Junior Creative Director

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One of Canadas Most Trusted Investment Brands.

At Picton Mahoney Asset Management (PICTON Investments) being alternative isnt just what we doits who we are.

Founded by industry pioneer David Picton weve spent 20 years challenging conventional wisdom and redefining the investing landscape. As one of Canadas most trusted investment brands we are proudly independentprivately run 100% employee-owned and deeply committed to delivering results for our clients.

Thinking Alternatively is in Our DNA.

With a team of 203 bold thinkersone-third dedicated solely to investment managementwe are specialists not generalists. Managing $16.5 billion for institutional and retail clients we navigate markets with conviction resilience and a forward-thinking approach.

Were more than investors were innovators. We challenge traditional investment mindsets constantly pushing the boundaries to achieve our mission: To bring greater certainty to investors.

Our success is built on four guiding principles:

• Treat investors money like our own.
• Redefine the way investors invest.
• Be humanalways approachable.
• Succeed together one investment at a time.

These arent just wordsthey define how we think how we invest and how we work.

Now were entering our next chapter. Were transforming our brand and reshaping the way the world invests. If you think alternatively embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in a dynamic bureaucracy-free environment join us and be part of whats next.

Thriving in Our Entrepreneurial Culture

AtPICTON Investments youll thrive in our creative and dynamic workplace where collaboration and support are at the core of everything we do. At our firm youll have the opportunity to take on significant responsibilities work in a flexible environment and tackle challenging projects from the outset. Our culture is designed for ambitious professionals who want to make an immediate impact while continuing to push boundaries and achieve our greater mission. Youll be empowered with a high level of responsibility trust and flexibility providing an exciting and creative space for you to help reshape how the world views alternative investments. With competitive total rewards performance-based bonuses and a clear path for career growth youll have everything you need to develop both now and over the longer term.

The Opportunity

Were looking for a hands-on Junior Creative Director reporting in the Chief Marketing Officer who can turn strategy into standout creative across brand campaigns digital social and video. Youll collaborate daily with Marketing 2ND ENGINE and the Investment team to bring ideas to life level up design quality across channels and guide two junior designers with clear briefs and actionable feedback.

Youll balance fresh culturally aware creative with practical constraints like timelines budgets and compliance typical of financial serviceshelping us ship work thats polished on-brand and effective.

The expected annual base salary for this role is $100000 $120000 with the final number depending on your experience skills education and team budget. On top of that youll be eligible for our discretionary bonus program.

At Picton being employee-owned means we take care of our team and offer opportunities for top performers to participate in our equity ownership program over time. Eligible employees get access to a full benefits package including profit sharing health and wellness coverage life and disability insurance paid time off and holidays learning and development programs and more many of which are fully covered or subsidized by us.

What Youll Do

Were looking for an experienced hands-on Creative Director who leads by doing and by empowering others to do their best work. This is not a manage from a distance role. You set the creative bar through craft curiosity and collaboration while creating a culture where strong ideas happen and people feel ownership in the work.

This is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to shape and grow the PICTON brand. An innovation mindset is critical. We are always open to fresh thinking new tools and new approaches that challenge convention and help move the brand forward in meaningful ways. You are energized by progress and see change as opportunity.

Youll work closely with an existing team of designers building a supportive high-performing creative environment rooted in our core values where trust clarity and shared standards drive collaboration consistency and momentum. Culture and fit matter deeply. You value teamwork constructive feedback and forward progress over ego.

Creative Development & Execution

• Support the development and execution of creative concepts across brand campaign digital social and video.
• Translate brand strategy and business objectives into compelling creative ideas.
• Ensure creative work is consistently high-quality on-brand and delivered on time.
• Review and refine creative assets providing constructive actionable feedback.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Marketing on campaigns and content development.
• Collaborate with the Investment teams on thought-leadership content.
• Work with 2ND ENGINE by PICTON to align creative direction with product and investment storytelling.
• Assist in presenting creative concepts and rationale to internal stakeholders and leadership.

Team Leadership & Brand Stewardship

• Lead mentor and inspire designers through clear briefs and feedback.
• Oversee all videography for social media.
• Contribute to evolving and maintaining brand guidelines and visual identity.
• Balance bold creative thinking with real-world constraints such as timelines budgets and compliance.

Marketing Strategy & Design Excellence

• Support all marketing initiatives and own key design components across web social and email.
• Lead improvements in internal design capability with two junior designers reporting into this role.
• Stay up to date on cultural trends design storytelling and emerging platforms to keep the brand fresh and relevant.

What You Bring

Technical and craft expertise

• 5 years in a senior creative role such as Junior ACD or equivalent with a portfolio spanning websites digital experiences social email integrated campaigns and video.
• Strong design fundamentals including typography layout systems thinking and visual hierarchy applied consistently across channels.
• Proven experience designing and launching websites including UX visual design and collaboration with developers.
• Hands-on expertise in video and motion including concepting storyboarding editing and overseeing post-production for brand and digital-first content.
• Demonstrated experience designing email campaigns and modular templates optimized for Salesforce Marketing Cloud or similar platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud and Figma plus social-first video tools such as Premiere After Effects or CapCut.
• Strong working knowledge of AI-powered creative tools with hands-on experience using platforms such as Runway NanoBanana Midjourney Sora DALLE Firefly or similar tools for concepting design exploration video and production acceleration.

People leadership and collaboration

• A hands-on builder mindset with a desire to lead through example and stay close to the work.
• Proven ability to mentor and empower designers creating clarity through strong briefs constructive feedback and smart prioritization.
• Experience working collaboratively with external creative agencies ensuring alignment while maintaining creative standards.
• Comfort working cross-functionally with marketing lifecycle product engineering and senior stakeholders.
• A collaborative low-ego leadership style where culture trust and fit matter as much as craft.

Our Commitment to Employees

AtPICTON Investments we take pride in enhancing our employees experiences through a comprehensive suite of exceptional perks and programs. Our benefits include corporate fitness reimbursement and discounts VersaFi memberships (formerly Women in Capital Markets) Picton investment counseling and portfolio management services volunteer and charitable donation matching maternity and parental leave top-up recognition awards semi-annual performance bonuses a generous annual vacation entitlement (minimum of 15 days per year) training and development reimbursement extensive health and dental benefits a healthcare spending account and more.

These offerings are designed to support your career growth well-being and overall success. Join us and thrive in an environment that values and invests in you!

PICTON Investmentsis committed to providing an equitable and fair work environment for everyone and all hiring and other personnel actions will be taken without regard to race colour creed religion sex disability gender identity gender expression family status age language or national origin. We welcome applications from candidates with diverse experiences globally. Canadian experience is not required. If you require an accommodation at any point in time throughout the application and hiring process please contact Human Resources at or at.

PICTON Investmentsdoes not accept unsolicited resumes emails calls or any other form of communication from third-party recruitment agencies. Any unsolicited outreach including commercial electronic messages will neither be acknowledged nor considered.

Please note: We use AI-assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process including summarizing interview notes and aligning candidate profiles with job requirements. All decisions are made by our hiring team.

Required Experience:

Director