Senior Graphic Designer Toy Branding & Packaging

Spin Master; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global children's toy company is seeking a Senior Graphic Designer for Toy Branding and Packaging who can drive creative strategies and lead projects in a collaborative environment. This role involves working directly with production and marketing teams to ensure packaging designs resonate with brand strategies and market needs.

Benefits

Growth and Career Opportunities

Flexible Work Hours

Comprehensive Benefits

Other fun Perks!

Qualifications

• Experience in consumer products industry; toy package design preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of design software essential.

Responsibilities

• Create branding and packaging design concepts that support brand strategies.
• Manage 1-2 freelance designers and direct photoshoots.

Skills

Illustrator

Photoshop

InDesign

Acrobat

3D

Keyshot

Esko Software

Education

Undergraduate degree in Graphic Design

10 or more years related experience

Job description

Please Note: If you are a current Spin Master employee with access to Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children's toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description:

What will you work on?

The Senior Graphic Designer Toy Branding Packaging works closely with the Director, Brand Design on new brand initiatives and collaborates with Sr. Creative and Brand management to set creative strategy on key brands and individual items in Early Learning category.

How will you create impact?

• Working under the art direction of the Director, Brand Design, you will create branding and packaging design concepts that support brand strategies.
• Work with production team to ensure integrity of design in final deliverables.
• Effectively communicate all project related progress/issues or concerns to the Director, Brand Design and Project Management in a timely and professional manner.
• Solicit creative direction from key team members on the product development team and marketing team in a timely manner.
• Develop marketing support materials, creative boards and layout presentations for new and existing business development presentations
• Develop digital marketing assets where required.
• Collaborate with Production, Structural Engineering, Marketing, Quality Control and Product Development teams as well as overseas agents, as necessary, in the package development and approval process.
• With support from the photo studio team, direct and manage photoshoots when needed for packaging development
• Manage 1-2 freelance designers

What are your skills and experience?

• Consumer products industry; toy package design preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat.
• Working knowledge of 3D, Keyshot, and Esko Software a BIG plus
• Undergraduate degree in Graphic Design or equivalent; or 10 or more years related experience and / or training.

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What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.