Designer, Greater Toronto Area

POSITION SUMMARY

The Designer role develops creative and effective design solutions for customer materials through both print and digital media.

JOB DUTIES

• Conceptualize and produce online and offline collateral for marketing and sales, including original campaigns, direct mail, brochures, print and banner ads, product sheets, PowerPoint presentations and more.
• Work closely with clients and/or project management teams to understand the client's business needs.
• Formulate forward-thinking concepts and render designs for multimedia campaigns while always elevating our client's brand
• Responsible for the design and production of a diverse range of graphic, print, and digital media collateral to support client needs.
• Develop comprehensive multimedia campaigns.
• Identify fresh and innovative design solutions that push the boundaries of the client brand and explore more effective formats and/or media channels.
• Understand the restrictions and limitations of the designs deliverable process and manage client expectations (where appropriate) through providing education in relation to design limitation and/or restrictions
• Responsible for ensuring brand consistency while offering a fresh approach to design, artwork, digital and print output.
• Provide effective visual solutions by executing client creative requests and creative projects.
• Ensure that all work is visually appealing and created to specification
• Ensure that all work produced is to a suitably high standard and within brand guidelines and specifications.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Digital Arts/Graphic Design (or other related field) or equivalent years of experience
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience in the graphic design industry
• Excellent design knowledge and application.
• Exceptional visual trouble shooting skills.
• Ability to storyboard, comp visual ideas within the creative process.
• Conceptual creative and production skills with a good understanding of layout principles, aesthetic design concepts and typography.
• Experience creating campaigns and extending the look and feel through various marketing materials.
• Able to complete tasks within tight schedules and under strict layout controls.
• Strong verbal communication skills; dependable, detail-oriented, and well organized.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Proven skills in the latest Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Microsoft Office, including Power Point
• Web design experience is a plus.
• Experience working in both in an agency and/or corporate environment preferred.
• Motivated, organized, and flexible.
• Work well in a small team environment.