Senior Designer - 6 month FTC

DEPT®•Toronto, ON

1d•CA$60,000 - CA$70,000•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 Senior Designer, you will work on a broad range of small and large projects across some of the largest, well recognised brands in the world. Our Design Mentors are required to understand, organise and motivate people to achieve extraordinary things: they’re able to guide thinking and behaviour in others and take counsel from within to thrive in a dynamic environment. Our Design Mentors are masters of their craft, demonstrate good judgement and emotional intelligence, and inspire self-development.

Requirements

3-5 years of digital design experience
You are well versed in working in an agency context and have relevant experience covering brand, direct and above the line creative work
Keen to build client relations and confidently pitch ideas to them
Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching.
Proficient using digital design software (i.e. Figma, Adobe CS)
Understanding of basic motion design is a plus (we use Adobe After Effects)
Deep understanding of email marketing and digital design
Proficient in print design (we use Adobe InDesign and Illustrator)
A strategic designer who who always takes a customer-first approach, ensuring the user journey is an excellent end-to-end experience
A great teammate that supports their colleagues and doesn’t act as an individual
Very organised with attention to detail
A great source for up-to-the-minute creative knowledge and digital design trends
Works with grit and determination in the face of demanding deadlines
Has a desire to embrace new skills and challenges
Experience in building templates for creative automation tools
Competence of Figma, Adobe CS, AI tools (i.e. Weavy, ComfyUI, Google AI Studio, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT, Claude) and all other relevant software
Supports in the development and application of design systems and cross-channel creative templates that drive scalable, consistent, and measurable creative performance.
Employs Creative Automation practices, leveraging technology to reduce manual production effort, increase operational efficiency, and unlock greater focus on strategic and transformative creative work

Responsibilities

Overseeing the work of and mentoring other designers
Delivering constructive feedback
Coach your team members and help them to realise areas of development
Working on a brief from start to finish
Designing responsive customer-centric emails and landing pages
Maintaining and regularly optimising our existing global libraries
Managing and mentoring more junior members of the team
Applying creativity to adhoc projects
Always striving to create work that contributes towards the client’s business goals
Researching competitors and staying current with design and marketing trends
Taking accountability for flawless design output
Contributing innovative ideas at creative review meetings
Protecting brand integrity and guardianship
Drive the delivery of work on time and to the highest standard by understanding of your team's capabilities

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.