Freelance Senior Designer

Critical Mass; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Designer to enhance design work and elevate brand experience through compelling digital solutions. The role involves collaborating with various teams while managing projects autonomously, ensuring a cohesive design system across global touchpoints. Applicants should have a robust digital design background with attention to detail and expertise in tools like Figma.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience and strong digital design portfolio.
• Expertise in digital/web design with a proactive mindset.
• Working knowledge of UX principles, but not a UX role.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of digital experiences focused on web.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Uphold design standards across global markets.

Skills

Digital design

Design system knowledge

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Proactive mindset

Tools

Figma

After Effects

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Designer to join our growing team and help lead design work. This role is grounded in digital design and concepting for web experiences.

This role is focused on providing smart, thoughtful design work that elevates brand experience across global touchpoints. You’ll collaborate with others on projects that require strategic thinking, brand consistency, and digital craft.

You Will:

• Help lead the design of digital experiences, with a primary focus on web
• Translate brand principles into modern, cohesive design systems
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX, strategy, and development
• Contribute to and uphold design standards that scale across global markets
• Take initiative in managing your own workstream and client communications
• Develop concepts and communicate ideas
• Balance strategic development with client business objectives
• Direct and delegate to core creative services disciplines
• Contribute to the innovative development of the creative department
• Participate in strategic brainstorming, concept development, creative brief development, and creative execution

You Have:

• 3 or more years of experience and a strong digital design portfolio
• Proven experience in digital/web design with strong design system knowledge
• Expertise in Figma and a sharp design eye with high attention to detail
• Working knowledge of UX principles (though this is not a UX/Product role)
• Experience in motion design or After Effects is a strong plus
• Comfortable working in a collaborative environment and managing projects end-to-end
• A proactive mindset with the ability to operate autonomously
• Eagerness to collaborate with other creative people

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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