Intermediate Designer

We're looking for an enthusiastic intermediate level designer who seeks inspiration everywhere and can help us level up our work with one or more parallel skills (e.g. pattern making, brush making, mastery of textures, certificate in accessibility, second language, web design skills, font making experience, etc.).

Applicants must include a cover letter and resume to be considered.

TRAITS

• You pride yourself on excellent communication. You use appropriate channels for the situation at hand, add professional humour as called for, type quickly, and speak with confidence and humility. You respond to messages thoroughly and in a timely manner.
• You are open to feedback from the team and clients because you know that everybody is after the same thing: deliverables that create results for the client.
• You love design so much. You are always looking to improve, both in your ability to ideate and use the software. You express an enthusiasm for design as a communication device and drive to exceed expectations.
• You nerd out over an organized workflow. Your friends would vote you the most organized person in the room. You are willing to adopt new systems of work as required (ie. time tracking tools, research methods, naming conventions, etc.) because you know it will dial things in for the company and your job.
• You practically gamify your work by challenging yourself to deliver to the highest possible quality within the allotted time. Getting faster and better gets you stoked.
• You are passionate about using InDesign and recognize that it's pretty much the best software ever. You know the ins and outs of master pages, object styles, paragraph styles, character styles and table/cell styles… and you keep those styles named in a logical way and organized into folders as needed.

TASKS

• Own your deliverables, while keeping the team informed
• Mentor and teach your colleagues skills you may possess and they do not
• Design and edit documents, powerpoints, etc, as requested by management and/or the clients
• Be detail oriented, double check all of your work
• Use industry standard design software from the Adobe Creative Suite
• Learn any new software as required by management
• Research inspiration as needed
• Find and edit royalty free photographs, including close-cropping and coming up with cool filters and image treatments

MORE INFO

• Minimum 3 years experience
• 30-40 hours per week worked Monday to Friday
• Remote work only
• Applicants must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• We compensate hourly and anticipate paying $29-$36 per hour, based on experience, plus bonuses and benefits
• We are closed every year between Christmas and New Year's Day
• We have an averaging agreement in place with our employees that allows for half day Fridays
• We offer flexible start and end times so long as there is a window of overlap with the team
• We appreciate flexibility when crazy deadlines hit, and may request to add to your schedule with short notice, but we'll always check with you in advance and pay time and half for overtime hours

OUR VALUES

We say: Why not?

Where others see roadblocks, we see possibilities. Proactive self-starters, we love challenges because we love finding solutions. And we celebrate every win.

Fortune favours the bold

We aren't inhibited by a fear of failure—because we know that the best way to succeed is to take chances, experiment, and grow.

Be better

We constantly improve our habits and behaviours by listening, learning, finding inspiration in the work of others, and making an effort.

We give a shit

The well-being of our clients and the people they serve, each other, and the world is inseparable from our work. We take pride in the process, from onboarding through to sign-off.

And by the way, we are zealously planting trees We have planted well over 200,000 trees since 2021.