Art Director

Advoc Digital | Growth Marketing Agency; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Advoc Digital, a Toronto-based performance marketing agency, seeks an Art Director or Intermediate Multimedia Designer to join our creative team. Start is immediate; 9:00–17:00, Monday–Friday, in a hybrid environment.

You will create static and motion creative for paid social campaigns and work closely with founders, accounts, and paid media teams. We value quick iteration, strong design fundamentals, and production-ready work.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of agency experience in digital, creative, or performance marketing.
• Solid portfolio demonstrating high-quality static and motion work.
• Experience producing digital and paid social creative.
• Ability to concept, iterate, and communicate ideas clearly.
• Hybrid work environment with regular in-office collaboration.
• Portfolio is required for consideration.

Responsibilities

• Design and produce high-quality static and motion creative for paid social and digital campaigns.
• Support organic social and other digital creative as required.
• Execute within brand guidelines and performance requirements.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback, testing insights, and performance data.
• Review work produced by a junior designer and content creator; provide feedback.
• Participate in creative reviews to ensure production-ready, on-brand deliverables.
• Collaborate with founders and media buyers to align creative with campaign objectives.

Skills

Agency experience

Portfolio

Motion graphics

Digital design

Paid social

Feedback

Hybrid collaboration

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Advoc Digital is a Toronto-based performance marketing agency specializing in helping food, beverage, and lifestyle brands grow their direct-to-consumer (DTC) sales. We primarily work with Canadian and U.S.-based brands, with deep expertise in wine, beverage alcohol, and consumer packaged goods.

We operate with a lean, performance-driven model that blends paid media, creative, and strategy to drive measurable business outcomes. Our team works closely across disciplines to produce high-performing creative for paid social and digital channels.

The Role

Position: Art Director or Sr. Multimedia Designer

Start Date: Immediate

Salary: $75,000–$90,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications

Employment: Full-Time (Hybrid)

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Ability to commute: #2000 – 2 Sheppard Ave E, North York, ON M5N 5Y7

We’re looking for an Art Director or Intermediate Multimedia Designer to join our creative team with an immediate start. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role with opportunities to assist in creative review and contribute to improving creative quality, consistency, and efficiency. You’ll work closely with our founders, accounts team, paid media team, and an in-house junior designer to produce static and motion creative primarily for paid social campaigns. This role is ideal for a designer with solid agency experience (minimum of 3 years) who thrives in a fast-paced, performance-oriented environment and is comfortable iterating quickly based on feedback and results.

What You’ll Do

Creative Execution

• Design and produce high-quality static and motion creative for paid social and digital campaigns
• Support organic social and other digital creative as required
• Execute within established creative briefs, brand guidelines, and performance requirements
• Iterate quickly based on feedback, testing insights, and performance data
• Assist with reviewing creative work produced by a junior designer and content creator
• Participate in creative reviews and provide clear, constructive feedback
• Help ensure all creative is production-ready, on-brand, and meets performance standards
• Collaborate closely with founders and media buyers to align creative with campaign objectives

Concepting & Craft

• Contribute to concept development, visual storytelling, and creative problem-solving
• Apply strong fundamentals in layout, typography, composition, and visual hierarchy
• Ability to concept, iterate, and present ideas clearly to internal stakeholders

Tools & Workflow

• Work efficiently across design and motion tools (Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent)
• Demonstrate interest in exploring and applying AI-assisted creative tools and workflows
• Manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced agency environment

What We’re Looking For

• 3–5 years of agency experience in a digital, creative, or performance marketing environment
• A strong, well-curated design portfolio that clearly demonstrates:
• High-quality static and motion work
• Strong digital craft, including visual design, storytelling, layout, and typography
• Experience producing digital and paid social creative
• Ability to concept, iterate, and communicate ideas clearly
• Comfortable working in a performance-driven, fast-paced environment
• Ability to give and receive feedback professionally and constructively
• Interest in performance marketing creative, not just brand-first design
• Comfortable working in a hybrid environment with regular in-office collaboration

A portfolio is required for consideration. Applications without a portfolio will not be reviewed.

Why Join Advoc Digital

• Work closely with founders and senior decision-makers
• Hands-on exposure to performance marketing and paid media creative
• Opportunity to contribute meaningfully in a lean, growing agency
• We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment.