tight-knit team in this client facing role.
 

Working with our diverse and dynamic team you will be a creatively minded Business Consultant, keen to learn new skills and ready to be challenged. You’ll be working with complex real-world business processes, creating visual representations to identify and map systemic patterns to bring shared meaning to clients. Whether you are gathering data, analysing internal systems / hierarchies, organising client data-gathering workshops, producing visual interactive system maps, presenting solutions to clients, or spotting new opportunities, it will be your self-starter mentality and passion to make a difference in the world that delivers outstanding results.

 
Please include a cover message outlining why you are interested in this role and how your experience demonstrates you’re a good fit for the role.
 
To qualify… You could be a creative Business Consultant / Business Analyst / Client Advisor / Customer Consultant / Systems Advisor / Business Systems Consultant or similar, we don’t mind, as long as your CV and Cover Letter demonstrates:  
  • Experience in consultancy or a similarly client facing role ideally within the professional services or tech industries.
  • A passion for systems and visual thinking.
  • Raw intelligence, excellent analytical skills and an ability to hold and make sense of a high volume of complex or ambiguous concepts.
  • Curiosity, openness and outstanding collaborative skills: you will be self-aware, ready to challenge and be challenged, with a strong desire to develop.
  • Proven ability to self-organise and a proactive attitude, looking for problems to solve
  • An aptitude for consulting, to see the bigger picture; to be able to represent it back to clients in a way that is meaningful and powerfully simple.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills – you can build rapport quickly.
  • The ability to adapt and be flexible and to see challenges as opportunities.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to structure work activities into a coherent project plan.
This is a rare opportunity for a Business Consultant to join our fantastic team who really believe in making a difference and providing a great workplace for everyone to thrive and grow. 
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You can have a look around one of our recent interactive maps here:

Bucks NHS map

To apply for one of these roles, please send a CV along with a covering email explaining why you think you’d be a good fit to jobs@visual-meaning.com with the Job Title you are applying for in the subject field.

Please include your portofolio / examples of your work where relevant.