Senior Designer, Contract

Vancouver - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As a Senior Designer on this team you are a user experience leaning visual designer. Youre comfortable being responsible for developing break-through marketing campaigns that incorporate all communications disciplines for new Product Launches. Youll working closely and collaboratively with both the creative and tech disciplines to create considered and elegant design solution for our clients homepage and other additional platforms. You understand brand principles and style guideline and you appreciate an exceptional systematic design rational.

You Will:

Create original designs that align to project goals and overall creative direction fluid templates and our client high standards.
Collaborate with Art Directors ACDs and the larger project team to explore concepts and iterate on design layouts. Anticipate and solve for potential design challenges as well as existing conditions.
Prepare for creative reviews by outputting optimized files and presentation materials.
Guide ideas to meet both creative and business goals within the project scope.
Present persuasively and clearly articulate design rationale for project creative solutions.
Consult with technical disciplines to ensure designs work within given limitations and files are prepared with all necessary information to support the design intent.
Review final deliverables with an exacting eye ensuring that layout images and typography are flawless.
Continually seek opportunities to refine design thinking and improve workflows.

You Have:

4-7 years of experience specializing in visual design for the web mobile and/or app design.
High proficiency in the formal elements of design including typography layout balance proportion rhythm emphasis and unity.
Ability to thrive in a challenging fast-paced creative workplace and to deliver quality design at a high volume in a tight timeframe.
Photoshop expertise including intelligently organizing files for design iteration setting up files for web production and adhering to graphic design standards.
Reliable judgment to see when work may be off track and initiative to collaborate with others to find solutions.
Passion for nurturing relationships mentoring and rallying teams to align around a vision.
Ability to articulate ideas and be clearly understood by creative project management and development staff both in verbal and in written format.
Clear communication and presentation skills that speak to both creative and technical audiences.
Prototyping ability to convey preferred states motion and/or behaviors for interactive concepts.
Strong understanding of web development including HTML CSS iOS and other technologies.
Figma Photoshop and Sketch expertise including file organization and preparation of pixel-perfect files for design team use.

***Please note: rate below is hourly

We continually review ranges to address skills experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process by assessing a number of factors that include but arent limited to a candidates experience and skills relative to the scope and responsibilities of the position. For current CM employees tenure will also be a consideration.

Salary Range

$56 - $56 CAD

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

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