Senior Designer - 6 month FTC

Senior Designer
Vancouver, remote

This is a 6 month fixed term contract.

This posting reflects an existing vacancy.

THE ROLE:

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 Senior Designers are responsible for creating purpose-driven graphic design that elevates clients’ campaigns and materials. Senior Designers are masters of their craft who can help foster and grow younger talent. They also demonstrate good judgement, emotional intelligence, and inspire self-development. Senior Designers can also be called upon to present their work, either internally to their teams or externally to clients.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Overseeing the work of and mentoring Junior and Midweight Designers.
• Executing on client and peer feedback.
• Coach your team members and help them to realise areas of development.
• Working on a brief from start to finish.
• Image sourcing and artworking, including Gen AI image prompting.
• Designing responsive emails, static ads, and landing pages.
• Storyboarding and designing paid social ads.
• 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 towards the client’s business goals.
• Researching competitors and staying current with design and marketing trends.
• Delivering constructive feedback.
• 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 your team's capabilities.
• Advocate DEPT®  as an employer of choice and support in interviewing.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 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 pitch ideas to them.
• Good eye for layout, skilled in typesetting and retouching
• Proficient using digital design software (i.e. Figma, Adobe CS, Google Suite)
• Keen to adopt Gen AI tools into day to day design workflow.
• 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.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• A flexible hybrid working policy to enjoy the best of both worlds. 
• Early Finish Fridays, kickstart your weekend early with alternating early-finish Fridays.
• 15 days paid holiday annually, increasing with length of service (plus Public Holidays).
• Birthday Leave, a paid day-off each year.
• Access to dedicated mental health resources including enhanced sick pay scheme, employee assistance programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders. 
• Dept Allowance, a dedicated company contribution to spend on either your professional development or personal wellbeing.
• Refreshments are provided in the office all week.
• Enhanced family friendly policies to support parents.
• Learning and Development, continuous growth opportunities through internal training, and "inspirational talks” guest speakers.
• Buddy Program, you will be paired with a ‘Buddy’ to help you navigate your first weeks’ at DEPT®.
• A Certified BCorp Agency and is multi-award winning “Agency of the Year”. 
• 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!
• Global DEPT® Cares Month , an annual initiative where our teams donate their professional skills and time to support local charities and pr-bono projects.

The anticipated annual salary range for this position is $60,000 - $70,000 CAD. Salary is based on relevant experience, expertise, and organizational impact.

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world’s most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

AI Disclosure : At DEPT®, we use AI-assisted technology (Metaview) to capture notes and summarize interview conversations, so our interviewers can stay fully focused. Using the AI is optional, just let us know if you’d prefer it not be used.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION

At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.

Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine. 

We also encourage you  to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.

Want to know more about our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion? Check out our efforts here .

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