Design Specialist

Flywheel Digital•Toronto, ON

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

Flywheel's suite of digital commerce solutions accelerate growth across all major digital marketplaces for the world's leading brands. We give clients access to near real-time performance measurement and improve sales, share, and profit. With teams across the Americas, Europe and APAC, we offer a career with real impact, endless growth opportunities and the support you need to be the best you can be. We’re looking for a Design Specialist to work closely with client services, creative teams, and a freelancer network to create and develop content for eCommerce platforms. This person can take directions given both verbally and visually and convert them efficiently into images and layouts to meet objectives. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, possesses a strong marketing sense, and is able to analyze performance to drive creative direction. They will have the opportunity to learn about eCommerce platforms from the ground up, while working with some of the North America's top brands and advertisers.

Requirements

Experience within graphic design, digital marketing, or within a related field
Extensive experience within Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc)
Proficient in Excel
Strong project management skills
Ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders (client services, creative team, freelancers)
Ability to work independently when assigned new tasks/projects
Ability to creatively work within limitations and guidelines
Highly organized, detail oriented, and able to manage/deliver multiple projects simultaneously under tight deadlines
Strong verbal and written communication skills and enjoy collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders
Learn quickly, and proactively take on new challenges or build on new/existing skills
Open to receiving and providing constructive feedback
Thrive and adapt in dynamic and demanding situations without prescriptive direction

Nice To Haves

Experience within the SaaS/Tech industry

Responsibilities

Create compelling designs for e-commerce, optimized for mobile and desktop devices
Create advertising videos using animation and basic editing techniques
Collaborate with client services and creative teams to conceptualize content
Test, measure, and analyze customer shopping and purchasing behaviour to improve best practices
Support Account Leads with analytics that drive decision making
Liaise effectively with clients, other team members, and freelancer designers
Offer input in creative meetings and share ideas
Process, organize, and maintain images from start to finish for multiple platform use