Junior Designer

POSITION:                       Junior Designer

LOCATION:                      Toronto, ON

REPORTING TO:             Senior Creative Director

CATEGORY:                     Creative Studio

PROFILE

You are a leader who operates in the world of insight, revelations, and human behaviour. You understand the impact an experience can have on the habits, attitudes, and considerations of a brand’s customer. You know the importance behind each piece of work and the job it must do to tell a story for our clients and how it will bring customers one step closer to love and affinity for their brand. You are a creative thinker, an expert in today’s human-centric world, and naturally inquisitive and curious. You are able to quickly grasp the needs of a client and work effectively with the Creative Directors and your partners to successfully craft a strategic direction for our response, with some creative foresight and design thinking.

PURPOSE

Our agency’s Creative and Digital teams are the driving force behind the progressive thinking and audacious experiential work we carry out every day for our roster of clients. We are looking for people who can help us define the new frontier of agency thinking and create new ways of doing business, delivering creative that responds to business solutions that are right for our clients. The right person will bring an interesting new perspective and diverse set skills to an already untraditional team of performers.

OVERVIEW

The Development team of our agency is the driving force behind the progressive thinking and audacious work we carry out for our clients. This role will be working on a high-profile auto client and will be bringing progressive thinking forward, both in how we operate in today’s world, and how our clients should behave and show up across different channels. You will have a close collaborative relationship with the Creative Directors, the designers, and the Executive Producers. You will bring an interesting new perspective and diverse set of skills to an already untraditional team of performers.

WHY NOW?

It’s time for us to break the rules and write new ones; to break through the clutter and create white space; to become deeper engrained with our clients than ever before.

OUR GOAL

To create a vibrant, progressive, and creative agency that leads the way to marketing dominated by an experiential mindset. We want to operate at the perfect intersection between data, insights & experiences.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in creating compelling visuals and executing designs across experiential touchpoints, including print, activation campaigns, OOH, physical and digital spaces as polished deliverables.
• Ability to absorb and apply creative direction from a creative director, design director or senior creatives.
• Great eye for detail and a passion for problem-solving.
• Can create print-ready production files with guidance and work within project timelines.
• Collaborate with team members and incorporate/adapt to feedback with a positive attitude
• Assist in general administrative tasks, as required.
• Ability to juggle multiple projects with tight deadlines, working independently and as part of a team.
• Maintain high standards of quality when working with guidelines and adapting to brand systems for different brands.

ABOUT YOU

• You are passionate about design and are looking to join a growing team
• Passionate about sports and eager to share your love of the game
• You understand that no matter how small the task, it has a larger impact on the project and client

REQUIREMENTS

• Formal design training in Graphic Design or other related disciplines
• 1+ years of related working experience
• A conceptual thinker with a portfolio of smart solutions in Print, Digital and Experiential spaces
• High proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Knowledge of After Effects and 3D programs is a benefit.

We encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented groups in our field (women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI) as we view diversity of thought and of experience as a core strength of our business.

SDI Mktg is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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