Designer - 6 month FTC

DEPT®•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$55,000 - CA$65,000•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is part of our Global Studios team. We create emotive yet conversion-focused ideas, products and campaigns at scale and speed. Our specialty is hyper-personalised, digital communications that change perceptions, shape new behaviours, and shift market share for our clients. As a Designer, you will be creating engaging designs that start conversations between people and brands. You’ll work within a team of creatives and copywriters to deliver impactful designs that fulfil client briefs and communicate the DEPT® Studios standard of Design. You will help DEPT® Studios combine AI automation with human creativity to solve the primary challenge facing enterprise marketing teams today: content demands are accelerating faster than traditional production models can support.

Requirements

1-3 years digital design experience
Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching
A great teammate that supports their colleagues and doesn’t act as an individual.
Very organised with attention to detail.
Works with grit and determination in the face of demanding deadlines.
Proficient in print design (we use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator)
Has a desire to embrace new skills and challenges.
Competence of Figma, Adobe CS, AI tools (i.e. Weavy, Google AI Studio, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Claude) and all other relevant software.

Responsibilities

Working on a brief from start to finish.
Image sourcing and art working.
Designing responsive emails and landing pages.
Maintaining existing and designing new onsite marketing templates.
Developing rich visual content for weekly newsletters.
Applying creativity to adhoc projects.
Always striving to create work that contributes to client business goals.
Taking accountability for flawless design output.
Contributing innovative ideas at creative review meetings.
Works within established brand guidelines and creative templates to produce high-quality, impactful creative assets across a range of marketing channels, maintaining brand consistency and attention to detail.

Benefits

A flexible, hybrid working policy.
An excellent salary based on experience and equal pay policies.
Mental health support, and company sick pay scheme.
15 days paid holiday annually (plus Public Holidays).
Refreshments are provided in the office all week.
Enhanced family friendly policies to support new parents.
Social and Cultural Events, plenty of opportunities to connect with colleagues through organised activities and celebrations.
Inspirational Talks, bringing the outside in with regular guest speakers and events.
Learning and Development, supporting your growth with continuous opportunities to learn and advance.
Buddy Programme: You will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you through your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
A reputation for doing good. DEPT® has been a Certified B Corp® since 2021 and named ‘Agency of the Year’ at both The Lovies and The Webby Awards.
Awesome clients. Whether big or small, local or global — at DEPT® you’ll get the opportunity to work with clients of all sizes and across all industries. And we celebrate all of our successes together!
The opportunity for possibility. We want to enable you to do what you do best and help you develop your skills further with training, development and certifications.