
Senior Art Director
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Develop refined, production-heavy concepts and executions with a focus on social and digital media. Use experience in social media to incorporate creative/design/layout best practices for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, LinkedIn, YouTube and others.
- Develop strong video, print and digital design for a wide range of assignments, including branding, layout, storyboarding, mockups, infographics, presentations, print collateral and signage.
- Ensure all visual design adheres to existing brand guidelines.
- Be extremely comfortable creating iterative digital executions, such as resizes of campaign assets for various channels - and overseeing others in this task.
- Wear multiple hats: contingent on your skills, there will be times when you must drive the creative/design process by playing the role of producer, re-toucher, illustrator, photographer, etc.
- From concept to execution, bring an enthusiasm for solving design and marketing challenges throughout the life of a project, and amid stakeholder revisions.
- Display an understanding of digital and interactive design principles; we do not produce many websites or mobile apps, but need someone who can speak to and define those UX/UI needs when necessary.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across teams and potentially manage junior designers and art directors.
- Present your work comfortably and confidently in client meetings.
- Join client meetings, brainstorms and planning sessions for ongoing projects.
- Build and maintain strong rapport with creative team colleagues, client leads and project managers.
- Cultivate an inclusive culture and champion the contributions of your colleagues.
- Have a proficient grasp on generative AI as it concerns art direction, renders, and mocks.
- 5+ years of art direction and/or design experience in a related agency department or industry (advertising, digital, social media, content or public relations).
- Ability to work quickly, efficiently, and accurately within all required aspects of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), as well as presentation software (eg: PowerPoint).
- Be curious, self-motivated, hard-working, well-organized, thick-skinned and resilient to
- Experience with social media platforms and a working knowledge of their best practices
- Ongoing drive to learn and incorporate new and emerging techniques, trends and philosophies in design, technology, and social media.
- Must have a portfolio (share anything that conveys the way you think or approach assignments, even if it was never produced).
- Education in advertising design and conceptual thinking is preferred.
- Bonus skills: illustration, photography, retouching, filmmaking, etc. Any artistic passion points are always a plus.
- Experience managing junior creatives is a plus.
- Knowledge of or strong interest in consumer electronics a plus.
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- RRSP (with employer match)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Juice Money - $60 monthly reimbursement to be used towards purchases that nourish your health, mind, body, and soul
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) - $50 monthly cell phone reimbursement
- MyDays - Flexible time off
- Short-Term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave Policy