Graphic Designer/Multimedia Designer

Canadian Blood Services; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation

Annual bonus up to 5%

Health, dental & vision

Defined benefit pension

Employee discounts

Wellness program

Professional resources

Job summary

Canadian Blood Services is hiring a Regular full-time Graphic Designer/Multimedia Designer to join our Integrated Marketing team. You will translate ideas into visual assets across social, web and print while following brand guidelines and meeting tight deadlines.

You will collaborate with marketing, communications and donor relations to create engaging designs, motion assets and campaigns that improve donor engagement. This hybrid role requires on-site presence two days per week.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education or equivalent and related experience.
• Experience with graphic design across multiple channels.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating graphic design, layouts and motion graphics.

Responsibilities

• Translate ideas into visual assets across social, web and print.
• Create visuals including infographics, layouts and simple motion graphics.
• Collaborate with marketing, communications and donor-relations teams to ensure cohesive designs.

Skills

Graphic design

Video editing

Motion graphics

Creative concepting

Brand alignment

Education

Post-secondary education or equivalent

Tools

Adobe CC (Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign)

Adobe Premiere Pro

Microsoft Office templates

Job description

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This role requires a minimum of 40% on-site presence. Additional on-site work may be required based on business needs. On-site expectations are subject to change and may be adjusted on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job posting ID: 9225

Employment status: Regular full-time
Position's anticipated start date:2026-10-13

Salary/Rate of pay: $65,100 - $76,600

• This external job posting may close earlier than the advertised deadline. We recommend applying as soon as possible.

Application requirements:

• Your up-to-date resume.
• Link to your portfolio.
• We recommend you save a copy of the job posting for reference throughout the recruitment process.

Together, the work we do connects people and changes lives — including your own.

Be part of a dynamic, collaborative and caring organization committed to saving and improving lives. Thousands of patients depend on us every day for reliable access to safe blood, plasma, stem cells and organs and tissues.

About the role

Canadian Blood Services is looking for aRegular full-time Graphic Designer/ Multimedia Designerto join our versatileIntegrated Marketingteam.

The Integrated Marketing team is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive, integrated marketing strategies aimed at building Canadian Blood Services’ brand, expanding our donor base, and enhancing donor loyalty. In this role, you will take direction from written or spoken ideas and convert them seamlessly into images, layouts, and other designs. You will be responsible for creating captivating visual assets across channels, including social, web, marketing collateral, event and engagement materials, infographics, and motion/video content, among other creative tasks. You should have a deep understanding of marketing campaigns to effectively support our objectives.

• Leveraging your graphic design skills, you will participate in designing and redesigning graphics, illustrations, advertisements, brochures and many other forms of visual communication. You will create visual aspects of marketing materials, websites, and other media, including infographics.
• Create visual assets for marketing materials, websites, and other media, including simple animated assets (e.g., social animations, text overlays), support the maintenance of our online resource library, including organizing and packaging files for efficient reuse across teams.
• Capitalizing on your ability to collaborate, you will work with various partners across the organization to provide both printed and digital materials. You will consult with our marketing, communications, and regional donor relations teams to create cohesive designs that reflect our corporate culture, brand vision, and marketing goals.
• Drawing on your creativity and design expertise, you will develop new design concepts, graphics, layouts, videos and motion graphics while adhering to our brand guidelines.
• Utilizing your attention to detail, you will amend final designs based on client feedback and secure full approval.
• Leveraging your multitasking abilities, you will manage multiple projects simultaneously, depending on the current client workload.
• Drawing on your expertise in resource development, you will develop templated resources in editable formats to support the growing needs of the business.

What we offer you

• 4 weeks' vacation.
• Annual performance award up to 5%.
• Comprehensive group health, dental and vision benefits for you and your family.
• Defined benefitpension plan.
• Employee discounts, wellness program, professional resources.

Desired education and skills

• Post-secondary secondary education, plus related experience or equivalent combination.
• Preference will be given to those with an interest in Marketing, Graphic Design.
• Experience using graphic design tools such as Adobe CC – Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign.
• Experience editing short and long-form video and/or creating simple motion graphics using industry tools (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro), including exporting optimized assets for social and web is required
• Experience creating and updatingtemplates built in Microsoft Office.
• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks while being flexible.
• Strong personal initiative and a passion for the cause.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a dynamic team.
• Possession of creative flair, versatility, conceptual/visual ability and originality.
• Demonstrable graphic design skills with a strong portfolio.
• Ability to interact, communicate and present ideas.

What you can expect

• This role will work in a hybrid environment with requirements to be onsite at Canadian Blood Services location 40% of the time/ 2 days of the week.
• Schedule/Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours per day.

We acknowledge that the work of Canadian Blood Services spans many Territories and Treaty areas across the country, and we are grateful for the Traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who have guided us in this important work. We recognize the land and waters that have inspired our work and offer gratitude to those Indigenous peoples on whose territory we work, live and play.

Diversity and inclusion play a vital role in ensuring health equity for patients across Canada. We are committed to reflecting Canada’s population in our organization and fostering an environment where all employees can be their authentic selves, with equal opportunities to succeed and contribute.

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