Lead Creative Designer

This is a Lead-level individual contributor role — you will be the primary creative engine, building the work yourself while shaping our creative standards and systems.

Preferably Montreal Or Toronto. Full-time Remote.

We’re looking for a hands-on creative powerhouse who can blend design, storytelling, and strategy to bring Narcity Media Group (NMG) and its sister brands to life. Directly reporting to the CEO, this role is execution-first: you’ll be in the tools every day creating content and assets while shaping scalable systems that strengthen our brand identity.

You’ll work directly with the CEO and cross-functional teams to turn ideas into impactful visuals across digital, print, events, and social. From Instagram posts to sales decks, billboards to podcast animations — you’ll do it all, with speed, creativity, and precision.

Working with founders offers rare exposure to vision and decision-making at the highest level — it’s fast, hands-on learning with big impact, but it demands agility and strong ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Content & Design Execution

• Design marketing collateral for events, campaigns, and partnerships.
• Create graphics and animations for podcasts, videos, and social content.
• Develop Instagram posts, templates, and creative pillars for social strategy.
• Build presentation decks in Google Slides that wow B2B partners.
• Adapt creative for out-of-home (billboards, signage, print) and digital-first needs.

Brand & Systems

• Apply and evolve brand identity across all platforms, ensuring consistency.
• Build scalable creative templates & workflows (Figma/Canva) that streamline execution.
• Translate abstract ideas into clear, usable creative systems.

Creative Strategy

• Collaborate on messaging and light copywriting for campaigns, decks, and social posts.
• Contribute ideas for content pillars, storytelling formats, and campaign directions.
• Align creative with both consumer-facing and B2B objectives.

What We’re Looking For

Experience & Skills

• 4-6+ years in design, creative production, or brand/content roles.
• Mastery of Figma; bonus if comfortable with Canva.
• Strong skills in presentation design (Google Slides).
• Solid copywriting and content strategy chops.
• Bonus: experience with motion graphics, video editing, or light front-end code.
• Portfolio that shows both strong visual execution and strategic thinking.

You Are

• Execution-obsessed: You love making things, not just directing others.
• Strategic but scrappy: You think in systems but move fast and resourcefully.
• Digital-first: You live and breathe social content, but can pivot to print or events.
• Collaborative: You partner well with leadership and editorial teams.
• Ownership-driven: You take ideas and run with them, delivering quality quickly.
  

Position Details

• Full-time remote, with a preference for those based in Toronto or Montreal.
• Compensation commensurate with experience, bracket of $ 75,000 - 120,000 CAD
  

Perks We're Proud to Offer

• Above-market paid time off structure determined by seniority
• Unwind with an extra week of PTO during our company-wide end-of-the-year break.
• Embrace the power of remote work with a $500 non-renewable allowance to set up your ideal home office.
• Prioritize your well-being with our annual $500 wellness fund.
• Monthly taxable stipend for phone and internet expenses.
• Rest easy knowing you're covered with our extensive insurance plan, including vision, dental, extended health care, dependent life insurance, accidental death insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability.

About Narcity Media Group

Narcity Media Group (NMG) is a modern media company dedicated to redefining how audiences and brands connect. With a portfolio of owned-and-operated brands and emerging platforms like Rally and Locals.tv, we focus on digital-first storytelling, creator innovation, and media partnerships that resonate with the next generation of audiences.