Designer graphique / Graphic Designer

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Montreal (administrative region); Hybrid; CAD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid role

Montréal office

Brand growth across North America

Job summary

GURU is seeking a Graphic Designer with a strong conceptual eye to shape how we show up across retail, social, e‑commerce and brand activations in Canada and the U.S., in French and English.

Reporting to the Brand & Creative Director, you’ll craft assets, maintain consistency of our visual identity, and contribute to art direction, photography and content. This hybrid role is based out of our Montréal office, with a culture built on authenticity and good vibes.

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio across brand, typography, layout, art direction and editorial storytelling.
• Conceptual thinker with ideas beyond execution; curious about AI.
• Resourceful and autonomous with the ability to move quickly and manage multiple projects.
• Bilingual in English and French, written and spoken, with a strong design sensibility in both languages.
• Comfortable working within an established brand system while evolving it.
• Bonus: photography and art direction experience.
• Bonus: motion/video or social-first content experience.
• Bonus: experience in CPG, beverage or retail.

Responsibilities

• Bringing strong concepts and creative ideas to the table from brainstorm through execution.
• Designing work that builds GURU’s visual world across campaigns, retail, social, e‑commerce and brand activations.
• Thinking editorially across typography, layout, imagery and storytelling.
• Contributing to art direction, photography and content.
• Adapting campaign ideas across formats, channels and markets in Canada and the U.S., in both French and English.
• Creating campaign assets, retail/POS, digital, presentations and sales tools.
• Taking part in brainstorms, creative reviews and brand conversations with a point of view.
• Helping evolve and protect GURU’s visual identity across everything we create.
• Keeping creative assets, templates and brand resources organized and up to date.

Skills

Brand design

Typography

Art direction

Editorial storytelling

Conceptual thinking

Bilingual English/French

Project management

Autonomy

Job description

-----

GURU energy drinks are made from a short list of plant-based active ingredients, including natural caffeine, with no sucralose or aspartame. These carefully selected ingredients are crafted into unique blends that push your body to go further and your mind to feel sharper.

Our GURU clan gives it everything. We grow together, sharing our passions, ideas and good vibes to make the most of every day. Our culture is built on authenticity, because we believe people are at their best when they work on something they truly believe in.

GURU is proud to be certified by Great Place to Work Canada.

-----

We’re building out GURU’s creative team and looking for a Graphic Designer with a strong conceptual eye and an editorial approach to design. Reporting to the Brand & Creative Director, you’ll help shape how GURU shows up across retail, social, e-commerce, sales and brand activations, in both French and English.

We’re looking for someone who thinks beyond the brief — who’s genuinely excited by design, art direction, photography, culture and building a brand that feels like a lifestyle, not just a product. You’ll also have a sharp eye for consistency, making sure everything we put into the world feels distinctly GURU.

What will be part of your responsibilities:

• Bringing strong concepts and creative ideas to the table, from brainstorm through execution
• Designing work that builds GURU’s visual world across campaigns, retail, social, e-commerce and brand activations
• Thinking editorially across typography, layout, imagery and storytelling
• Contributing to art direction, photography and content
• Adapting campaign ideas across formats, channels and markets in Canada and the U.S., in both French and English
• Creating campaign assets, retail/POS, digital, presentations and sales tools
• Taking part in brainstorms, creative reviews and brand conversations with a point of view
• Helping evolve and protect GURU’s visual identity across everything we create
• Keeping creative assets, templates and brand resources organized and up to date

Qualifications

-----

We care as much about how you think as we do about what you can make. You’re curious, resourceful, collaborative and have a strong point of view — with the craft to back it up.

• A portfolio with a strong point of view across brand, typography, layout, art direction and editorial storytelling
• A conceptual thinker who brings ideas to the table — not just executionCurious about AI and how it can push creative thinking further, while keeping human ideas and craft at the centre
• Resourceful and autonomous, with the ability to move quickly and manage multiple projects at once
• Bilingual in English and French, written and spoken, with a strong design sensibility in both languages
• Comfortable working within an established brand system while finding thoughtful ways to evolve it
• Bonus: experience or a strong interest in photography and art direction
• Bonus: experience creating motion, video or social-first content
• Bonus: experience in CPG, beverage or retail
• Tu portes en toi le « rien n'est impossible » – A GURU adapts to any kind of situation
• Tu as l'esprit entrepreneurial – A GURU brings their “A” game

Ce qu'on offre

-----

Your color

Time to discover your colour. Here's the attitude we're looking for in someone with the potential to become a GURU:

• You're always ready to roll up your sleeves and do what it takes to reach the goal – The GURU Family walks together!
• You carry the “nothing is impossible” mindset within you – A GURU adapts to any kind of situation
• You handle pressure like a champion – Show must go ON!
• You love a challenge and you're a hard worker – A GURU goes the Extra Mile
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit – A GURU brings their “A” game
• You're results-driven – A GURU gets Sh*t done
• You're real and authentic – A GURU is Bold and Gold

What we offer

• A hybrid role based out of our Montréal office;
• A brand growing across Canada and the United States, carried by a small, nimble team: your designs show up in store, online and at events in weeks, not quarters;
• A culture that values initiative, creativity and good vibes.