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• Alignment

  The level of attention you pay to details can clearly been seen by your commitment to precisely aligned texts, shapes and images. Getting it right can become a good habit over long term, but it does require quite the trained eye. Our admins can spot even if just one pixel if off, in time with practice you will know how to satisfy their extremely high standards. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Were your all elements vertically aligned? Were all eleFew readers

• Creativity

  Creativity is only one of the important skills a great PowerPoint designer has. At KnowMore, creativity must always be aligned with the guidelines. Creativity is a prerequisite of making good visual enhancement for example **What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? ** The slides you designed needed more to become effective. You need to work on your visual enhancement skills While inspiration slides are there to help you, relying predominantly on them, does not shoFew readers

• Icons

  Good icon use is key to creating good slides that are easy to understand at first glance. They seem simple to use, but there are many small details that make getting them right complicated. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You are using image files (jpeg, png, gif. etc.) instead of SVG format files You are not consistently using the same icon style across the project (eg.: line thickness, level of detail, filled or line icon style, hard edges vs smooFew readers

• Content mistakes

  Content mistakes are one of the most serious mistakes you can make on a project. No client will forgive missing or changed information in the file, even if they have received the best design in the world. Incorrect content jeopardizes their job and our contact with them – so you must always make sure that the content in your project slides in impeccable. Admins usually only have time to do in detail content checking after a project has been approved, so you need to be 100% sure that everything iFew readers

• Rework required

  This rating tag is given to those projects when after approval the admin had to rework the file themselves to bring it up to the client ‘s expectations. Usually, this tag is accompanied with other more specific feedback tags to explain what needed to be changed What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Your work needed further adjustments, that required more than 15 minutes of the admin’s time You did not implement the admin’s feedback (often the same repeaFew readers

• Images

  An image can mean 1000 words. Good use of images are vital to good visual enhancement and using them correctly can boost your slides immensely. Our clients do not want us to use cliché and generic illustrations, we need to carefully select pictures, and implement them perfectly to keep them happy and coming back to us for more design work. Images can be raster or vector based (photographs or digital illustrations), and good image use starts with making sure you select the right one! What cFew readers

• Speed

  At KnowMore Platform we have an average speed expectation of our specialists. This is based on the speed of our admins and the best performing designer already working on our platform. In general, you should be able to create 1-3 visual enhancements per hours and 2-6 brush-up per hour. Admins use an automatic calculator to define how much time a project is worth, which also considers the difficulty of a given projects (detail level, content quantity, client expectations, repeating slides, etc)Few readers

• Slide frame

  The slide frame is one of the most basic concepts in KnowMore Platform. Without it – positioning slide content correctly is impossible, and it is how we ensure a minimum standard and consistency of slide decks. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You did not set a slide frame using guides on the project You used an incorrect slide frame on the projects You did not fill the slide frame perfectly with content and fit it perfectly to its edges (you are ouFew readers

• Deadline

  Reaching deadlines is why our clients keep coming back to us. Promptness is a must and in the management consulting world, a late presentation can mean the complete loss of a project. At KnowMore, behind the scenes admins are juggling multiple deadlines at any time of the day. If you miss your deadline, you are not just endangering your own project, but potentially other projects your admin is working on, because they will need to recalibrate their whole schedule and timing to save the day, andFew readers

• Communication

  Good communication is vital to be able to work successfully remotely. During projects you communicate exclusively in writing through the chat interface of the platform with admins. It is your responsibility to make sure that exchange of information goes smoothly to ensure a good experience on any projects. What can it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Your communication style is not clear – the admin has to ask you more than once clarifying question to understand whFew readers

• Consistency

  The devil is in the details. Slides not only have to perfect in themselves, but they also must be consistent with one another. The deck as such needs to be clearly perceived as a whole. You need to pay attention this this in particular when a project has repeated slides, slides with similar content that requires similar structures to be used. And don’t forget to make sure there is no jumping from slide to slide, everything is perfectly aligned, and the that the positions of footers, legends andFew readers

• Text boxes on shapes

  We at KnowMore must take care to send back projects to our clients that can be modified by theme without caused the design to change significantly. If a text is positioned together with a coloured background shape – it should always be inside it, not on top separately. Why? To make sure that if the client rewrites the text for any reason, the positioning of the text will not change compared to the shape itself. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You puFew readers

• Recreation of text

  Notes to slides is a fairly common kind of project our clients send us. To do well on them you need to be able to decipher all kinds of writing, printed, handwritten, shorthand and even cursive. Not to mention the many different languages our send their work in to us. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You had difficultly reading the text and a substantial amount is missing from the project You did not indicate the parts you could not understand withFew readers

• Color usage

  Colors are one of the key elements of a client’s branding and guideline. Getting them correct is the first step of creating a slide deck that looks right. If the colors are incorrect, the client will notice it immediately. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You did not get the color scheme correct in your file Colors were implemented in a wrong hierarchy Highlight color was overused Colors for a specific purpose were incorrectly chosen The cFew readers

• Repost required

  After the admin closed your project, it needed to be reposted so a different specialist could complete it and bring it up to the client’s expectations. Admins generally also add additional feedback in suchsituations. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Your work needed further adjustments and was reposted so a different specialist could correct it. The amount of feedback and communication required for you to complete the project to the client’s satisfFew readers

• Independence

  Independence Independence is a key character trait that can lead to your ultimate success on KnowMore Platform. It is a combination of individual decision making, personal responsibility and perseverance. Admins cherish independent designers – as we can trust them to work on their own. An independent specialist uses their admins’ resources wisely. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You ask questions you can easily get the answers for from the descripFew readers

• Follow instructions

  On any project there are two kinds of instructions you are given as a designer, the initial static description and the dynamic feedback comments. Understanding and following through with both is vital to creating slides the clients will be happy with. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You did not understand the initial static instructions and follow them correctly You had issues implementing the dynamic feedback comments You disregarded instructiFew readers

• Animations

  Sometime clients require us to include animations on their projects. This does not happen often, but on the few occasions that it does, extra diligence is required. Animations can be anything from a transition to shape changes and position changed of content. Getting animations incorrect is also considered a content mistake. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? After redesigning the client slide, you did not include the animations on the original inputFew readers

• Availability

  Availability is key to a smooth working experience for you and the admin. Just as admins try to get back to you as soon as possible with answers to your questions and feedback on your projects, we expect the same of you when you are on a project. Communication and managing time is key – please always keep you admin posted regarding your availability. If you endanger a project by not being available, you may be removed from it. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an adFew readers

• Content understanding

  Content is KING at KnowMore Platform. Not only must you as a specialist make sure that it is correct and flawless, but to be an exceptional designer understanding the client content is a key component. Only by understanding the content will you be able to notice the underlying structures that will give you an edge when it comes to visual enhancement for example. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Your designs did not fit the content of the client YouFew readers

• Spacing

  Details are important and spacing is not an exception. Spacing refers to equal spaces between shapes both horizontally and vertically. In other way it means that all the gaps between shapes or even shapes to text must be the same throughout the slide. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? There are differences between the spacing of objects Your spacing might be equal for all horizontal gaps, but maybe different for vertical gaps or the other way aroundFew readers

• Creative structures

  In visual enhancement tasks creative effort is required and therefore slides structures and solutions should be more innovative than just plain boxes. Some clients prefer more creative slides than others but visual enhancement should be never very boring or easily misunderstood for brush up. Therefore always make sure that you understand the content of the slide and based on that use enhanced structure to support this message. For example, if the slide is describing 5 steps process let´s use somFew readers

• Perseverance

  We really appreciate the right attitude on projects. Maybe you are a new designer who is still learning how to work at our platform or you are a more experienced designer but the task was not going as smooth as you hoped for. As much as we are trying to make every project going smoothly, there might be occasional bumps on the road. Therefore we appreciate designers who do not give up easily, are keen to learn continually and have the right team spirit to solve any issue on the task! What dFew readers

• Guidelines

  Guidelines capture all the visual rules for clients´ specific style therefore they must be followed. You have to be familiar with guidelines of the task you work on and be able to apply them correctly in all slides. Guideline file usually contains these rules you must follow: usage of correct template and layouts slide frame font type and minimum font size rules correct color usage bullet points style and indentation settings textbox margins heading and textbox style iFew readers

• Font issues

  Using correct font and following basic font design rules is very important. Font issues are big part of creating inconsistent slides. Therefore let´s make sure you know what to avoid. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? Client´s font is not installed in your computer You have installed client´s font but you didn´t close and re-open PowerPoint - you need to do this in order to see newly installed font in your PowerPoint You might have used wrong fontFew readers

• Clients´ style

  Every client has own unique style that has to be captured in the slides we create. It is very important for our clients to capture their carefully developed branding so all of their materials appear unified in visual style. What does it mean if you got this tag as feedback from an admin? You might use style of shapes that are not shown in guidelines and inspiration file (fx. filled boxes vs. non filled boxes, round shapes vs. edgy shapes, underlined heading vs. filled box heading) TFew readers

• Understanding clients´ instructions

  There are many different types of clients´ instructions. Some are very clear and straightforward and other might need more focus to understand them correctly. Important is that you always make sure that you fully understand and that you do not overlook any. Different ways that you can find clients instructions: In the task description General instruction at first slide Sticker instructions in individual slides PowerPoint comments Speakers notes Separate instruction fileFew readers