Senior Digital Visual Designer

OLIVER Agency; Toronto; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing agency in Toronto seeks a Senior Digital Visual Designer to join a high-profile account for a Fortune 500 financial services firm. The ideal candidate has 5-7 years of digital experience and strong skills in creating innovative digital designs. You will collaborate with various teams to produce unique visual solutions while adhering to brand guidelines and UX principles. A competitive salary range from CAD $85,000 to CAD $95,000 is offered, depending on qualifications and experience.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of digital work experience with strong visual skills.
• Experience collaborating with UX designers and developers.
• Deep knowledge of integrated and digital campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Produce innovative designs for digital experiences.
• Collaborate on design system and UI elements.
• Pitch creative solutions to stakeholders.

Skills

Digital design

UX/UI principles

Creative concepts

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Figma

Photoshop

Illustrator

Adobe Experience Manager

After Effects

Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group, we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Senior Digital Visual Designer

Location: Toronto, ON

About the role:

OLIVER is seeking a Senior Digital Visual Designer to join a high-profile account for a Fortune 500 financial services firm. This relatively new global account has already seen growth and is continuing to expand.As a Visual Digital Designer you will have both strong digital and conceptual visual skills. You will have experience working with UX Designers as well as developers and be comfortable taking projects from creative brief to completion providing new ideas and creativity while working closely with the stakeholder’s brand guidelines.

Reporting to the Digital Design Director and working closely with our stakeholders/clients, you will work as part of a team designing and producing a variety of materials for the digital realm. You should understand UX principals, research, and be able to closely follow brand guidelines, creating strong digital designs for both internal and external facing experiences, product, and content.

What you will be doing:

This global dedicated team is comprised of project managers, creative and digital designers, developers, content strategists, copy editors and video producers. The team also partners closely with teams in Mexico, the UK, Tokyo and Mumbai.

• Producing beautiful and innovative designs for digital experiences such as .com, intranet sites, emails and newsletters
• Collaborate with team to execute design system work that includes building of components and UI elements
• Craft designs within existing visual systems and/or standards that leverage platform capabilities
• Partner with UX designers to take experiences from strategy to hi-fi prototypes
• Work with visual designers, content strategists and developers as well as project managers in Jira to ensure projects are executed on time and on budget
• Support Digital Design Director with workflow process
• Overseeing and managing the preparation of all finished files that will comply with the correct output specification
• Pitching creative solutions in response to brand strategiesto both internal and external stakeholders
• Working with user interface patterns, visual hierarchy, typography, color theory, and responsive design principles

What you need to be great in this role:

• 5-7 years of digital work experience that demonstrates impeccable craft and command of creative concepts, visual concepts, art direction and design across a variety of projects
• Understanding of design principles and an awarenessof UX, UI and Responsive Design trends as well as social best practices
• Ability to work closely with developers and basic understanding of dev and content authoring tools such as Adobe Experience Manager.
• Deep knowledge & production experience with integrated and digital campaigns
• Proficiency in industry-standard design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc… After Effects and Lottie Create experience a bonus.
• Understanding of motion and animation for web including best practices and trends
• Attention to detail and a strong eye for composition, layout, and design systems
• Strong communication and presentation skills—able to defend design decisions and incorporate feedback effectively
• Flexibility and problem-solving skills to adapt designs based on technical constraints, user needs, and business priorities
• Familiarity with UX fundamentals such as information architecture, interaction design, and accessibility standards
• User-first mindset and eagerness to push visual design forward within brand guidelines
• Comfort navigating complex, fast-paced environments with stakeholders or clients and evolving project scopes
• At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range from CAD $85,000.00 to CAD $95,000.00. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.

Our values shape everything we do:

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be always learningand listening to understand

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission, embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.