Senior Designer

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About The Role
As a Senior Designer for one of the largest automotive companies in the world, you'll craft pixel-perfect designs while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and technical precision. You'll execute a high volume of design work across various formats, focusing on brand consistency, typography, and functional design principles. This role emphasizes craftsmanship, technical expertise, and design excellence. You bring a progressive creative instinct and positivity, working effectively in teams with a low-ego approach.

Key Responsibilities

• Create high-quality design assets across digital and print platforms
• Execute pixel-perfect designs following established brand guidelines
• Maintain consistent typography, color systems, and design patterns
• Produce design variations and iterations at high volume
• Build and maintain organized design systems and asset libraries
• Create sophisticated layouts with strong grid systems and hierarchy
• Implement responsive design principles across various formats
• Execute production-ready files with precise specifications
• Design within established brand frameworks while maintaining quality
• Create detailed specifications for design implementation
• Maintain meticulous file organization and versioning

About You
The essentials:

• Design Experience: 5+ years in design and branding within advertising and marketing with deep knowledge in print and digital.
• Resilience Under Pressure: Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and meet stringent deadlines consistently.
• Collaborative Design: Work effectively with creative leads and copywriters to achieve brand-aligned, high quality designs.
• Professional Presentation: Present work effectively with well-reasoned rationale, especially to senior leaders and clients.
• Critical Thinker: Leverage creative and analytical skills to assess ideas from an arquitectural lens.
• Brand Consistency: Experience in crafting brand style guides for cohesive touchpoints and the creation of toolkits for design systems.
• Strategic Discussion: Contribute positively and constructively to discussions from conception through production to final deliverable.
• Industry Experience: Background in automotive or production industries preferred.
• Digital Portfolio: A modern, digital-centric portfolio demonstrating excellence across formats (digital, video, social, etc.).
• Software Proficiency: Skilled in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Slack, and other design and collaboration tools.

Your Work Style

• Detail-Oriented: Meticulous focus on pixel-perfect execution and organized workflow.
• Self-Starter: Resilient and adaptable, thriving in quick-paced environments.
• Collaborative: Successfully manage fast turnarounds as part of a committed team.
• Solution-Focused: Client-centric with a strong ethic and positive approach on the team workflow and assets quality
• Efficient Project Management: Streamline projects for maximum productivity and minimal friction.
• Feedback Receptive: Open to constructive feedback with a readiness to offer alternative solutions.
• Independent and Team Player: Comfortably shift between independent work and collaboration.
• Subject Matter Expertise: Driven to deepen understanding of related creative fields.
• Problem-Solver: Exhibit excellent problem-solving abilities and meticulous attention to detail.
• Trend Awareness: Stay informed on emerging creative trends and technologies.
• Commitment to Inclusion: Uphold equity, inclusion, and accessibility in all work aspects.
• AI-fluent: A strong grasp of emerging tools and trends

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws.
This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company's then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.
Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.
Salary Range$70,000—$80,000 CAD

About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists , ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year , won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.