Digital Designer

Loblaw; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Loblaw Digital, based in Downtown Toronto, seeks a Digital Designer to drive on-brand concepts from ideation to production for Shoppers Drug Mart and related campaigns.

You will collaborate with design and copy teams, balance multiple deadlines, and leverage AI tools within defined guidelines to deliver high-quality digital marketing collateral.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic/Digital Design or equivalent.
• 3-5 years experience in graphic/digital design in a marketing environment.
• Excellent typography and project management skills.
• Strong knowledge of pre-press file preparation including font management.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite on the Mac platform.
• Able to be innovative and creative.
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills.
• Ability to work in a team and manage multiple deadlines.
• Ability to adapt to changes with initiative.

Responsibilities

• Participate in design sessions and contribute through creative concepts and input.
• Be involved in conceptualization and design of graphic applications from concept to completion.
• Create designs that are consistent with brand guidelines.
• Ensure brand consistency across campaigns and assets.
• Collaborate with design and copy teams to support needs and requests.
• Present design solutions to stakeholders.
• Organize projects with briefs, specs, deadlines and files.
• Balance workload according to priorities and timelines.
• Explore AI tools and new creative opportunities within the space.

Skills

Graphic design

Digital design

Typography

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Graphic/Digital Design

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

Job description

Why is this role important?

At Loblaw Digital, we know that our customers expect the best from us. Whether that means building the best, most innovative online shopping experience, or designing an app that will impact the lives of people across the country, we’re up for the challenge. From our office in Downtown Toronto, we’ve created leading eCommerce experiences in the online grocery shopping, beauty, pharmacy, and apparel spaces, and we’re only just getting started.

Why is this role important:

As a Digital Designer, Shoppers Drug Mart you will be responsible for developing design deliverables that elevate, differentiate, and function on-brand and on-strategy. We are looking for someone with strong creative and technical skills, who can handle multiple projects at once – seeing projects from ideation through to production. Candidate would report into the Design Lead, Shoppers Drug Mart.

What you’ll do:

• Participate in design sessions and contribute through creative concepts and creative input.
• Be involved in conceptualization and design of graphic applications from concept to completion.
• Create designs that are consistent with our brand guidelines.
• Be accountable for brand consistency across campaigns and assets.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the design and copy team to support design needs and ad-hoc requests.
• Present design solutions to key stakeholders.
• Be detailed in your organization of projects. This includes management of project briefs, awareness of project specs, deadlines, files, etc.
• Balance and manage your own workload according to the established business priorities and timelines.
• Use AI tools provided by the team within defined creative parameters, and explore new tools and opportunities within the AI space.

What you bring:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Graphic/Digital Design or an equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
• 3-5 years experience in graphic/digital design in a marketing environment.
• Excellent typography skills and project management skills
• Excellent knowledge of pre-press file preparation including font management and support file links.
• Strong knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite on the Mac platform.
• Ability to be innovative and creative.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills in order to effectively source information, obtain approvals, build relationships, and provide sufficient influence to achieve success.
• Excellent organizational, planning and problem solving skills.
• Strong graphic design skills and great attention to detail.
• Ability to quickly react to and adapt to sudden changes with initiative and creativity.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple deadline-driven task/projects in a fast paced environment.
• Work effectively and efficiently in a team environment.

Does this sound like you?

• 3-5 years in digital design creating digital marketing collateral and editorial designs
• A strong portfolio (only candidates with a portfolio will be considered)
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite
• Proficiency in Figma

How You’ll Succeed:

At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture.We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections.

We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce.

If you have big ideas, undeniable enthusiasm, and thrive in a collaborative, creative, and diverse group, we’ll get along just fine.

Looking for a challenge? Good. Love an innovative work environment? Even better.

Employment Type:

Full time

Type of Role:

Regular

Loblaw Digital recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

Hiring Range / Échelle salariale à l’embauche :

$60,000.00 - $82,500.00 / 60.000,00$ - 82.500,00$ (per year / par an)

A candidate’s experience and knowledge as well as the geographical region in which the position is located may be factored into the pay a candidate receives for this position. This posting is for an existing vacancy. The Company uses artificial intelligence for the purpose of screening, assessing and/or selecting applicants for this position. / L’expérience et les connaissances d’un candidat ainsi que la région géographique dans laquelle le poste est situé peuvent être prises en compte dans la rémunération qu’un candidat reçoit pour ce poste. Cette offre d’emploi concerne un poste vacant existant. L’entreprise utilise l’intelligence artificielle dans le but de filtrer, d’évaluer et/ou de sélectionner les candidats à ce poste.