Senior Designer

Critical Mass; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm located in Calgary is seeking a Senior Designer focused on visual communication. You will be responsible for designing digital solutions that align with strategic objectives and enhance user experiences. Candidates should have 4-7 years of experience in digital design, a strong portfolio, and proficiency in Figma and Adobe tools. This position requires a minimum of three office days a week, ensuring collaboration in a creative environment.

Qualifications

• 4-7+ years of working experience in digital design and interactive.
• Strong digital design portfolio showcasing storytelling abilities.
• Ability to articulate creative ideas.
• Strong understanding of web development and interactivity.

Responsibilities

• Design digital solutions meeting strategic objectives.
• Create usable interface solutions focused on user experience.
• Balance creative with client business requirements.
• Visualize and verbalize ideas to team and client.

Skills

Digital design

User experience (UX)

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Creative thinking

Figma proficiency

Adobe creative toolset

Web development (HTML, CSS)

Tools

Figma

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

As a Senior Designer focused on visual communication, translating creative concept to well-crafted visual design is your bread and butter. You are an original thinker and a team player—matching strategic direction with appropriate design results across digital experiences. In addition to creativity, keen attention to detail makes your work stellar.

Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office a minimum of 3 days a week.

You Will:

• Design digital solutions that meet or exceed strategic objectives, and deliver a high level of design craft
• Create highly usable interface solutions focused on user experience.
• Rationalize solutions to project teams and clients.
• Balance creative with client business requirements.
• Design mood boards, storyboards,digital page layouts,for multiple breakpoints including desktop, tablet and mobile
• Work within, maintain, and evolve existing client design systems
• Source photo assets to support visual design, retouchingand enhancing as needed
• Build and maintain a rapport with creative team, account managers, and project managers.
• Visualize and verbalize ideas to team and client.

You Have:

• 4-7+ years of working experience in digital design and interactive.
• Strong digital design portfolio showcasing storytelling abilities through thoughtfully designed case studies.
• Developed and diverse communication skills.
• Ability to articulate creative ideas.
• Proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.
• A solid working knowledge of the latest versions of Mac OS
• Expertise and proficiency designing in Figma and leveraging its capabilities for visual design solutioning, from managing design tokens and variables, to maintaining Figma libraries and client design systems.
• Familiar and experience working within the Adobe creative toolset: including Illustrator and Photoshop
• including file organization, and preparation of pixel-perfect files for design team use.
• An understanding of the relationship between the UX and creative disciplines, as well as the role of information architecture and hierarchy in both
• The skillset required to bring static design to life through interactive demos and extensive prototyping, primarily in Figma, to convey preferred states, nuanced motion, and/or behaviors for interactive concepts.
• Strong understanding of web development, including HTML, CSS, iOS, and other technologies.
• Comprehensive understanding of interactivity and the Web.
• Illustration in both electronic and traditional media.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.