Performance Creative Designer (Remote Canada)

Directive • Toronto, ON

4d • Remote

About The Position

Directive is seeking a creative, curious, and ambitious designer to join their performance-driven advertising team. This role involves bringing ideas to life across various channels like LinkedIn, Meta, YouTube, and TikTok, creating visuals that capture attention and drive results. It's ideal for someone eager to learn, experiment, and demonstrate their skills in a fast-paced environment where design directly influences business outcomes. The designer will work closely with cross-functional teams to design and implement creative assets for A/B tests and optimization strategies, aiming to achieve client business objectives. A strong design portfolio, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and experience in an agency setting with enterprise brands are expected.

Requirements

• 1-3 years experience in graphic design, with a focus on performance drive creative and CRO
• 1 year experience with motion graphics
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, including Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign
• Basic video editing and motion graphics experience using Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, or similar tools
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge and execution of performance marketing metrics like A/B Testing, CRO Analytics, Heatmapping, and experience designing for performance-driven campaign
• Driven to stay ahead of industry trends, including actively learning how AI and automation can enhance marketing and operations.

Responsibilities

• Craft compelling design assets such as ad sets and landing pages, that are backed by data to drive improvement of digital marketing KPIs.
• Produce motion graphics and basic short-form video cutdowns optimized for social media advertising, including LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
• Edit existing video assets into high-performing ad units tailored to platform specifications, aspect ratios, and attention spans.
• Collaborate with the media and content teams to align motion creative with audience insights and campaign goals.
• Support Directive's own marketing with compelling creative that helps us stand out.
• Maintain brand consistency across all static, motion, and video assets while adapting creatively to different audience segments and platforms.
• Collaborate with internal teams and client teams to understand business goals, target audience, and additional data points to help with the creation of A/B tests and data driven designs.
• Design and implement A/B tests tests and other experiments using CRO tools such as Optimizely, Unbounce, and/or Crazyegg.
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and heat mapping analysis to gather insights and validate design decisions.
• Continuously iterate and refine designs based on feedback, data insights, and testing outcome.
• Manage multiple design projects simultaneously while communicating effectively with project management and additional internal stakeholders to provide updates on the status of their projects, respond to feedback, and ensure that their needs are being met.
• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to CRO and user experience design.

Benefits

• Annual base salary range for this position based in Canada is $70,000- $95,000 CAD.
• Medical, dental, vision plans, disability, and life insurance coverage for you and your family that fit your lifestyle
• 100% employer-paid plan for you and a 50% employer contribution for your dependents
• Mental - Access to certified therapists through Spring Health, membership to Headspace
• Physical - Physical therapy through Omada, fertility support through Carrott, thousands of Aaptiv virtual workouts, complimentary One Medical membership for primary and virtual care
• Time Off - Unlimited PTO (2-week minimum), Paid Company Holidays, Your Birthday Off, End of Year Recharge (Closed December 24 - January 1), Paid Parental Leave
• Financial - Traditional and Roth 401(k) with a 3% company match
• Bonus - Annual bonus based on tenure, which scales in total amount over time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed