Intermediate Graphic Designer

We are looking for an experienced, creative, and skilled Intermediate Graphic Designer with a passion for digital marketing to join our dynamic team!

This is a full-time position, requiring both in-studio and remote working days, for candidates located within drive time of our Studio in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

If the following items match your skills, please read further for the full job description, we'd love to hear from you!

• You love to design: advertising, brand identify, collateral, email, social media, video, websites and more.
• Whether a project requires basic or more complex design skills, you've got it covered!
• You have a portfolio to showcase your exceptional designs.
• Adobe Suite is where you create your design magic.
• You incorporate digital marketing knowledge in all your design creations.

Candybox Marketing is an award-winning full-service digital marketing agency with studios in Oakville, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia. We have been recognized as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies 3 years in a row and have been listed on the Great Places to Work list for 2023 and 2024. We are a team of innovative marketers looking to make the web sweet!

Start Date: ASAP

Key Actions of the Role

• Work with clients in a variety of industries to execute new projects and marketing initiatives
• Collaborate with the Executive Creative Director and Client Leadership Team
• Create, develop and implement brand marketing and creatives for use across multiple media platforms
• Work with team members to ensure budgets are being kept or adjusted, along with timelines and deliverables
• Develop original brand identities and detailed guidelines
• Archive all files to Candybox Google Drives on a weekly basis
• Demonstrate professionalism and confidence when presenting
• Make revisions, based on ECD/Client Leadership/Client feedback, in a timely manner
• Deliver creatives to client as defined by the scope of work
• Present creatives both internally and client facing
• Resolve project challenges and roadblocks to ensure success
• Stay on top of client, design and industry trends
• Ensure that all brand elements are on brief and connected to the brand strategy 
• Review select projects when completed to identify opportunities for improvement
• Continuously improve all Candybox design processes to best serve the agency and our clients
• Participate in 1-on-1 check-ins and Quarterly Reviews with ECD as well as weekly team meetings
• Maintain up to date Toggl and Monday Boards as per department process requirements

What we are looking for in a successful candidate

• Acts with Integrity
• Self-Managed
• Accountable
• Problem Solver
• Do what you say you will do
• Consistently demonstrates positive behaviour
• Takes Initiative
• Strong Work Ethic
• Punctual
• Creative 
• Resourceful
• Detail Oriented
• Results Oriented
• Engages positively with others 
• Builds Relationships
• Effective Listener
• Effective Communicator 
(sensory, written and oral)
• Achievement Driven
• Analyze and Predict
• Work well under pressure
• Positively acts on Feedback

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years design experience
• Intermediate level design skills (with portfolio to demonstrate)
• Proficient in an Apple, Adobe Suite and Google Drive environment

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Health benefits (dental, eye care, physio, medical, massage, and more)
• Annual bonuses based on performance and company success
• Group RRSP Participation
  

Start Date: ASAP
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Hybrid Work Structure [Requires In-Studio & Remote]