Art Director, Contract

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 29-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

As an Art Director the conceptual development and execution of creative deliverables is on your shouldersincluding creating and communicating concepts implementing marketing strategies and developing interactive design solutions. Balancing creative thinking with interpersonal skills you champion creative concepts to clients and project teams alike. Theres a line between creative expression and commercial realitybut youve got that covered. You want to keep learning but you want leadership experience too. Good newsyoull have mentorship from a Creative Director to help you grow and youll lead a team of designers copywriters information architects content analysts audio designers and production specialists to excellence. Most importantly you are driven by a passion for design and visual communication.

***Automotive experience a plus.

You Will:

Develop concepts and communicate ideas.
Balance strategic development with client business objectives.
Direct and delegate to core creative services disciplines.
Directly contribute to project design and development including creating storyboards and initial graphic concepts conceive functional design solutions create site grids and interface demos and provide QA of all creative deliverables.
Mentor and coach teams through project development and performance management.
Build relationships with clients partner agencies photographers model agencies and other vendors.
Contribute to the innovative development of the creative department.
Lead and partner with designers production artists writers content analysts planners and Information Architects.
Participate in strategic brainstorming concept development creative brief development and creative execution.

You Have:

4 years education 2 years experience in design and interactive preferably with automotive.
Strong design portfolio.
Experience leading a team of designers production specialists and writers.
Experience meeting clients and presenting your work.
Experience with strategic brainstorming campaign development creative brief development and creative execution.
An ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
A proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.
Knowledge of the latest versions of Mac OS Photoshop and Illustrator.
Understanding of the strengths and limitations of Flash After Effects QuickTime Director ImageReady and Final Cut Pro.
Efficient organizational skills and a motivated dedication to the creative team.
Eagerness to collaborate with other creative people.
Leadership abilities to foster learning and excellence among team members.
Illustration skills in both electronic and traditional media.

What We Offer:

Maternity and parental leave extra days
Competitive benefits packages
Vacation compassionate leave sick days and flex days
Access to online services for families and new parents
Diversity and Inclusion Board with 13 affinity groups
Internal learning and development programs
Enterprise-wide employee discounts
And more

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training onboarding and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization and we want to set you up for long-term success. To do so we expect our team to 3 days per week in our office.

The ask stems from our want to:

Strengthen opportunity for continuous learning
Improve collaboration and team relationships.
Increase employee engagement

This work model balances the need for individual flexibility while maintaining the relentless customer focus we provide at CM. We understand that not everyone may feel comfortable with this expectation so we ask that you please let us know immediately if there are any concerns so we can help navigate accordingly.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs and. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger WhatsApp or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money technology or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

If U.S. based: Canada based: U.K. based: Costa Rica based: Experience:

Director

You Will:

Develop concepts and communicate ideas.
Balance strategic development with client business objectives.
Direct and delegate to core creative services disciplines.
Directly contribute to project design and development including creating storyboards and initial graphic concepts conceive functional design solutions create site grids and interface demos and provide QA of all creative deliverables.
Mentor and coach teams through project development and performance management.
Build relationships with clients partner agencies photographers model agencies and other vendors.
Contribute to the innovative development of the creative department.
Lead and partner with designers production artists writers content analysts planners and Information Architects.
Participate in strategic brainstorming concept development creative brief development and creative execution.

You Have:

4 years education 2 years experience in design and interactive preferably with automotive.
Strong design portfolio.
Experience leading a team of designers production specialists and writers.
Experience meeting clients and presenting your work.
Experience with strategic brainstorming campaign development creative brief development and creative execution.
An ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
A proven aptitude for quick creative thinking with acute attention to detail within demanding deadlines.
Knowledge of the latest versions of Mac OS Photoshop and Illustrator.
Understanding of the strengths and limitations of Flash After Effects QuickTime Director ImageReady and Final Cut Pro.
Efficient organizational skills and a motivated dedication to the creative team.
Eagerness to collaborate with other creative people.
Leadership abilities to foster learning and excellence among team members.
Illustration skills in both electronic and traditional media.