Design and Content Specialist

About Kinaxis:

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it's really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we're serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, with a brand-new HQ based in Kanata North in Ottawa. As one of Canada's Top Employers, we are proud to work with our customers and employees towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains today.

At Kinaxis, we power the world's supply chains to help preserve the planet's resources and enrich the human experience. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries, with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. We are expanding our team as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

About the team:

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Canada. If you are located in Ottawa you will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week in our Ottawa headquarters

Working closely with designers, a videographer, the content team, and the Senior Creative Manager, the Design and Content Specialist will support the expansion of the company's brand identity and awareness and assist in the creation and editing of visual assets, graphic materials, and written content for various marketing campaigns, corporate events, websites, PowerPoint presentations, and interactive PDFs.

They will actively participate in creative brainstorming sessions, visual concepting, team and project meetings, and weekly check-ins, collaborating with other designers, writers, and marketing leaders. They will also be responsible for organizing files and graphics in alignment with the Creative team's standards and some essential project management duties. Through this experience, the candidate will gain valuable knowledge in design, and content marketing techniques and develop key business skills such as communication, time management, feedback exchange, presentation, and collaboration.

About the role:

Visual Design and Brand

• Collaborate with industry professionals to develop and execute creative design solutions for various projects.
• Utilize Adobe Creative Suite to design and produce high-quality graphics and other visual assets.
• Take direction and feedback from team members to refine and improve designs.
• Contribute fresh and innovative ideas to design projects. Stay up-to-date with current design trends and techniques.
• Assist in the planning and execution of creative tasks for Marketing initiatives.
• Work closely with the Creative team to ensure brand consistency across all design projects.
• Maintain organized and detailed files for all design projects.
• Manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Actively participate in team meetings and brainstorming sessions.
• Represent Kinaxis in a professional and positive manner at all times.

Content and storytelling

• Gain familiarity with our brand voice and style guidelines
• Edit or write copy for visual assets, such as event booths, advertising, and social media graphics
• Help us tell one, unified story across brand touchpoints

• You're fresh into the workforce or you recently completed, a BA or BFA in related field(Graphic Design, Visual Communications, Interactive Design, Digital Design)
• Someone with experience being a creator on YouTube or other social media; your main strength is in design but you have skills in writing a story, performing, and putting together visual content in a scrappy, engaging way
• Strong knowledge of design tools and prototyping software such as Adobe XD, Sketch, Figma, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop with proficiency in other Adobe CC tools
• A passion for graphic design, visual communication and a functional understanding of design theory and principles
• An interest in cultivating storytelling, writing, or content marketing skills
• Someone who's curious and interested in learning about B2B marketing and what makes it tick
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and a desire to play with AI tools as an enhancer of people-powered creativity, not a substitute for it
• Understanding of Web UI standards, responsive design frameworks (basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript knowledge is a plus), environmental graphics, SEO/AEO, and/or production process
• A general understanding of digital trends, especially in B2B.

An advantage if you have:

• Strong communication skills, the ability to articulate the design process in meetings and through messages and emails with key stakeholders
• Good project management skills for proactively following up with stakeholders when needed
• Interest or experience in brand advertising
• Bonus: you've been a content creator in a past or current life

Why join Kinaxis?:

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world's supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we're committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.