Junior Graphic Designer
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Why Homes Alive Pets
This isnt your average pet store. Youll feel it when you walk through our door. Its more than beautifully-designed locations and friendly staff its a belief in a higher standard for pet care. Our stores are community hubs somewhere to come and share an experience with your pet.
Youll immediately notice a refreshing shopping experience at Homes Alive because we take a brand-agnostic knowledge-over-upselling approach. Rather than pushing a certain product or feeling pressured to meet sales quotas our teams attention is solely focused on getting to know you and your pet and empowering you to make confident decisions.
Our Mission is to add value to every life. When we say every life we include guests and their pets. Employees and co-workers. Brand reps and vendors. Even our communities.
There is life all around us and it is our mission to add value qualitatively and the qualitative sense it is our mission to elevate every life as important and the quantitative sense and in the context of our business it is also our mission to add value discounts and a fair balance of price and quality for our guests. This is how we will make a positive impact in our communities and world.
Job Title
Junior Graphic Designer
Direct Report
Senior Graphic Designer
Department
Marketing
Location
St NW Edmonton AB T6H 2K1
Summary
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for supporting the marketing team by creating visual assets for digital and print platforms. Responsibilities include designing social media graphics email graphics monthly promotional assets digital ads and various in-store signage.
The ideal candidate will have a strong eye for design can adapt well to a fast-paced environment and demonstrates an ability to create engaging designs while adhering to our brand guidelines.
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or certification in visual communication graphic design or similar qualification
- 1-2 years of experience as a graphic designer
- Experience with Adobe Creative Suite especially Photoshop Illustrator and Indesign (Premier and After Effects are an asset)
- Fundamental knowledge of design and good sense of layout typography and colour
- Proficient illustration skills
- Experience with digital and print applications
- Basic understanding of UI/UX
- Experience with retail marketing and knowledge of pet ownership is an asset
Core Competencies
- Creative and versatile. Create engaging designs for a wide variety of media while demonstrating a good understanding of design principles.
- Ability to work collaboratively. Be open to pitching ideas brainstorming on marketing initiatives and supporting the team with project execution.
- Strong time management skills.Ability to prioritize and complete a variety of tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
- Good attention to detail.Ability to accomplish a task with low error in a fast-paced environment.
Behaviour & Skills
- Excellent design skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Strong communication and time-management skills
- Good attention to detail
- Enjoys working in a small close knit team
- Enjoys a wide variety of work from large projects to small daily tasks
- Highly self-motivated
Job Responsibilities
- Create fun engaging graphics for social media channels
- Create assets for monthly promotions such as website banners email graphics and in-store digital and print signage
- Create image and video ads for monthly Meta/Google PMAX ad campaigns and vendor partnerships
- Various day-to-day tasks such as updating product labels or in-store signage
- Assist the Senior Designer with additional projects such as seasonal campaign creative website design swag in-store signage promotional material and internal marketing
- Administrative duties such as file organization and task management
- Collaborate with the team on marketing initiatives and provide support with execution
Schedule
- Full-time (40 working hrs/week);
- In-office role
Compensation
- $46500/yr
Benefits.
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision care
- Staff discount
Interviewing:
- Only those asked to interview will be contacted.
- As part of the interview process please be prepared to show or provide examples of past graphic design work.
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Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Graphic Design
- Photography
- Adobe Acrobat
- HTML5
- Layout Design
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Web Design
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- CorelDraw
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
Shop pet supplies online in Canada at Homesalive.ca. Homes Alive Pets has been serving pets and pet lovers in Canada for over 30 years. We believe in equipping you with the knowledge, tools and pet supplies you need to care for your animals.
